Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Winterbourne, Kent
Kitchen extract cleaning across Winterbourne and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Winterbourne
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers discharge points, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers, and the jobs we see most are a kitchen taken over without any extract records and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Winterbourne? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Somewhere as small as Winterbourne, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Winterbourne (ME13)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A certificate in the file answers that question. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Winterbourne is calmer for everyone.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What you get with us
- We’re fully insured
- In business since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every job surveyed first
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FAQs for Winterbourne
Which environmental health team covers Winterbourne?
Kitchens in Winterbourne are inspected by Swale council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work in villages like Winterbourne?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
When do you clean the extract?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before any work starts.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before work begins.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Winterbourne
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Winterbourne knowing what to expect.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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, and that’s where we come in.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Winterbourne: the local picture
Look up Winterbourne on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Winterbourne, up to about a mile and a half out. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Environmental health officers from Swale council inspect food businesses in Winterbourne. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Winterbourne sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Christ Church or anywhere around Winterbourne, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (about 5.1 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Winterbourne is about 4 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. Wherever you are in the ME13 postcode area, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Winterbourne is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 19 miles away.
Work in ME13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If your site is just outside Winterbourne, we cover Hickmans Green (1 mile north-west), Oversland (1 mile south-west), South Street (1 mile west), Boughton under Blean (1 mile north) and Crouch (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Ashford (11 miles south), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north-west), Whitstable (6 miles north-east), Faversham (4 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (9 miles north-east).
Around Winterbourne
In Winterbourne, that means kitchens and buildings near The Queens Head pub and Mount Ephraim Gardens, among other places. The nearest railway station is Selling station, about 1 mile south-west. A little further out are Chilham Castle (2.9 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.1 miles east). Open spaces near Winterbourne include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
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What affects the quote in Winterbourne
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The size of the system
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
For kitchen extract cleaning in Winterbourne, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
When to call us in Winterbourne
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Grease smells coming from the extract
For schools such as Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- What insurance they carry
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If they look at the system before pricing