Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Park Wood, Medway
Kitchen extract cleaning across Park Wood and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Park Wood
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or 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 extract fans, discharge points and vertical risers, and the jobs we see most are an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and poor airflow at the canopy. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Park Wood it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Most kitchens in Park Wood fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
For a smaller kitchen near Park Wood, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Park Wood (ME8, ME9)
- Region
- Medway
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Park Wood
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Park Wood during the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 8 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Park Wood, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
Do you work overnight in Park Wood?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Park Wood can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Is Park Wood in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Park Wood.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. We will recommend a date after measuring the grease.
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.
What about areas you can’t get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Places near Park Wood
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. For a site near Park Wood, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.
What affects the quote in Park Wood
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Travel, parking and unloading
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Park Wood kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 25 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 21 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Park Wood, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kitchens in Park Wood get their food hygiene inspections from Medway council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Park Wood 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 hospital like Medway Maritime Hospital, about 3.4 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Park Wood Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Park Wood is about 2 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Park Wood, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Park Wood. Park Wood is one of 68 towns, villages and districts in Medway we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 6 miles away.
Every address in ME8 and ME9 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Beke Road, Bond Road and Nares Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Park Wood include Wigmore (1 mile north), Kemsley Street (1 mile south-west), Hempstead (1 mile west), Bredhurst (1 mile south-west) and Scragged Oak (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles north-west), Luton (3 miles north-west), Hoo St Werburgh (6 miles north) and Chatham Waterfront (4 miles north-west). Park Wood is one of the larger places we cover in Medway for kitchen extract cleaning.
Landmarks near Park Wood
In Park Wood, that means kitchens and buildings near Howard School, Foxburrow Wood and Rainham School for Girls and the streets around them. Park Wood’s nearest station is Rainham (Kent) station, about 1.5 miles north. A little further out are Medway Maritime Hospital (3.4 miles north-west). The countryside around Park Wood includes Bishop Saltings and Detling Hill.
When to call us in Park Wood
In Park Wood, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Historic houses near Park Wood, such as Restoration House about 4.9 miles north-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Comparing quotes
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether VAT is included
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Park Wood
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points