Medway · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Strood, Medway
Kitchen extract cleaning for Strood, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Managing agents and facilities teams in Strood
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Strood, done properly
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with photos of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Strood, typically within one working day. Common call-outs are for heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, across horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and extract fans. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Strood? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
Around a town like Strood, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Each has a canopy, filters, ductwork and a fan to keep clear of grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Strood (ME2, ME1, ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Kitchen extracts in Strood
The Food Standards Agency lists about 29 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses as registered food businesses in and around Strood, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Fire safety in Strood 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. Environmental health officers from Medway council inspect food businesses in Strood. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Temple Manor, about 0.5 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Strood; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Strood is French Hospital, about 1.2 miles east. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Francis' Church, or anywhere in Strood, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Strood is about 3 miles north-west of Chatham, in Medway. Strood gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, Strood among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 9 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in ME2, ME1 and ME3 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Ash Road, Gun Lane and Pine Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Strood sits on or near the A2 and A226, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Strood, we cover Rochester (1 mile east), Borstal (1 mile south), Cuxton (2 miles south-west), Lower Bush (2 miles south-west) and Upper Bush (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (4 miles east), Chatham (3 miles south-east), Rainham (6 miles east), Luton (3 miles south-east), Park Wood (6 miles south-east) and Lordswood (5 miles south-east). Being one of Medway’s larger places, Strood has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning.
Landmarks near Strood
Typical jobs here are in premises near Rede Common, Temple School and Strood Academy, among other places. Strood’s nearest station is Strood station, roughly 1 mile east of the centre. A little further out are Rochester Castle (1 mile east) and Six Poor Travellers House (1.2 miles east). Open spaces near Strood include Rede Common and Gad's Hill.
Common questions in Strood
Can a school canteen extract in Strood be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Strood, the Food Standards Agency lists about 15 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Strood?
Strood is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Do you work in Strood?
Yes. We cover Strood and across Medway, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
What affects the quote in Strood
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- What state the system is in
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Why deal with it now?
Grease that’s left only gets thicker. BESA guidance says the mean should not go above 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean right away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced 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’ll explain each part.
Why us?
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Every job surveyed first
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight with as little disruption as possible.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
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 one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. We arrive in Strood once you’ve closed and leave the site ready for the morning.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
Any section without access is marked on the report. That’s part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
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.