Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Little Mill kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Little Mill, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Little Mill
Any kitchen we clean in Little Mill gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. If you are dealing with grease dripping from the canopy or filters and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can help, from canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and vertical risers onwards. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Little Mill start: a system that’s clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Somewhere as small as Little Mill, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Little Mill (TN12)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Little Mill
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The scale of the work
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Other services in Little Mill
Little Mill kitchens: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 4 pubs and bars as registered food businesses in Little Mill and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Little Mill is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Little Mill are the job of Tonbridge and Malling council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Old Soar Manor is about 4.4 miles north-west), access may need planning. Where a hall near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Little Mill, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Little Mill is about 4 miles east of Tonbridge, in Kent. Sites in Little Mill get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Little Mill is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 8 miles away.
All of TN12 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Snoll Hatch (1 mile east), Barnes Street (1 mile west), East Peckham (1 mile north-east), Golden Green (1 mile west) and Branbridges (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (9 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (7 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north), Tonbridge (4 miles west) and Kings Hill (5 miles north).
Around Little Mill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Hadlow Rural Community School and The Man Of Kent Public House. The closest station to Little Mill is Beltring station, about 1.5 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Tonbridge Castle (4.2 miles west) and Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (4.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve.
When something else is needed
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. In a small place like Little Mill, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Little Mill, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Little Mill questions
Which fire service covers Little Mill?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Little Mill in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 4 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Little Mill. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Do you cover Little Mill?
Yes. We work in Little Mill and across Kent, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When to call us in Little Mill
A kitchen in Little Mill builds up grease in the same places as any other: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as East Peckham Primary School or anywhere near Little Mill, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach