Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Meopham, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning across Meopham and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Meopham: your questions answered
Can you work in Meopham outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you cover smaller places like Meopham?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Meopham is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. We’ll tell you how long when we quote.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Meopham
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with pictures of the canopy and filters, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Meopham, typically within one working day. The work covers canopies and hoods, discharge points and plenums and filters, and common reasons people get in touch are a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Meopham it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Most kitchens in Meopham fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Around a smaller place like Meopham, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Meopham (DA13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A site near Meopham typically has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- 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.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
Any section without access is marked on the report. That’s part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Nearby places to Meopham
Also in Meopham
Multi-site and managed buildings
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Why deal with it now?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
- The condition of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Meopham, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
Kitchen extracts in Meopham
There are about 12 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 4 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Meopham, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Food hygiene inspections in Meopham are the job of Gravesham council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Meopham. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Parish Church of St John the Baptist, or anywhere in Meopham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. For schools such as Meopham Community Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you cook for passing trade around Meopham station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Meopham is about 4 miles south of Gravesend, in Kent. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Meopham, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. We work across South East England and London, Meopham included. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. We also work in Maidstone, about 11 miles from Meopham.
Kitchen extract cleaning in DA13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You’ll find streets such as Station Road, The Russets and The Pippins, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Meopham, we cover Foxendown (1 mile south-east), Sole Street (1 mile north-east), Round Street (1 mile north-east), Gold Street (1 mile north-east) and Nash Street (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles south-east), Dartford (7 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (10 miles south-west), Gravesend (4 miles north), Tonbridge (13 miles south) and Northfleet (4 miles north).
Near you in Meopham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Meopham School, Camer Park Country Park and The Railway Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Meopham is Meopham station, roughly 0.5 miles north. Nearby you will also find Gravesham Community Hospital (4.4 miles north). The countryside around Meopham includes Sawyers Lake and Gad's Hill.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.