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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Weddington
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Weddington? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Grease, kitchens and Weddington
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 pubs, bars and clubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Weddington. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Weddington is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Weddington, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Dover council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. 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 Weddington (Goodnestone Park is about 3.9 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Weddington, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Weddington is about 7 miles south-west of Ramsgate, in Kent. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Weddington and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Weddington is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 33 miles away.
Every address in CT3 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Cop Street (1 mile north), Ash (1 mile south-west), Guilton (1 mile south-west), Coombe (1 mile south) and Durlock (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (9 miles west), Margate (8 miles north-east), Dover (10 miles south), Folkestone (15 miles south), Ramsgate (7 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (8 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Weddington
Around Weddington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Chequer Inn. The nearest railway station is Sandwich station, about 2.6 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include White Mill (1.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Monk's Wall nature reserve.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Weddington
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and grease settles in every one of them. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. The work covers plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and discharge points, and people most often call us about proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and missing paperwork after a change of operator. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Weddington, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
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 readings afterwards go into your report.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Weddington (CT3)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Weddington
Do you work at weekends in Weddington?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Weddington keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Weddington?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
What’s TR19?
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.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
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.
How long will the clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
- How many systems or sites are involved
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
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How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Weddington.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, 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.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What we are called out for in Weddington
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients are not disturbed.