Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Debden, Essex
Kitchen extract cleaning across Debden and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Debden
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you’re dealing with cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and stale cooking odours from the system, we can help. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across Essex.
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, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Work in a small place like Debden starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Debden (CB11)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Debden
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Debden as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. It’s simpler to plan the work at Debden now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- We are fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
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.
What we do, step by step
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. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Debden knowing what to expect.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site 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.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
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 booking.
What we work on in Debden
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- How big the system is
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Debden questions
Can you get to a site in Debden?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Debden included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Debden in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Debden, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we will quote them together.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
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Also in Debden
When to call us in Debden
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 from there it travels on to the fan.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Joyce Frankland Academy, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What insurance they carry
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Kitchen extracts in Debden
Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Debden. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Debden sits within the area of 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.
Historic houses near Debden, such as Horham Hall about 3.1 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary and All Saints or elsewhere in Debden, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Debden is about 3 miles south of Saffron Walden, in Essex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Debden and the rest of Essex. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 19 miles away.
Here we cover the CB11 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Streets in the area include High Street, Deynes Road and Highfields, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Debden: Rook End (1 mile south-west), Elder Street (1 mile north-east), Widdington (2 miles south-west), Debden Green (2 miles south-east) and Newport (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Braintree (14 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (3 miles north), Great Dunmow (8 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (6 miles south-west), Great Notley (14 miles south-east) and Bocking (14 miles south-east).
Around Debden
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to White Hart Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Newport (Essex) station, about 2.2 miles west. Nearby you will also find Saffron Walden Museum (3.5 miles north) and Saffron Walden Community Hospital (3.3 miles north). The countryside around Debden includes West Wood.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.