Hertfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Christmas, Hertfordshire
Kitchen extract cleaning for Cold Christmas, 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
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Christmas
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Parking and loading at the site
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The size of the system
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Christmas
Across Cold Christmas, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. The work covers vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods, and the jobs we see most are an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Cold Christmas it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
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.
In a small place like Cold Christmas, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
We have 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’re fully insured.
- Where
- Cold Christmas (SG12)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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Common questions in Cold Christmas
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Cold Christmas?
That’s Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you work in Cold Christmas outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Cold Christmas keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Cold Christmas?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep grease collection points emptied
You get a photo report after every clean. Before and after photos show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that’s clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Somewhere like Cold Christmas, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- 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.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, and grease can collect there too. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
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.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Christmas
A kitchen in Cold Christmas builds up grease in the same places as any other: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Much Hadham Palace is about 3.9 miles north-east), access may need planning.
Questions to ask before you book
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What hours they’ll be on site
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. 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.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Cold Christmas
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 3 pubs and bars in Cold Christmas and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In Cold Christmas, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from East Hertfordshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Cold Christmas sits within the area of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hospital like Hertford County Hospital, about 4.4 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Thundridge Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Cold Christmas is about 2 miles north-east of Ware, in Hertfordshire. Sites in Cold Christmas get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, and Cold Christmas is one of them. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (22 miles or so).
Every address in SG12 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Cold Christmas: Wadesmill (1 mile north-west), Thundridge (1 mile west), High Cross (1 mile north-west), Babbs Green (1 mile south-east) and Wareside (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Stevenage (9 miles north-west), St Albans (15 miles south-west), Bishop's Stortford (7 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (8 miles west), Harpenden (15 miles west) and Hitchin (14 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Cold Christmas
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Windmill Public House and The Chauncy School. The nearest railway station is Ware station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Museum of Street Lighting (2.5 miles south) and Hertford County Hospital (4.4 miles south-west). The countryside around Cold Christmas includes King's Meads.