Kent · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Yelsted, Kent
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Yelsted: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Kitchen duct cleaning in Yelsted
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Yelsted it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Somewhere as small as Yelsted, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Yelsted (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Yelsted: your questions answered
Which fire service covers Yelsted?
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.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Yelsted?
Food hygiene inspections in Yelsted are carried out by Medway council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Do you work in Yelsted?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Yelsted included.
What should I send you?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- How big the system is
- Parking and loading at the site
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What we need to know
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Yelsted
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
You leave with a date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe isn’t a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
Why deal with it now?
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Yelsted as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Yelsted.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
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Kitchen extract cleaning around Yelsted
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Yelsted. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Yelsted. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Medway council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Yelsted. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hospital like KIMS hospital, about 4 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. School kitchens, at schools like St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Yelsted is about 3 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Kent. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Yelsted, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Yelsted included. Yelsted is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Maidstone, around 6 miles away.
All of ME9 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Yelsted Road and Yelsted Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Yelsted: Stockbury (1 mile east), Meresborough (1 mile north), Hartlip (1 mile north-east), Lower Hartlip (2 miles north-east) and Rainham (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (6 miles south-west), Sittingbourne (5 miles east), Gravesend (12 miles north-west), Faversham (12 miles east), Northfleet (14 miles north-west) and Minster (10 miles north-east).
Around Yelsted
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Leigh Academy Rainham and Stockbury Hill Wood and the streets around them. Yelsted’s nearest station is Rainham (Kent) station, about 2.5 miles north of the centre. A little further out are KIMS hospital (4 miles south-west). The countryside around Yelsted includes Detling Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
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.