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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Romney Street
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Romney Street? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
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 it goes on the report too. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. The timing of a visit to Romney Street is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part 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
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Kitchen extract cleaning in Romney Street
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. Common call-outs are for an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, across canopies and hoods, horizontal duct runs and extract fans. Most calls from Romney Street come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Romney Street (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Romney Street
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The size of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Romney Street: your questions answered
Can the work in Romney Street be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Romney Street can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Romney Street?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Allow a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Grease, kitchens and Romney Street
About 18 miles out from central London, Romney Street is part of the South East area we work across. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. In Romney Street, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Sevenoaks council. 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Lullingstone Castle is about 2.3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Sevenoaks Hospital is the nearest hospital to Romney Street, about 3.3 miles south-west.
Romney Street is about 4 miles north-east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Romney Street and the rest of Kent. Romney Street is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 14 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in TN15 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Bower Lane and Romney Street or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Romney Street include East Hill (1 mile north-east), Knatts Valley (1 mile east), Woodlands (1 mile south-east), Cotman's Ash (1 mile south-east) and Kemsing (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles east), Dartford (8 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles south-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (10 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (9 miles south).
What’s near Romney Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near Kemsing Down. For rail, the closest station is Shoreham (Kent) station, about 1.6 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Otford Heritage Centre (2.1 miles south-west) and Kemsing Castle Bank (1.7 miles south).
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Romney Street
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Look out for any of the following:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of Saint Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Romney Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What hours they’ll be on site
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Why it’s worth doing now in Romney Street
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. A fault that closes a site in a village like Romney Street affects everyone who depends on it.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why Romney Street businesses choose us
- Fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant cannot afford to cancel a service for a clean. Overnight and weekend cleans keep the kitchen trading, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.