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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Swingfield Minnis
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Swingfield Minnis? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchen extract cleaning in Swingfield Minnis
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. Typical jobs include grease smells coming from the extract and missing paperwork after a change of operator, across canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Kent.
Most kitchens in Swingfield Minnis fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Somewhere as small as Swingfield Minnis, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Swingfield Minnis (CT15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How easy every part is to reach
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Swingfield Minnis: the local picture
Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Swingfield Minnis. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Swingfield Minnis is about 60 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Selsted Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Swingfield Minnis, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Victoria Hospital is the nearest hospital to Swingfield Minnis, about 4.1 miles south. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Swingfield Minnis (Acrise Place is about 1.5 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Swingfield Minnis is about 4 miles north of Folkestone, in Kent. Anywhere in CT15, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Swingfield Minnis among them. We also work in Maidstone, around 29 miles away.
We cover every part of CT15 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Canterbury Road and Hoad Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Swingfield Minnis is on the A260, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Selsted (1 mile north), Densole (1 mile south), Wootton (2 miles north), Hawkinge (2 miles south) and Old Hawkinge (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (13 miles west), Canterbury (10 miles north), Dover (6 miles east), Folkestone (4 miles south), Whitstable (15 miles north) and Deal (11 miles north-east).
Near you in Swingfield Minnis
The closest station to Swingfield Minnis is Shepherds Well station, roughly 4.1 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (3.9 miles south-west) and Royal Victoria Hospital (4.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s Cheriton Hill.
Questions from Swingfield Minnis
Do you cover smaller places like Swingfield Minnis?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Swingfield Minnis included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Swingfield Minnis?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Swingfield Minnis. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
How long will the clean take?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. The survey tells us how long your system will need.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where needed.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
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How the job changes from site to site
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.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something 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 can diagnose it and quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Swingfield Minnis
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
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.
What happens on the day
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. In a small place like Swingfield Minnis, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Advice
What a clean will not put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- An undersized canopy or fan
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers