Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
St Mary's Bay kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in St Mary's Bay, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in St Mary's Bay
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. If you have a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, we can put it right, from canopies and hoods, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers onwards. Extraction cleaning, hood cleaning and TR19 duct cleaning all end up in the same place: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in St Mary's Bay goes well beyond the canopy.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like St Mary's Bay gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. 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.
- Where
- St Mary's Bay (TN29)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Visits to a place like St Mary's Bay are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
St Mary's Bay: your questions answered
Who is the fire and rescue service for St Mary's Bay?
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 at weekends in St Mary's Bay?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in St Mary's Bay can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We have been trading since 2009.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What information do you need?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. Where they can be cleaned, they are, and the report notes anything that can’t.
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. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The condition of the system
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
For kitchen extract cleaning in St Mary's Bay, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Nearby places to St Mary's Bay
Also in St Mary's Bay
What we are called out for in St Mary's Bay
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Where a hall near All Saints, or anywhere in St Mary's Bay, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of insurance
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in St Mary's Bay
At about 1 mile from the coast, St Mary's Bay is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The Food Standards Agency lists about 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses in St Mary's Bay and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s Folkestone and Hythe council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in St Mary's Bay. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
School kitchens, at schools like The Marsh Academy for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
St Mary's Bay is about 6 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around St Mary's Bay, please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, St Mary's Bay included. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, St Mary's Bay among them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (26 miles or so).
Every address in TN29 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Maple Drive, Oak Drive and Beechwood Close, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around St Mary's Bay: St Mary in the Marsh (1 mile west), Burmarsh (3 miles north), Newchurch (3 miles north-west), Postling Green (5 miles north) and Bonnington (6 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (10 miles north-west), Folkestone (10 miles north-east), Hythe (6 miles north-east), Hawkinge (11 miles north-east), Tenterden (13 miles west) and Cheriton (9 miles north-east).
What’s near St Mary's Bay
Typical jobs here are in premises near Romney Warren Country Park, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Romney 'castle' (3.6 miles west).
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It won’t replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.