Essex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Great Wigborough
Ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Great Wigborough. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Great Wigborough
The ductwork is where an extract clean is won or lost. Without enough access panels, long stretches can go years without being touched. We open up every reachable section and record any we can’t reach, so you know exactly where you stand. Common call-outs are for readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test and grease leaking from duct joints, across horizontal duct runs, bends and junctions and multi-storey ducts.
In a small place like Great Wigborough, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Great Wigborough (CO5)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Do not switch the extract off early
When the duct is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Book the next duct clean before the date passes. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
What happens if it’s left?
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Putting off the clean only pushes readings higher. If the system at a site near Great Wigborough fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why Great Wigborough businesses choose us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Great Wigborough
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Great Wigborough?
In Great Wigborough, it’s Colchester council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Great Wigborough?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Great Wigborough doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
How long will the duct clean take?
It depends on the length of the duct, the number of access panels and how much grease there is. As a guide, it takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you fit access panels in our ductwork?
Yes, extra panels can be fitted. It means more of the duct can be cleaned next time, and the report will show where they’re needed.
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
What the work involves, part by part
Attenuators and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to reduce noise, and their linings can soak up grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Multi-storey and shared buildings
Long ducts in larger buildings can mean several visits. Visits are planned around the building’s hours, out of hours where possible.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Great Wigborough.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and photos repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Advice
When to call us in Great Wigborough
Slow air leaves the most grease behind. Long horizontal runs, bends, changes in size and the foot of a riser all collect more, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
Historic houses near Great Wigborough, such as Layer Marney Tower about 2.8 miles north-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Questions to ask before you book
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the price is fixed
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Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- A damper stuck open in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
Kitchen extracts in Great Wigborough
The coast is only about 2 miles from Great Wigborough. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Great Wigborough 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. Environmental health officers from Colchester council inspect food businesses in Great Wigborough. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Stephen or anywhere around Great Wigborough, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Great Wigborough is about 6 miles south of Colchester, in Essex. We provide ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Great Wigborough and the rest of Essex. Great Wigborough is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (16 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of CO5 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on School Lane and Maldon Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Great Wigborough, we cover Little Wigborough (1 mile east), Peldon (2 miles north-east), Layer Breton (2 miles north-west), Birch Green (3 miles north-west) and Layer-de-la-Haye (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (6 miles north), Braintree (14 miles north-west), Clacton-on-Sea (13 miles east), Maldon (9 miles south-west), Witham (9 miles west) and Camulodunum (6 miles north).
Landmarks near Great Wigborough
In Great Wigborough, that means kitchens and buildings near Kings Head Public House. A little further out are Birch Castle (3.2 miles north-west). The countryside around Great Wigborough includes Abbotts Hall Farm.