Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Old Wives Lees, Kent
We cover Old Wives Lees for kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Old Wives Lees
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Old Wives Lees give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. Common call-outs are for an extract that no longer clears the smoke and rancid smells from grease in the duct, on vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and extract fans. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Old Wives Lees? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
For a kitchen in or near Old Wives Lees, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Old Wives Lees (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Old Wives Lees?
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Commuter trade near Chilham station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What insurance they carry
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: 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, and that takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Old Wives Lees can be planned properly.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. We clean after close or before opening.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School, hospital and care home kitchens often have fixed hours and long holidays, so cleans can be booked when the kitchen is closed. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Old Wives Lees
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Old Wives Lees?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Old Wives Lees. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you cover smaller places like Old Wives Lees?
Yes, Old Wives Lees is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you quote from photos?
Normally, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we will say so.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
It takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
When do you clean the extract?
The clean is done when the kitchen is not cooking, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before work begins.
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Grease, kitchens and Old Wives Lees
Look up Old Wives Lees on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Old Wives Lees. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Old Wives Lees. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Old Wives Lees get their food hygiene inspections from Ashford council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (about 5.1 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Old Wives Lees, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Old Wives Lees is about 5 miles west of Canterbury, in Kent. From the centre of Old Wives Lees to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Old Wives Lees is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 19 miles from Old Wives Lees.
Here we cover the CT4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Cherry Orchard, Cobbs Hill and Green Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Chilham (1 mile south), Mountain Street (1 mile south), Oversland (2 miles north), Neames Forstal (2 miles north-west) and Shottenden (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Ashford (9 miles south-west), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north-west), Folkestone (15 miles south-east), Whitstable (7 miles north) and Faversham (5 miles north-west).
What’s near Old Wives Lees
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Broadham Down and The Star Inn. Old Wives Lees’s nearest station is Chilham station, about 0.8 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Chilham Castle (0.9 miles south-west) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
What affects the quote in Old Wives Lees
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- A few general shots of the system
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.