Essex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Billericay
Ductwork cleaning for Billericay and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
Ductwork cleaning in Billericay
Duct Doctor has cleaned kitchen extract ductwork since 2009, working across London and the South East. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, our duct cleaning is done to BESA TR19® Grease, with each certificate issued through the BESCA portal. Typical jobs include high readings at a recent grease test and gaps where access panels were never fitted, on attenuators, bends and junctions and access panels.
Around a town like Billericay, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
We have been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.

- Place
- Billericay (CM12, CM11, CM4)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. Parking in a town like Billericay is normally straightforward, so the main questions are access and timing.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Ask us about extra access panels where sections can’t be reached
- Run the extract fan throughout service
Every panel we open is refitted when we finish, and the surrounding area is left clean. Grease and dirty water are contained and removed.
Grease that never reaches the duct never needs cleaning out of it. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
Nearby places to Billericay
What else we do in Billericay
Different parts, different methods
Multi-storey and shared buildings
Long ducts in larger buildings can mean several visits. We agree a sequence that suits the building, out of hours where possible.
Vertical risers
Risers often pass through floors and walls, where fire dampers may be fitted. We test those as a separate job.
Billericay: your questions answered
Can the work in Billericay be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Billericay can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which environmental health team covers Billericay?
Food hygiene inspections in Billericay are carried out by Basildon council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Do you work in Billericay?
Yes. We cover Billericay and the rest of Essex, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Can you quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Are you insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Grease, kitchens and Billericay
Food Standards Agency records include about 17 pubs, bars and clubs within about 1.5 miles of central Billericay. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. The fire and rescue service for Billericay is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Billericay are the job of Basildon council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
A kitchen near Billericay station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Sunnymede Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Mayflower Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Billericay, about 0.9 miles south-west.
Billericay is about 4 miles north of Basildon, in Essex. We provide ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Billericay and the rest of Essex. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, Billericay among them. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 8 miles from Billericay.
Our technicians cover all of CM12, CM11 and CM4 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include High Street, Station Road and London Road, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. With the A129 and A176 close by, Billericay is easy for our technicians to reach for ductwork cleaning. We also cover Little Burstead (2 miles south), Great Burstead (2 miles south-east), Ramsden Heath (2 miles east), Ramsden Bellhouse (3 miles east) and Stock (3 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (8 miles north), Basildon (4 miles south), Brentwood (5 miles west), Maldon (13 miles north-east), Canvey Island (10 miles south-east) and Rayleigh (8 miles east). As one of the bigger places in Essex, Billericay has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for ductwork cleaning.
Landmarks near Billericay
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Lake Meadows, The Railway pub and The Billericay School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Billericay itself: Billericay station. Well-known places in the area include Mayflower Community Hospital (0.9 miles south-west) and Barleylands Farm Museum (2.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Norsey Wood.
Fixed quotes for ductwork cleaning in Billericay
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The number of sites or systems
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens if it’s left?
Old grease in a duct for a kitchen in Billericay doesn’t stay soft. It bakes into a hard layer that takes far longer to remove, so the later the clean, the bigger the job. A fresh certificate on file is the best thing to have when someone asks to see your records.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Billericay
- We are fully insured
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What ductwork cleaning cannot fix
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts