Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Lodge Lees
Kitchen extract cleaning for Lodge Lees, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Somewhere as small as Lodge Lees, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lodge Lees, done properly
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report and extra access panels can be added. If you are dealing with grease smells coming from the extract and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can help, from vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and extract fans onwards. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Lodge Lees, you get one team and one number for every site.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
For a kitchen in or near Lodge Lees, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Lodge Lees (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in Lodge Lees
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
Where a hall near Church of St Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in Lodge Lees, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What your quote should include
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. It’s simpler to plan the work at Lodge Lees now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why Lodge Lees businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Photo reports with every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Also in Lodge Lees
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lodge Lees: the local picture
There are about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Lodge Lees, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Lodge Lees. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Environmental health officers from Canterbury City council inspect food businesses in Lodge Lees. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Acrise Place, about 3.4 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Lodge Lees; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Lodge Lees is about 7 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Lodge Lees, please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Lodge Lees. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Lodge Lees is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 28 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the CT4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Denton (1 mile east), Breach (1 mile west), Wootton (1 mile south-east), Shelvin (1 mile east) and Selsted (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Ashford (13 miles west), Canterbury (7 miles north-west), Dover (7 miles south-east), Folkestone (7 miles south), Ramsgate (15 miles north-east) and Whitstable (13 miles north-west).
Near you in Lodge Lees
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Jumping Downs and The Jackdaw Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Shepherds Well station, roughly 3 miles east of the centre. The countryside around Lodge Lees includes Cheriton Hill.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Lodge Lees
Can the work in Lodge Lees be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Lodge Lees?
That’s Canterbury City council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Lodge Lees. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
All of it, from the canopy through to the discharge. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after photos, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.