Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Bocking Churchstreet kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for commercial sites in Bocking Churchstreet and across Essex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Bocking Churchstreet
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers extract fans, vertical risers and plenums and filters, and the jobs we see most are years of baked-on grease in the ducts and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Bocking Churchstreet? We’ve been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Bocking Churchstreet gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Bocking Churchstreet (CM7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A certificate in the file answers that question. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
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Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Bocking Churchstreet
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.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Braintree Community Hospital about 1.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before you book anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Common questions in Bocking Churchstreet
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Bocking Churchstreet?
That’s 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 do school kitchen extract cleaning in Bocking Churchstreet in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 6 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Bocking Churchstreet. You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
When do you clean the extract?
Cleans are timed to avoid service. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, which grease thickness testing will show.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
What a clean won’t put right
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Bocking Churchstreet
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Bocking Churchstreet
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Bocking Churchstreet kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 40 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 25 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bocking Churchstreet. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Bocking Churchstreet. 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. It’s Braintree council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Bocking Churchstreet. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Bocking Church Street Primary School or anywhere near Bocking Churchstreet, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Where a hall near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Bocking Churchstreet, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Bocking Churchstreet is about 1 mile north of Braintree, in Essex. Sites in Bocking Churchstreet get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Bocking Churchstreet among them. We also work in Chelmsford, around 12 miles away.
Every address in CM7 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You will find streets such as Church Lane, Pelham Road and Oakley Road, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Bocking Churchstreet include High Garrett (1 mile north-east), Beazley End (2 miles north), Church End (3 miles north-west), Gosfield (3 miles north-east) and Shalford (3 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Colchester (15 miles east), Chelmsford (12 miles south), Maldon (13 miles south-east), Witham (8 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (15 miles north-west) and Camulodunum (14 miles east).
What’s near Bocking Churchstreet
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Retreat pub, Edith Borthwick School and Bocking Blackwater, among other places. The closest station to Bocking Churchstreet is Braintree station, roughly 1.7 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (0.9 miles south) and Braintree Community Hospital (1.4 miles south). Open spaces near Bocking Churchstreet include Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
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What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Tell us when your site near Bocking Churchstreet is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.