Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Womenswold kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for Womenswold, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How big the system is
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Womenswold
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Typical jobs include grease drips onto cooking equipment and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, on extract fans, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Womenswold, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a small place like Womenswold, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Womenswold (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
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.
Womenswold questions
Which fire service covers Womenswold?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work in villages like Womenswold?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Womenswold is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Typically, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we normally come back within one working day. If photos are not enough, we’ll survey first.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
What accreditations do you hold?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
How long will the clean take?
It takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Womenswold
Look up Womenswold on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways in Womenswold and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Food hygiene inspections in Womenswold are the job of Dover council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Womenswold falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
A hospital like St Martins Hospital, about 5.8 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Where a hall near Church of St Margaret, or anywhere in Womenswold, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Goodnestone Park is about 2.8 miles north-east), access may need planning.
Womenswold is about 7 miles south-east of Canterbury, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Womenswold, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Womenswold is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (29 miles or so).
All of CT4 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Womenswold, we cover Woolage Green (1 mile south-east), Gravel Castle (1 mile south-west), Barham (1 mile west), Aylesham (1 mile north-east) and Out Elmstead (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Ashford (15 miles west), Canterbury (7 miles north-west), Margate (14 miles north-east), Dover (7 miles south-east), Folkestone (9 miles south) and Ramsgate (13 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Womenswold
The closest station to Womenswold is Snowdown station, roughly 1.1 miles east. Nearby you will also find St Martins Hospital (5.8 miles north-west).
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How it works
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Womenswold.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Leave it or put it right?
A clogged extract doesn’t only raise the fire risk. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Photo reports with every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Between visits
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.