Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Colchester, Essex
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Colchester, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
Kitchen duct cleaning in Colchester
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with photos of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Colchester, usually within one working day. Common call-outs are for cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer, across plenums and filters, vertical risers and extract fans. When a restaurant in Colchester asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In the busier parts of Colchester, kitchens are often on the ground floor with flats or offices above, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and anything we cannot reach goes on the report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Colchester
Can you come to Colchester after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. When you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Can a school canteen extract in Colchester be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 28 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Colchester. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll fit the work in.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. 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.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Usually, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we normally come back within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we will survey first.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Do you work in Colchester?
Yes. Colchester is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Places near Colchester
Also in Colchester
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Colchester
The Food Standards Agency lists about 36 pubs, bars and clubs and about 7 hotels and guest houses as registered food businesses in Colchester and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Colchester is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Environmental health officers from Colchester council inspect food businesses in Colchester. 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 Colchester Sixth Form College or anywhere near Colchester, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Colchester, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Colchester is in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Colchester, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and Colchester is one of them. We also work in Chelmsford, around 21 miles away.
Here we cover the CO4, CO3, CO2 and CO1 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. You will find streets such as High Street, North Station Road and Durham Square, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. With the A12 and A120 close by, Colchester is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover Camulodunum (1 mile west), Braiswick (1 mile west), Abbey Field (1 mile south), Lexden (1 mile west) and Beacon End (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Braintree (14 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (12 miles south-east), Maldon (15 miles south-west), Witham (13 miles south-west), Halstead (12 miles west) and Heybridge (14 miles south-west). Colchester is among the bigger places we cover in Essex for kitchen extract cleaning.
Local landmarks in Colchester
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Bull Meadow, The Bay And Say Public House and St John's Green Primary School, among other places. Colchester has its own railway station: Colchester Town station. Nearby you’ll also find Lion Walk (less than half a mile south-east) and Essex County Hospital (within half a mile south-west). The countryside around Colchester includes Westhouse Wood.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Colchester?
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and it does not stop until it reaches the fan.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Essex County Hospital (about under half a mile south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What to look for in a quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the figure could change on the day
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. In the busier parts of Colchester, parking and roof access are the main things to plan.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- 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
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Related advice
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Colchester
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
At the end of the system is the discharge, and grease can collect there too. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.