Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Billericay, Essex
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Billericay, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Burning smells from the fan area
About our extract fan cleaning in Billericay
We’ve been trading since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. If you have a fan shaking on its mounts and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan, we can help, from roof-mounted fans, fan housings and discharge points onwards.
Many kitchens in a town like Billericay were fitted into buildings built for something else, so duct runs can be awkward, with bends, long horizontal sections and too few access panels. Where the duct can’t be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Billericay (CM12, CM11, CM4)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Damaged fan blades
- A motor that has burnt out
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Billericay
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The condition of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any previous report or certificate
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.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Before the visit, a few pictures of the system and how to reach it help us plan the work in Billericay.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
How to prepare
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Extract fan cleaning in Billericay: the local picture
Look up Billericay on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 43 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 28 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Billericay. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. In Billericay, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basildon council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Billericay. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in Billericay, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Sunnymede Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Billericay is about 4 miles north of Basildon, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Billericay, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 8 miles from Billericay.
Every address in CM12, CM11 and CM4 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on High Street, Station Road and London Road and the roads around them. Billericay is on the A129 and A176, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in 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). Larger places within reach include 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). Billericay is one of the larger places we cover in Essex for extract fan cleaning.
Landmarks near Billericay
In Billericay, that means kitchens and buildings near 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.
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What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
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.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Billericay and across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger, while the motor runs under more strain. In a town like Billericay, a problem caught early is a planned visit, not an emergency.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Billericay: your questions answered
Which fire authority looks after Billericay?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Billericay. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work at weekends in Billericay?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Is Billericay in your area?
Yes. We work in Billericay and the rest of Essex, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What we are called out for in Billericay
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. A fan that has never been cleaned can be heavily coated, and the report will show it.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Billericay is Mayflower Community Hospital, about 0.9 miles south-west.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the figure could change on the day