Essex · Extract fan cleaning
High Garrett extract fan cleaning
We cover High Garrett for extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that has never been cleaned
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and it collects grease unevenly. That’s what unbalances the fan, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in High Garrett
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing, and that’s what we clean. The work covers centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and axial fans, and the jobs we see most are fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and an extract fan with no cleaning record.
In a village or hamlet like High Garrett, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- High Garrett (CM7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in High Garrett
A fan that sounds rough in High Garrett is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it normally is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Somewhere as small as High Garrett, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why us?
- Full insurance on every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Grease, kitchens and High Garrett
The FSA’s data shows about 5 pubs and bars registered in and around High Garrett, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In High Garrett, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Braintree council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. High Garrett sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Bocking Church Street Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Braintree Community Hospital (about 2.6 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
High Garrett is about 2 miles north of Braintree, in Essex. Across the CM7 area, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 13 miles away.
Work in CM7 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include High Garrett, Grove Field and Sunnyfields Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to High Garrett include Bocking Churchstreet (1 mile south-west), Gosfield (2 miles north), Beazley End (2 miles north-west), Church End (3 miles west) and Shalford (4 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (14 miles east), Chelmsford (13 miles south), Maldon (13 miles south), Witham (8 miles south), Camulodunum (13 miles east) and Halstead (3 miles north-east).
What’s near High Garrett
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Tabor Academy and Bocking Blackwater. The closest station to High Garrett is Braintree station, roughly 2.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (1.7 miles south-west) and Braintree Community Hospital (2.6 miles south-west). Not far away are Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
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What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes an hour or two for most single fans. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to High Garrett and turn up when the site is quiet.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
High Garrett: your questions answered
Can you work in High Garrett outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in High Garrett can fit around your hours. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Who is the fire and rescue service for High Garrett?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for High Garrett. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work in High Garrett?
Yes. High Garrett is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
What does TR19 mean?
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.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
How long is a fan clean?
One easily reached fan is quick, but hard-to-reach fans take more time. It’s done while the kitchen is closed.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Leave a clear route to the fan
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in High Garrett
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.