Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Butt's Green
For kitchen extract cleaning in Butt's Green, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Butt's Green
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Common call-outs are for rancid smells from grease in the duct and grease drips onto cooking equipment, across vertical risers, extract fans and horizontal duct runs. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Essex.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
For a kitchen in or near Butt's Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Butt's Green (CM2)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. We check they fit as they should when we refit them, and flag any that do not.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Also near Butt's Green
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How it works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Butt's Green.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Butt's Green
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What affects the quote in Butt's Green
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- A single visit or a regular plan
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Butt's Green kitchens: local notes
There are about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Butt's Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Environmental health officers from Chelmsford council inspect food businesses in Butt's Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Butt's Green falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Danbury Place, about 1.1 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Butt's Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Baddow Hospital about 1.8 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Butt's Green is about 4 miles south-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Butt's Green and the rest of Essex. Butt's Green is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning.
Our technicians cover all of the CM2 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Butt's Green: Sandon (1 mile north-west), Danbury (2 miles north-east), Gay Bowers (2 miles east), Great Baddow (2 miles north-west) and Little Baddow (3 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (4 miles north-west), Basildon (10 miles south), Braintree (13 miles north), Brentwood (12 miles south-west), Maldon (6 miles east) and Canvey Island (13 miles south).
Landmarks near Butt's Green
Butt's Green’s nearest station is Beaulieu Park station, about 4 miles north. Nearby you will also find Baddow Hospital (1.8 miles west) and Peter Edwards Museum And Library (3.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving the clean until the next refit does not make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, which is slower to clean. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. A planned visit to Butt's Green is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Common problems we fix in Butt's Green
A kitchen in Butt's Green builds up grease in the same places as any other: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Sandon School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether a survey comes first
- How VAT is shown on the quote
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
Questions from Butt's Green
Can you get to a site in Butt's Green?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which fire authority looks after Butt's Green?
That’s 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.
Where does the waste go?
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.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What do I get after the clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® itself isn’t law. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.