Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Woodchurch kitchen extract cleaning
One call covers TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge in Woodchurch, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
When to call us in Woodchurch
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
What we are most often called out for:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of All Saints or anywhere around Woodchurch, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What to look for in a quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What paperwork you get at the end
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Woodchurch
A closed kitchen isn’t earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or 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. If you have cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and fat running down the canopy edge, we can put it right, from horizontal duct runs, discharge points and plenums and filters onwards. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Woodchurch? We’ve been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Woodchurch (TN26)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
Grease, kitchens and Woodchurch
Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Woodchurch. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Woodchurch is about 48 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
For schools such as Woodchurch Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Historic houses near Woodchurch, such as Smallhythe Place about 4.2 miles south-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Woodchurch is about 6 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Woodchurch, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Maidstone, about 17 miles from Woodchurch.
Our technicians cover all of TN26 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include Kirkwood Avenue, Front Road and Lower Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Woodchurch: Brattle (1 mile south), Brook Street (1 mile south-west), Shirkoak (1 mile north), Appledore Heath (3 miles south) and Leigh Green (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (6 miles north-east), Hythe (13 miles east), Tenterden (4 miles west), Park Wood (15 miles north-west), Kennington (8 miles north-east) and New Romney (10 miles south-east).
Near you in Woodchurch
In Woodchurch, that means kitchens and buildings near Stonebridge Inn and Stone Wood, among other places. The nearest railway station is Appledore (Kent) station, roughly 3.5 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Woodchurch Village Life Museum (0.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Orlestone Forest.
What we do, step by step
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Somewhere as small as Woodchurch, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
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What the work involves, part by part
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 aren’t disturbed.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Woodchurch questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Woodchurch?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you work in Woodchurch outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Woodchurch doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Is Woodchurch in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Woodchurch.
What happens if it’s left?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. A fault that closes a site in a village like Woodchurch affects everyone who depends on it.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why Woodchurch businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A written report with pictures after each visit
See how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
You get a photo report after every clean. Before and after photos show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.