Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Otham kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for Otham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
Otham questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Otham in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 17 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Otham. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Can you get to a site in Otham?
Yes. Otham is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What accreditations do you hold?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Otham
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers horizontal duct runs, vertical risers and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit and a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction. When a restaurant in Otham asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Kitchens around a place like Otham are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Otham (ME15, ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Why it’s worth doing now in Otham
Any food business in Otham can expect visits from the council’s environmental health officers, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. A site near Otham that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Otham
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fully insured
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Otham kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Otham. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Otham 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. Kitchens in Otham get their food hygiene inspections from Maidstone council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Nicholas's Church or elsewhere in Otham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. School kitchens, at schools like Senacre Technology College for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Otham is about 2 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Otham, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small.
Work in ME15 and ME17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Church Road, Spartall Drive and Ellis Field and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Otham: Willington (1 mile north-west), Park Wood (1 mile south-west), Langley (1 mile south-east), Shepway (1 mile north-west) and Caring (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (13 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles east).
Around Otham
Typical jobs here are in premises near New Line Learning Academy, Senacre Wood Primary School and Mote Park, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Bearsted station, about 2.1 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Kent Fire Brigade Museum (2.4 miles west) and KIMS hospital (2.8 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Detling Hill.
Common problems we fix in Otham
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as KIMS hospital (about 2.8 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the price is fixed
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether they’re fully insured
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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, next to our reports.
The process
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. Visits to a place like Otham are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Otham, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.