Essex · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Fordham Heath
Ductwork cleaning for commercial sites in Fordham Heath and across Essex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Stale grease odours from the duct
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Fordham Heath
Ductwork in Fordham Heath is cleaned the same thorough way as everywhere else we work: readings at set points, heavy grease scraped out by hand, then degreasing to suit the deposit. Post-clean readings and pictures complete the record. The work covers horizontal duct runs, vertical risers and access panels, and common reasons people get in touch are a duct clean needed for an insurer and smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork.
Somewhere as small as Fordham Heath, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Fordham Heath (CO3, CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Fordham Heath before we set off.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Check readings when the menu changes
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
After the clean, the same points are tested again, so the report shows the before and after figures. Photos of each section go alongside them.
Keep to the cleaning interval on the report. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval may need to shorten, and grease thickness testing will show it.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Sections that cannot be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Horizontal duct runs
- Attenuators
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
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What else we do in Fordham Heath
Why deal with it now?
A partly blocked duct slows the airflow. Less air moves, so heat and smoke stay in the kitchen while the fan strains, and grease may start to leak from joints. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why us?
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Trading since 2009
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
When to call us in Fordham Heath
Wherever the kitchen is, in Fordham Heath or elsewhere, the duct fills in the same way: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Questions to ask before you book
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How VAT is shown on the quote
FAQs for Fordham Heath
Will you come out to Fordham Heath?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Fordham Heath is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which environmental health team covers Fordham Heath?
That is Colchester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Fordham Heath. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
After a survey and grease readings, the duct is opened up through its access panels. We clean the runs and risers section by section, then the readings are repeated.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Will I get a report after the ducts are cleaned?
You get a photo report with before and after photos, and a full TR19 clean also comes with a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Keep both in the maintenance log.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Grease, kitchens and Fordham Heath
Food Standards Agency records list about 16 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways across Fordham Heath and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. Kitchens in Fordham Heath get their food hygiene inspections from Colchester council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fordham Heath is covered by 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near All Saints Church or elsewhere in Fordham Heath, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Essex County Hospital is the nearest hospital to Fordham Heath, about 3.5 miles east.
Fordham Heath is about 3 miles north-west of Camulodunum, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CO3 postcode area, we cover ductwork cleaning for commercial sites. Fordham Heath is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for ductwork cleaning. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 18 miles from Fordham Heath.
Every address in CO3 and CO6 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Heath Road, Halstead Road and Porter's Lane, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. If your site is just outside Fordham Heath, we cover Gallows Green (1 mile west), Fordham (1 mile north), West Bergholt (2 miles east), Great Horkesley (3 miles north-east) and Wormingford (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (4 miles east), Braintree (11 miles west), Maldon (13 miles south-west), Witham (10 miles south-west), Camulodunum (3 miles south-east) and Halstead (8 miles west).
Local landmarks in Fordham Heath
Around Fordham Heath, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Cricketers pub and The Stanway School, among other places. Fordham Heath’s nearest station is Marks Tey station, about 2.1 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Colchester Castle (3.9 miles east) and Social History Museum (3.8 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Iron Latch.