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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Rodmersham Green
Kitchen extract cleaning across Rodmersham Green and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
FAQs for Rodmersham Green
Which fire authority looks after Rodmersham Green?
Rodmersham Green is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Rodmersham Green during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 13 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Rodmersham Green. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we will plan around them.
What is TR19?
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 price the work without visiting?
Often, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
Out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
We clean every part the grease travels through. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Rodmersham Green
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers horizontal duct runs, extract fans and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Rodmersham Green start: a system that’s clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
For a kitchen in or near Rodmersham Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Rodmersham Green (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Rodmersham Green?
A kitchen in Rodmersham Green builds up grease in the same places as any other: 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.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Rodmersham School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What insurance they carry
Grease, kitchens and Rodmersham Green
There are about 13 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 11 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Rodmersham Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Rodmersham Green sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Rodmersham Green are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Rodmersham Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Rodmersham Green is about 2 miles south of Sittingbourne, in Kent. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Rodmersham Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, Rodmersham Green included. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Rodmersham Green is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 10 miles away.
We work across the ME9 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Stockers Hill, Green Lane and Bottles Lane or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover the places around Rodmersham Green: Highsted (1 mile west), Rodmersham (1 mile east), Bapchild (1 mile east), Newbury (1 mile south-east) and Tunstall (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (10 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles east), Whitstable (13 miles east), Faversham (6 miles east) and Minster (7 miles north).
Near you in Rodmersham Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Fulston Manor School and Cromers Wood and the streets around them. The closest station to Rodmersham Green is Sittingbourne station, roughly 1.7 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Bayford Court (1.7 miles north) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.4 miles north).
Different parts, different methods
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.
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
Nearby places to Rodmersham Green
What else we do in Rodmersham Green
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and we clear up before we go. Visits to a village like Rodmersham Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.