Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Tendring Green
Our technicians work in Tendring Green on cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease stains around the discharge
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Tendring Green
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers discharge points, in-line fans and roof-mounted fans, and the jobs we see most are fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and burning smells from the fan area.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Tendring Green (CO16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Tendring Green
A greasy fan in Tendring Green is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Tendring Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What paperwork you get at the end
What happens if it’s left?
For a kitchen in Tendring Green, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Somewhere as small as Tendring Green, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why Tendring Green businesses choose us
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Also near Tendring Green
What else we do in Tendring Green
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Tendring Green can be planned properly.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
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. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Kitchen extracts in Tendring Green
Tendring Green sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. It’s Tendring council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Tendring Green. 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.
Thorpe Hall, about 3.6 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Tendring Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Edmund or elsewhere in Tendring Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Tendring Green is about 6 miles north of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. Tendring Green gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 29 miles from Tendring Green.
Every address in CO16 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You will find streets such as Chapel Lane and Heath Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Tendring Green include Tendring Heath (1 mile north-west), Tendring (1 mile south), Stones Green (2 miles east), Oak Corner (2 miles east) and Weeley (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (9 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (6 miles south), Harwich (7 miles north-east), Camulodunum (10 miles west), Greenstead (7 miles west) and Wivenhoe (7 miles west).
What’s near Tendring Green
Around Tendring Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Fat Goose pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Weeley station, about 2.6 miles south of the centre. For a walk, there’s Weeleyhall Wood.
Questions from Tendring Green
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Tendring Green?
The local authority for Tendring Green is Tendring council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you cover smaller places like Tendring Green?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Tendring Green is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
How the job changes from site to site
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. We isolate it, then clean the blades and housing.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.