Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Paddlesworth, Kent
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Paddlesworth, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Kitchen extract cleaning in Paddlesworth, done properly
A closed kitchen isn’t earning, so the timing of a clean matters. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs, and people most often call us about an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and rancid smells from grease in the duct. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Paddlesworth, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in Paddlesworth goes well beyond the canopy.
Somewhere as small as Paddlesworth, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Paddlesworth (ME6)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Paddlesworth
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs and bars within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Paddlesworth. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Fire safety in Paddlesworth falls to 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. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Paddlesworth. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Where a hall near St Benedict's Church, or anywhere in Paddlesworth, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Maidstone Hospital about 5 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Snodland CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Paddlesworth is about 4 miles north of Kings Hill, in Kent. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Paddlesworth, please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Paddlesworth included. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Paddlesworth is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, around 7 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: ME6. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Snodland (1 mile east), Birling (1 mile south), Upper Halling (1 mile north), Holborough (1 mile east) and Lunsford (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (7 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (14 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (11 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (7 miles north).
Near you in Paddlesworth
In Paddlesworth, that means kitchens and buildings near The Holmesdale School and Leybourne Lakes Country Park, among other places. The closest station to Paddlesworth is Snodland station, roughly 1.4 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Maidstone Hospital (5 miles south-east) and Leybourne Castle (2 miles south). Not far away are Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date is not missed.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. A filter that is clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, which slows build-up further down the system.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Paddlesworth
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Paddlesworth?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Paddlesworth. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you work in Paddlesworth outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Paddlesworth can fit around your hours. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
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How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. Each run is cleaned through its access panels, recording any that can’t be reached.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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, which is where we come in.
Why act early in Paddlesworth
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. In a place like Paddlesworth, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Paddlesworth businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Paddlesworth.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Paddlesworth
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.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Honest limits
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Paddlesworth
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers