Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Puttock's End, Essex
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Puttock's End, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
About our extract fan cleaning in Puttock's End
In Puttock's End, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. The result is photographed for your records. Common call-outs are for a noisy fan that has got louder over time and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, on discharge points, fan housings and centrifugal fans.
In a small place like Puttock's End, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Puttock's End (CM22)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Puttock's End
Which fire service covers Puttock's End?
That is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work in villages like Puttock's End?
Yes. Puttock's End is within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so you don’t have to close during trading.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
How long is a fan clean?
It takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Your quote will give an idea.
What a clean won’t put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A fan that will not start
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Puttock's End?
A fan in Puttock's End builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: daily hours and the amount of frying and grilling. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Herts and Essex Hospital about 4.5 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What insurance they carry
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Puttock's End
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens across Puttock's End and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. In Puttock's End, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Uttlesford council. 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. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Puttock's End. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Takeley Primary School or anywhere near Puttock's End, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Puttock's End (Barrington Hall is about 1.9 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Puttock's End is about 5 miles east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Puttock's End and the rest of Essex. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 12 miles from Puttock's End.
We cover every part of CM22 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. We also cover the places around Puttock's End: Hope End Green (1 mile north), Hellman's Cross (1 mile south-east), Smith's Green (1 mile north), Little Canfield (1 mile north) and Takeley (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (12 miles south-east), Braintree (12 miles east), Harlow (9 miles south-west), Saffron Walden (12 miles north), Great Dunmow (4 miles east) and Epping (13 miles south-west).
Around Puttock's End
For rail, the closest station is Stansted Airport station, about 2.4 miles north. A little further out are Little Easton Moat (3.1 miles north-east) and Herts and Essex Hospital (4.5 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Rushy Mead and Portingbury Hills.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. Leave those to us.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
What affects the quote in Puttock's End
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
- A single visit or a regular plan
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Helping us quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The postcode and the type of business
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- A few general shots of the system
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, so grease and wear build up together. Regular cleans help it keep going.
Inline duct fans
Some fans are built into the duct itself. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing, once they’re isolated.
The process
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 pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Puttock's End before we set off.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
The fan is part of the fire path. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. In a small place like Puttock's End, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why Puttock's End businesses choose us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We’re fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
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