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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Snoll Hatch
Kitchen extract cleaning for Snoll Hatch and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Snoll Hatch
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Common call-outs are for grease smells coming from the extract and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract, across discharge points, vertical risers and canopies and hoods. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in Snoll Hatch covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
For a kitchen in or near Snoll Hatch, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are 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
- Snoll Hatch (TN12)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Snoll Hatch
Which fire service covers Snoll Hatch?
Fire safety enforcement in Snoll Hatch is handled by 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.
Will you come out to Snoll Hatch?
Yes, Snoll Hatch is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
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.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
When do you clean the extract?
The clean is done when the kitchen is not cooking, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before work begins.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. Most jobs take one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
Kitchen extract cleaning around Snoll Hatch
Food Standards Agency records list about 9 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways in and around Snoll Hatch, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. In Snoll Hatch, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Snoll Hatch 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 cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Snoll Hatch is Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 5.2 miles south-west. For schools such as East Peckham Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Snoll Hatch (Old Soar Manor is about 4.5 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Snoll Hatch is about 5 miles east of Tonbridge, in Kent. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Snoll Hatch, please call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Snoll Hatch. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 7 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the TN12 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. That includes premises on Snoll Hatch Road and Addlestead Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Snoll Hatch: East Peckham (1 mile north-east), Little Mill (1 mile west), Branbridges (1 mile east), Hale Street (1 mile north-east) and Beltring (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (7 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (10 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (7 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north), Tonbridge (5 miles west) and Northfleet (15 miles north).
Near you in Snoll Hatch
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Merry Boys pub. The nearest railway station is Beltring station, roughly 1 mile east. A little further out are The Hop Farm Museum (1.1 miles south-east) and Tonbridge Castle (4.8 miles west). The countryside around Snoll Hatch includes Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Snoll Hatch
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The postcode and the type of business
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your last certificate, test record or report
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. 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.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Snoll Hatch
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Snoll Hatch businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
How it works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Somewhere as small as Snoll Hatch, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.