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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in The Stocks
Kitchen extract cleaning in The Stocks from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
What happens if it’s left?
Every week without a clean adds another layer. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why us?
- Trading since 2009
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Kitchen extract cleaning in The Stocks, done properly
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers vertical risers, plenums and filters and extract fans, and people most often call us about rancid smells from grease in the duct and grease drips onto cooking equipment. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in The Stocks, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in Kent.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
For a kitchen in or near The Stocks, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- The Stocks (TN30)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near The Stocks, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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Kitchen extract cleaning in The Stocks: the local picture
The Stocks, about 49 miles from central London, is within our usual area. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. Fire safety in The Stocks falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Parish Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in The Stocks, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Wittersham Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
The Stocks is about 11 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in The Stocks and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, The Stocks among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 19 miles from The Stocks.
Here we cover the TN30 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Streets in the area include Stocks Road, Budd's Lane and Wittersham Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover Acton (1 mile north), Wittersham (1 mile west), Stone Corner (1 mile north), Stone in Oxney (2 miles east) and Reading Street (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (11 miles north-east), Tenterden (4 miles north), Kennington (13 miles north-east), New Romney (10 miles east), Staplehurst (13 miles north-west) and Stanhope (10 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in The Stocks
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Ewe And Lamb Inn, among other places. The Stocks’s nearest station is Rye station, roughly 4.2 miles south. Nearby you will also find Smallhythe Place (2 miles north-west) and Ypres Tower (4.4 miles south). The countryside around The Stocks includes Flatropers Wood.
What we’re called out for in The Stocks
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Smallhythe Place is about 2 miles north-west), access may need planning.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If they look at the system before pricing
Different parts, different methods
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service isn’t an option for most restaurants and pubs. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
FAQs for The Stocks
Which fire service covers The Stocks?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you get to a site in The Stocks?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and The Stocks is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
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.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract 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 pictures, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
We work around your hours. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in The Stocks and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.