Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in North Street, Medway
Need kitchen extract cleaning in North Street? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in North Street
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in North Street, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. The work covers plenums and filters, discharge points and vertical risers, and people most often call us about a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer. If you need a kitchen extract clean in North Street, you get one team and one number for every site.
A clean in North Street covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
For a kitchen in or near North Street, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- North Street (ME3)
- Region
- Medway
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and North Street
The coast is only about 1 mile from North Street. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around North Street, up to about a mile and a half out. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. North Street is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in North Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. 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 North Street, about 4.9 miles south-west.
North Street is about 5 miles north of Gillingham, in Medway. Across the ME3 area, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and North Street is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 12 miles from North Street.
All of ME3 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Close by, we work in Tunbridge Hill (1 mile south-west), Kingsnorth (1 mile south), Stoke (1 mile north-east), Fenn Street (1 mile north-west) and Sharnal Street (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Gillingham (5 miles south), Chatham (7 miles south-west), Rochester (6 miles south-west), Rainham (5 miles south), Strood (6 miles south-west) and Luton (6 miles south-west).
What’s near North Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Horse pub. For rail, the closest station is Gillingham (Kent) station, roughly 4.2 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Medway Maritime Hospital (4.9 miles south-west) and Upnor Castle (4 miles south-west). The countryside around North Street includes Bishop Saltings.
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North Street: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in North Street?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in North Street can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who is the fire and rescue service for North Street?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers North Street. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
How long will the clean take?
Short systems are 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.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19® itself is not law. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
What information do you need?
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. After that, simply phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after pictures, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Managing agents and facilities teams in North Street
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that do not.
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Visits to a village like North Street are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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What affects the quote in North Street
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Honest limits
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
Why deal with it now?
If your kitchen in North Street is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. It takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends so you do not lose a service. Waiting only adds grease and risk. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why North Street businesses choose us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.