Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Southborough, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning for Southborough and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Southborough
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 grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are often asked to deal with grease dripping from the canopy or filters and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, across horizontal duct runs, discharge points and extract fans. When a restaurant in Southborough asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is exactly what we do: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
Most kitchens in Southborough fall into one of BESA’s three bands: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a smaller place like Southborough, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Southborough (TN4, TN2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Also near Southborough
Also in Southborough
Questions from Southborough
Do you cover smaller places like Southborough?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Southborough is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you work in Southborough outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Southborough does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. Then you get a fixed quote.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What affects the quote in Southborough
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Travel, parking and unloading
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
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.
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
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 ready when anyone asks to see it.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 can quote for the whole system.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Southborough kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 59 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 33 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Southborough. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. It’s Tunbridge Wells council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Southborough. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Southborough is 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Southborough CofE Primary School or anywhere near Southborough, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Penshurst Place is about 3.5 miles west), access may need planning.
Southborough is about 1 mile north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Wherever you are in the TN4 postcode area, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Southborough 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 TN4 and TN2 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. You will find streets such as London Road, Church Road and Norton Road, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. You’ll find Southborough on the A26, so it’s easy for us to get to for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include High Brooms (1 mile south-east), Stockland Green (1 mile west), Bidborough (1 mile north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (1 mile south) and Speldhurst (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (9 miles north), Tonbridge (3 miles north), Kings Hill (10 miles north-east), Foley Park (15 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (6 miles east).
Near you in Southborough
In Southborough, that means kitchens and buildings near Barnett's Wood, St Gregory's Catholic School and Flying Dutchman pub. For rail, the closest station is High Brooms station, about 1 mile south-east of the centre. A little further out are Kent and Sussex Hospital (1.4 miles south) and Tonbridge Castle (2.8 miles north). For a walk, there’s Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve and Barden Lake.
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 the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Southborough can typically be finished without a second trip.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. 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.
Related advice
When to call us in Southborough
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so nobody could get to them. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Kent and Sussex Hospital about 1.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Proof of accreditation you can verify