Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Pratling Street, Kent
We cover Pratling Street for TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease smells coming from the extract
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Pratling Street
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Any section we can’t reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. The work covers plenums and filters, vertical risers and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Pratling Street, you get one team and one number for every site.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Pratling Street: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Work in a small place like Pratling Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Pratling Street (ME20)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Pratling Street
Who is the fire and rescue service for Pratling Street?
Pratling Street is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you come to Pratling Street after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Pratling Street keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Where there aren’t enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Pratling Street?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. 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’ll recommend a date after measuring the grease.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Why act early in Pratling Street
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Pratling Street as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters will not go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Why Pratling Street businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Somewhere like Pratling Street, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- 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.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Pratling Street
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Also in Pratling Street
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. 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.
Pratling Street kitchens: local notes
Look up Pratling Street on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 23 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Pratling Street. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Kitchens in Pratling Street get their food hygiene inspections from Tonbridge and Malling council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Pratling Street falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Pratling Street is Maidstone Hospital, about 2.3 miles south. School kitchens, at schools like St Peter's Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Pratling Street is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Pratling Street and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Pratling Street among them.
All of ME20 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Old Mill Lane, Pratling Street and St Michaels Close or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Forstal (1 mile south-west), Eccles (1 mile north-west), Burham (2 miles north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (14 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north-west).
What’s near Pratling Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Aylesford School, The Bush pub and Tyland Barn. The nearest railway station is Aylesford station, roughly 1.4 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Fremlin Walk (2.4 miles south-east) and Allington Castle (1.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
What we are called out for in Pratling Street
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Starkey Castle is about 4.3 miles north), access may need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What records you will receive afterwards
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
Keeping the system healthy
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that is clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, which slows build-up further down the system.