Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Bardfield Saling
Kitchen extract cleaning for Bardfield Saling, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Bardfield Saling
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and extract fans, and people most often call us about rancid smells from grease in the duct and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Essex.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Bardfield Saling: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Work in a small place like Bardfield Saling starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Bardfield Saling (CM7)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date is not missed.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Bardfield Saling
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
- The times the site is available
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Bardfield Saling
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Bardfield Saling?
Fire safety enforcement in Bardfield Saling is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can you work in Bardfield Saling outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Bardfield Saling keeps running as normal. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
A TR19 certificate, plus a full photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
What should I send you?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Why deal with it now?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. If the system at a site near Bardfield Saling fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why Bardfield Saling businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We’re fully insured
- A written report with photos after every visit
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. The timing of a visit to Bardfield Saling is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Clear the space around the work
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
Advice
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Bardfield Saling: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Bardfield Saling. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. It’s Braintree council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Bardfield Saling. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Bardfield Saling. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Braintree Community Hospital (about 4.4 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Bardfield Saling is about 5 miles north-west of Braintree, in Essex. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Bardfield Saling and the rest of Essex. Bardfield Saling is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (13 miles or so).
We work across the CM7 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Plums Lane and Long Green Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Bardfield Saling, we cover Crow's Green (1 mile south), Great Saling (1 mile south), Great Bardfield (2 miles north-west), Wethersfield (3 miles north-east) and Little Bardfield (3 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (13 miles south), Braintree (5 miles south-east), Witham (11 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (11 miles north-west), Halstead (8 miles east) and Great Dunmow (5 miles south-west).
What’s near Bardfield Saling
Other landmarks nearby include Braintree Community Hospital (4.4 miles south-east).
When to call us in Bardfield Saling
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Where a hall near Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in Bardfield Saling, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach