Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lordswood, Medway
Our technicians work in Lordswood on kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
When to call us in Lordswood
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the price is fixed
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lordswood, done properly
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with photos of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Lordswood, normally within one working day. The work covers horizontal duct runs, extract fans and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about grease smells coming from the extract and a system with no record of a TR19 clean. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Lordswood, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in Medway.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in Lordswood goes well beyond the canopy.
In a smaller place like Lordswood, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Lordswood (ME5, ME7)
- Region
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and we clear up before we go. For a site near Lordswood, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
FAQs for Lordswood
Who is the fire and rescue service for Lordswood?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Lordswood. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you cover smaller places like Lordswood?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Lordswood is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. We need the equipment switched off and cooled first.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Grease, kitchens and Lordswood
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 12 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 15 takeaways across Lordswood and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). 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 Lordswood. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. In Lordswood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Medway council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Medway Maritime Hospital is the nearest hospital to Lordswood, about 3 miles north. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Lordswood (Restoration House is about 3.9 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Lordswood is about 2 miles south of Chatham, in Medway. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Lordswood, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Lordswood. Lordswood is one of 68 towns, villages and districts in Medway where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
All of ME5 and ME7 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Hall Road, Rover Road and Gould Road, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Lordswood: Lidsing (1 mile south-east), Walderslade (1 mile west), Dunn Street (1 mile south-east), Bredhurst (1 mile east) and Hempstead (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (3 miles north-east), Rochester (4 miles north-west), Rainham (3 miles north-east), Strood (5 miles north-west), Twydall (3 miles north-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (6 miles north). Lordswood is among the bigger places we cover in Medway for kitchen extract cleaning.
Around Lordswood
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Greenacre Academy, South Wood and The Harrow pub and the streets around them. Lordswood’s nearest station is Chatham station, roughly 3.2 miles north. Nearby you will also find Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.4 miles north) and Medway Maritime Hospital (3 miles north). The countryside around Lordswood includes Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
Why it’s worth doing now in Lordswood
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why Lordswood businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- We are fully insured
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- The scale of the work
- What state the system is in
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Lordswood
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers