Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Broomfield, Essex
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Broomfield, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
When to call us in Broomfield
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. For a kitchen in Broomfield, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
School kitchens, at schools like Chelmer Valley High School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Comparing quotes
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Kitchen extract cleaning in Broomfield
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have grease smells coming from the extract and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, we can put it right. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Broomfield, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in Essex.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, which is why a TR19® clean in Broomfield goes well beyond the canopy.
For a smaller kitchen near Broomfield, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Broomfield (CM1, CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
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Questions from Broomfield
Who is the fire and rescue service for Broomfield?
Fire safety enforcement in Broomfield is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Broomfield in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 7 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Broomfield. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
Cleans are timed to avoid service. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Why act early in Broomfield
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. In a smaller place like Broomfield, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Fully insured
- Each visit written up, with photos
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Everything the job in Broomfield needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; 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 work begins.
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Broomfield kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Broomfield, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Broomfield get their food hygiene inspections from Chelmsford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Broomfield falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Broomfield Hospital (about within half a mile north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Where a hall near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Broomfield, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Broomfield is about 2 miles north of Chelmsford, in Essex. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Broomfield, please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Broomfield. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Broomfield is one of them.
Work in CM1 and CM3 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Mandeville Way, Court Road and Gernon Close, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Little Waltham (1 mile north), Minnow End (1 mile north), Breeds (1 mile north-west), Patching (2 miles south) and Great Waltham (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Basildon (14 miles south), Braintree (9 miles north-east), Harlow (15 miles west), Brentwood (12 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles east) and Billericay (10 miles south).
Near you in Broomfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Kings Arms Inn and Broomfield Primary School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Beaulieu Park station, about 2.3 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Broomfield Hospital (within half a mile north-west) and Peter Edwards Museum And Library (2.8 miles south). Not far away are Little Waltham Meadows.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
Any section without access is marked on the report. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.