Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Willesborough kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Willesborough, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. For a place like Willesborough, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Kitchen duct cleaning in Willesborough
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Willesborough, typically within one working day. If you’re dealing with proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, we can put it right, from canopies and hoods, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters onwards. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Willesborough? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and readings afterwards go into your report.
Around a smaller place like Willesborough, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, 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
- Willesborough (TN24)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease that’s left only gets thicker. 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. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Common problems we fix in Willesborough
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
What we are most often called out for:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Willesborough Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- What hours they’ll be on site
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Willesborough
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Willesborough: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Willesborough?
Food hygiene inspections in Willesborough are carried out by Ashford council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire authority looks after Willesborough?
Willesborough is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
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.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
When do you clean the extract?
We work around your hours. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends, so you don’t lose a service.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Willesborough
Look up Willesborough on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 87 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 29 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Willesborough. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. The fire and rescue service for Willesborough is 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 Willesborough, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Ashford council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Willesborough, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as William Harvey Hospital (about 0.8 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Willesborough is about 1 mile east of Ashford, in Kent. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Willesborough and the rest of Kent. Willesborough is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 18 miles from Willesborough.
Work in TN24 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Mead Road, Mill Lane and Milne Road and nearby roads. You will find Willesborough on the A2070, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in South Willesborough (1 mile south-west), Newtown (1 mile south-west), Ashford (1 mile west), Finberry (1 mile south) and Park Farm (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (13 miles north-east), Folkestone (12 miles east), Faversham (12 miles north), Hythe (9 miles south-east), Davington (12 miles north) and Preston (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Willesborough
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The William Harvey Public House, Ashford Green Corridors and The North School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Ashford International station, roughly 0.9 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include William Harvey Hospital (0.8 miles east) and Ashford Designer Outlet (0.8 miles west). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that’s clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.