Essex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Fox Street
Ductwork cleaning across Fox Street and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
Honest limits
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A damper stuck open in the duct
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Duct sections that need replacing
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Fox Street
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Fox Street
Not every duct has enough access panels. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and we can fit new access panels so it’s cleaned next time. An honest report beats a guess. Typical jobs include ductwork that has never been cleaned and years of grease along the duct floor, across access panels, attenuators and multi-storey ducts.
Work in a small place like Fox Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Fox Street (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Fox Street kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Fox Street. Where they cook under a canopy, grease doesn’t stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. It’s Tendring council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Fox Street. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fox Street is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
For schools such as Roach Vale Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. A hospital like Colchester Hospital, about 2.2 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Castle House is about 3.2 miles north-east), access may need planning.
Fox Street is about 3 miles north-east of Colchester, in Essex. Fox Street gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Fox Street is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for ductwork cleaning. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 23 miles from Fox Street.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: CO7. Whether your site is on Colchester Road, Crown Lane South and Fox Wood Chase or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover Ardleigh (2 miles north-east), Ardleigh Heath (2 miles north-east), Langham (3 miles north), Lamb Corner (3 miles north-east) and Hornestreet (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Colchester (3 miles south-west), Clacton-on-Sea (11 miles south-east), Harwich (13 miles east), Camulodunum (4 miles south-west), Halstead (14 miles west) and Tiptree (11 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Fox Street
In Fox Street, that means kitchens and buildings near Gilberd School and Welsh Wood. Fox Street’s nearest station is Hythe station, about 2.1 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Lion Walk (2.7 miles south-west) and Colchester Castle (2.5 miles south-west). Open spaces near Fox Street include Westhouse Wood.
FAQs for Fox Street
Can a school canteen extract in Fox Street be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 6 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Fox Street. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire service covers Fox Street?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Fox Street. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What is TR19?
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.
How can I tell if my extract ducts are dirty?
We measure it. Readings are taken by Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). A mean above 200 microns, or 500 microns at any point, means it’s due.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Do you cover Fox Street?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Fox Street included.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
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.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Fox Street knowing what to expect.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- We measure grease thickness at set points before cleaning.
- Access panels are opened and heavy deposits scraped out by hand.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- Readings and photos are repeated and any section we couldn’t reach is recorded.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Don’t switch the extract off early
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Ask us about extra access panels where sections cannot be reached
- Make sure filters are seated properly
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Grease that never reaches the duct never needs cleaning out of it. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
What happens if it’s left?
Insurers know the risk of a greasy duct. Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and a claim may be refused or reduced without evidence. Your certificate and photo report show the ducts were cleaned. It’s simpler to plan the work at Fox Street now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- We are fully insured
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Nearby places to Fox Street
Other services in Fox Street
What the work involves, part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
Ducts in taller or shared buildings often run past other occupiers. We plan access with you and the building manager, so the clean is done safely and quietly.
Attenuators and discharge
At the end of the duct is the discharge. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.