London and the South East

Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Essex

Kitchen extract cleaning in all 644 towns and villages of Essex, planned around your opening hours, with a fixed quote before we start and a report with photos afterwards.

Kitchen Extract Cleaning across Essex

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Kitchen extract cleaning across Essex

TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Choose your town from the list to see local details, and get in touch for a quick quote.

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How kitchen extract cleaning works in Essex

We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers horizontal duct runs, discharge points and canopies and hoods, and the jobs we see most are heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and a kitchen taken over without any extract records.

Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits.

We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.

What you will pay

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’ll go through it with you.

Why businesses in Essex choose us

A written report with pictures after every visit
Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
Trading since 2009
CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001

Ask for a quote

Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.

What’s near Colchester

Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Church of St Peter, Bull Meadow and The Bay And Say Public House. Nearby too are Colchester Sixth Form College (within half a mile north-west) and St John's Green Primary School (less than half a mile south). Colchester has its own railway station: Colchester Town station. A little further out are Lion Walk (within half a mile south-east) and Essex County Hospital (under half a mile south-west). The countryside around Colchester includes Westhouse Wood.

Kitchen extracts across Essex

Kitchens across Essex cook for very different hours, from all-day town-centre sites to part-time hall and school kitchens. Grease readings and BESA’s minimum intervals set the schedule for each.

Across London and the South East, we work evenings, overnight and weekends, so sites across Essex do not have to lose a day. Essex includes coastal places, where salt in the air speeds up corrosion of roof-level equipment. Fans and cowls on sea-facing roofs are worth checking at each visit.

Colchester: Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Peter or anywhere around Colchester, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. For kitchens close to Colchester Town station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.

Keeping the system healthy

Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:

Keep the baffle filters clean
Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate

You get a photo report after every clean. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.

Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.

Honest limits

To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:

An undersized canopy or fan
A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Damaged duct sections that need replacing

What the work involves, part by part

Ductwork and risers

Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.

Schools, hospitals and care homes

Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.

What affects the quote in Essex

Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:

The condition we find in the survey
Where the site is and how we reach it
Whether several sites go on one quote
How big the system is

When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.

Helping us quote

When you contact us, it’s useful to have:

Your last certificate, test record or report
Any access panels or hatches you can see
Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks

Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.

For landlords and multi-site operators

When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.

From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.

Essex questions

Can you set up regular visits?

Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.

What about areas you can’t get to?

They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.

Which sectors do you work in?

Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.

What does TR19 mean?

It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.

Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?

Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.

How long will the clean take?

That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. Most jobs take a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system.

Will the clean disrupt our service?

We work around your hours. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends, so you do not lose a service.