Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Oad Street kitchen extract cleaning
Our technicians work in Oad Street on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Kitchen duct cleaning in Oad Street
Across Oad Street, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. We are often asked to deal with an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract, across plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and vertical risers. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Oad Street start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a small place like Oad Street, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Oad Street (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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 call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Oad Street
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 6 pubs and bars in Oad Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Oad Street is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Oad Street. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Where a hall near Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in Oad Street, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Oad Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Oad Street or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. Maidstone is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
All of ME9 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If your site is just outside Oad Street, we cover Danaway (1 mile north-west), Chestnut Street (1 mile north), Silver Street (1 mile south-east), Bredgar (1 mile south-east) and South Green (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Whitstable (15 miles east) and Faversham (9 miles east).
What’s near Oad Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Plough & Harrow pub and Westlands School, among other places. Oad Street’s nearest station is Newington station, about 1.9 miles north. Nearby you’ll also find Court Hall Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Detling Hill.
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When it’s something else
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- A broken extract fan that will not run
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Oad Street
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
The process
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Oad Street and turn up when the site is quiet.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- 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.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
How to get a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
Common questions in Oad Street
Can you work in Oad Street outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Oad Street doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Oad Street out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Food Standards Agency records list about 3 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Oad Street. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. We’ll recommend a date after measuring the grease.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Common problems we fix in Oad Street
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.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Borden Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. A filter that’s clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, which slows build-up further down the system.