Essex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Malting Green, Essex
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Malting Green, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Ductwork that has never been cleaned
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Stale grease odours from the duct
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Malting Green
If the ducts in Malting Green haven’t been cleaned for a while, or nobody is sure when they were? A few details about the system are a good start when you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will give you a fixed quote for ductwork cleaning, typically within one working day. The work covers horizontal duct runs, attenuators and bends and junctions, and common reasons people get in touch are thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct and a duct clean needed for an insurer.
Work in a small place like Malting Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Malting Green (CO2)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
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. Planning a trip to Malting Green ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will talk you through it.
Why Malting Green businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Each visit written up, with photos
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The scale of the work
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- A few general shots of the system
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
When it’s something else
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Attenuators
Malting Green: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Malting Green?
That is Colchester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Malting Green. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can the work in Malting Green be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Malting Green needn’t be disturbed. Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What shows that the ducts need a clean?
We measure it. Using a Wet Film Thickness Test or Deposit Thickness Test, we check the grease at set points. A mean above 200 microns, or 500 microns at any point, means it’s due.
How much does ductwork cleaning cost in Malting Green?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll typically reply within one working day.
What’s involved in cleaning extract ducts?
We survey the route, test the grease, then open the access panels. We clean the runs and risers section by section, then the readings are repeated.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
When to call us in Malting Green
Air cools as it moves away from the canopy. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, which is why ducts go on gathering grease well beyond the filters.
Look out for any of the following:
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Stale grease odours from the duct
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Alderman Blaxill School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What insurance they carry
Grease, kitchens and Malting Green
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Malting Green. The duct above a busy canopy coats itself in grease long before anyone sees it. Malting Green 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. Food hygiene inspections in Malting Green are the job of Colchester council’s environmental health team. 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Malting Green is Essex County Hospital, about 2.9 miles north. Layer Marney Tower, about 3.7 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses near Malting Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Malting Green is about 3 miles south of Colchester, in Essex. We carry out ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Malting Green and the rest of Essex. Malting Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for ductwork cleaning. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (18 miles or so).
Every address in CO2 is covered for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Abberton Road, Mill Lane and Bounstead Hill, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. Close by, we work in Layer-de-la-Haye (1 mile west), Abbey Field (2 miles north), Peldon (2 miles south), Birch (2 miles west) and Heckfordbridge (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (3 miles north), Braintree (14 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (12 miles east), Maldon (12 miles south-west), Witham (11 miles west) and Camulodunum (3 miles north).
Landmarks near Malting Green
In Malting Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Donkey And Buskins Public House. The nearest railway station is Colchester Town station, roughly 3.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Birch Castle (2.3 miles west) and Social History Museum (3.1 miles north). The countryside around Malting Green includes Roman River Valley.
Part by part
Access panels
We can fit new access panels where the duct needs them, so the next clean reaches more of the system. We will recommend where they should go.
Attenuators and discharge
The last section of duct before the discharge is often the coolest, so it can collect more grease than expected. We include it in the clean and the readings.
What happens on the day
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Malting Green can be planned properly.
- First the duct route is traced and every access point noted.
- Grease readings are taken at set points along the duct.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- We test again, take pictures and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Preparing for the visit
- 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
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.