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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Mundy Bois
Kitchen extract cleaning across Mundy Bois and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Mundy Bois
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Look out for any of the following:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Egerton Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Mundy Bois
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers vertical risers, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods, and common reasons people get in touch are stale cooking odours from the system and fat running down the canopy edge. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Mundy Bois, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
In a village or hamlet like Mundy Bois, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Mundy Bois (TN27)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
You get a photo report after every clean. It shows the system before and after, part by part, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
FAQs for Mundy Bois
Which environmental health team covers Mundy Bois?
The local authority for Mundy Bois is Ashford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Mundy Bois?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
The clean is done when the kitchen isn’t cooking, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before we start.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Allow anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
A TR19 certificate, plus a full photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
Mundy Bois kitchens: local notes
It’s Ashford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Mundy Bois. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Mundy Bois sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Mundy Bois (Godinton House is about 5 miles east), fitting access panels needs care. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in Mundy Bois, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Mundy Bois is about 7 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Mundy Bois and the rest of Kent. Mundy Bois is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 10 miles away.
Here we cover the TN27 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. You will find streets such as Munday Bois Road, Kingsland Lane and Greenhill Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Mundy Bois, we cover Newland Green (1 mile west), Egerton Forstal (1 mile west), Egerton (1 mile north), Potter's Forstal (1 mile north-west) and Pluckley Thorne (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles north-west), Ashford (7 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north), Faversham (12 miles north-east), Kings Hill (15 miles north-west) and Davington (12 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Mundy Bois
For rail, the closest station is Pluckley station, roughly 2 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Coldbridge Castle (1.7 miles north-west).
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Why it’s worth doing now in Mundy Bois
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. 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. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Full insurance on every job
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School, hospital and care home kitchens often have fixed hours and long holidays, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Towns and villages near Mundy Bois
Also in Mundy Bois
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Mundy Bois.
- 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.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The site address and the type of premises
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.