Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
West Street kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for West Street and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Stale cooking odours from the system
What affects the quote in West Street
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How big the system is
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The postcode and the type of business
For kitchen extract cleaning in West Street, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Kitchen duct cleaning in West Street
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers extract fans, vertical risers and discharge points, and common reasons people get in touch are extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit and rancid smells from grease in the duct. Extraction cleaning, hood cleaning and TR19 duct cleaning all end up in the same place: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
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.
Work in a small place like West Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- West Street (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
How the visit works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to West Street run smoothly.
- 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.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Questions from West Street
Will you come out to West Street?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and West Street is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you work overnight in West Street?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in West Street keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are 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.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
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.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
Places near West Street
What else we do in West Street
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
Grease meets the system first at the canopy and the plenum behind the filters. We clean both inside and out, with the filter housing cleaned too.
Grease filters
A filter that is missing or bent lets grease straight past. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that do not.
Why deal with it now?
Grease that’s left only gets thicker. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean straight away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. With notice, the visit to West Street can be fitted around your bookings and events.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why West Street businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Photo reports with every job
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
Kitchen extract cleaning around West Street
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses across West Street and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. West Street is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In West Street, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Maidstone council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around West Street (Leeds Castle is about 4.2 miles west), fitting access panels needs care. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Lenham School or anywhere near West Street, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
West Street is about 6 miles south of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in West Street and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and West Street is one of them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (9 miles or so).
Here we cover the ME17 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover Woodside Green (1 mile south-east), Payden Street (1 mile east), Lenham (1 mile south-west), Warren Street (2 miles east) and Wichling (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (9 miles west), Ashford (10 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles east), Sittingbourne (6 miles north), Whitstable (15 miles north-east) and Faversham (8 miles north-east).
Landmarks near West Street
Around West Street, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Kiln Wood. The nearest railway station is Lenham station, roughly 1.6 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Newnham Castle (3.9 miles north-east).
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.