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Sheet Hill kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Sheet Hill, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Sheet Hill kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 8 pubs and bars registered across Sheet Hill and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Sheet Hill 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. In Sheet Hill, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Sevenoaks Hospital about 4.4 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Plaxtol Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Sheet Hill is about 5 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Sheet Hill gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Sheet Hill among them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 10 miles from Sheet Hill.
Every address in TN15 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Bewley Lane and Sheet Hill and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Sheet Hill: Yopps Green (1 mile south-east), Ivy Hatch (1 mile west), Ightham (1 mile north-west), Oldbury (1 mile north-west) and Shipbourne (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (5 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south), Gravesend (12 miles north) and Tonbridge (5 miles south).
What’s near Sheet Hill
Around Sheet Hill, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, Wrotham School and The Plough Public House. The closest station to Sheet Hill is Borough Green & Wrotham station, about 1.7 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2 miles north-east) and Sevenoaks Hospital (4.4 miles west).
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Sheet Hill
Across Sheet Hill, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. If you have poor airflow at the canopy and missing paperwork after a change of operator, we can help, from canopies and hoods, discharge points and plenums and filters onwards. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Sheet Hill? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
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 Sheet Hill, 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.
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
- Sheet Hill (TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
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When to call us in Sheet Hill
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Old Soar Manor is about 1.3 miles east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Before you book anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
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.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Sheet Hill
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Sheet Hill out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 4 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Sheet Hill. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Will you come out to Sheet Hill?
Yes, Sheet Hill is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What accreditations do you hold?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
When do you clean the extract?
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.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Somewhere as small as Sheet Hill, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
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.
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What a clean will not put right
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Sheet Hill
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way with as little disruption as possible.
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
What affects the quote in Sheet Hill
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.