Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Roughway
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Roughway? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
FAQs for Roughway
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Roughway out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Roughway. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Will you come out to Roughway?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
The whole system: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Roughway
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 cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers vertical risers, plenums and filters and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Roughway covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
For a kitchen in or near Roughway, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Roughway (TN11)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight with as little disruption as possible.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Nearby places to Roughway
Other services in Roughway
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Leave it or put it right?
A clogged extract does not only raise the fire risk. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the fan works harder to move less air. Smells, dripping grease and condensation often follow. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Roughway businesses choose us
- Fully insured
- Trading since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- One number for every site across the South East and London
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Roughway: the local picture
Food hygiene inspections in Roughway are the job of Tonbridge and Malling 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. Roughway is covered by 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.
Historic houses near Roughway, such as Old Soar Manor about 0.7 miles north, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. For schools such as Hadlow Rural Community School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Roughway is about 4 miles north-east of Tonbridge, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Roughway and the rest of Kent. Roughway is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 9 miles away.
Here we cover the TN11 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Roughway: Dunk's Green (1 mile west), Plaxtol (1 mile north-west), Swanton (1 mile east), West Peckham (2 miles east) and Claygate Cross (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (9 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north), Sevenoaks (6 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (8 miles south), Gravesend (13 miles north) and Tonbridge (4 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Roughway
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Kentish Rifleman Public House. Roughway’s nearest station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, roughly 2.9 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Hadlow Tower museum (2.1 miles south) and Ightham Court (3.3 miles north-west).
How the visit works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Roughway run smoothly.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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
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. Leave those to us.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Roughway
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Roughway?
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.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
A hospital like Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 5.6 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures