Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Styants Bottom
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Styants Bottom? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Styants Bottom
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with photos of the canopy and filters, and we will come back with a fixed price for the work in Styants Bottom, typically within one working day. If you have a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and grease smells coming from the extract, we can put it right, from vertical risers, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs onwards. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Styants Bottom? Duct Doctor has covered London and 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.
For a kitchen in or near Styants Bottom, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Styants Bottom (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A fan motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
Also near Styants Bottom
What else we do in Styants Bottom
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Styants Bottom?
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Lawrence, or anywhere in Styants Bottom, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Styants Bottom: your questions answered
Will you come out to Styants Bottom?
Yes, Styants Bottom is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you work in Styants Bottom outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Styants Bottom can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What do I get after the clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after photos, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
Why do insurers care about 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 does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
What affects the quote in Styants Bottom
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- How big the system is
- Parking and loading at the site
- The number of sites or systems
- The times the site is available
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any previous report or certificate
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School, hospital and care home kitchens often have fixed hours and long holidays, so cleans can be booked when the kitchen is closed. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Styants Bottom: the local picture
There are about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Styants Bottom and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Fire safety in Styants Bottom falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Styants Bottom get their food hygiene inspections from Sevenoaks council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Styants Bottom (Ightham Mote is about 1.9 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. For schools such as Ightham Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Styants Bottom is about 3 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. From the centre of Styants Bottom to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Styants Bottom is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 12 miles from Styants Bottom.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: TN15. Other places close to Styants Bottom include Oldbury (1 mile east), Ightham (1 mile south-east), Stone Street (1 mile south), Ivy Hatch (1 mile south-east) and Bitchet Green (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (12 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north), Sevenoaks (3 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
Near you in Styants Bottom
Around Styants Bottom, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Wrotham School, The Harrow Inn and Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve. The closest station to Styants Bottom is Kemsing station, roughly 1 mile north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Ightham Court (1.3 miles north-east) and Sevenoaks Hospital (2.8 miles west). Open spaces near Styants Bottom include Dryhill Nature Reserve.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Somewhere as small as Styants Bottom, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before we start.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Styants Bottom is calmer for everyone.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
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