Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in East Hanningfield
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in East Hanningfield and across Essex. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease smells coming from the extract
What affects the quote in East Hanningfield
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
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.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in East Hanningfield
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, removing thick grease by hand, then using degreasers, hot water or steam to suit the deposit. Anything out of reach is noted in the report and extra access panels can be added. Typical jobs include an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and fat running down the canopy edge, across plenums and filters, discharge points and canopies and hoods. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Essex.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
For a kitchen in or near East Hanningfield, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- East Hanningfield (CM3)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in East Hanningfield
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Danbury Place is about 2.4 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What your quote should include
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If they look at the system before pricing
Honest limits
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
Kitchen extract cleaning in East Hanningfield: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 8 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central East Hanningfield. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Food hygiene inspections in East Hanningfield are the job of Chelmsford council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in East Hanningfield falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
School kitchens, at schools like East Hanningfield Church of England Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to East Hanningfield is Baddow Hospital, about 3 miles north-west.
East Hanningfield is about 5 miles south-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. Anywhere in CM3, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and East Hanningfield is one of them.
Every address in CM3 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on Old Church Road, Ashley Green and Nicholson Place and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Bicknacre (1 mile north-east), Woodham Ferrers (2 miles east), Rettendon (2 miles south), Howe Green (2 miles north-west) and Coalhill (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (5 miles north-west), Basildon (9 miles south-west), Braintree (14 miles north), Brentwood (12 miles west), Maldon (6 miles north-east) and Canvey Island (11 miles south).
What’s near East Hanningfield
The closest station to East Hanningfield is South Woodham Ferrers station, roughly 3 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are Baddow Hospital (3 miles north-west) and Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum (4 miles south). The countryside around East Hanningfield includes Hanningfield Reservoir.
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What else we do in East Hanningfield
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Why act early in East Hanningfield
Grease that is left only gets thicker. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean right away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. Somewhere as small as East Hanningfield, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
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 are unsure, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why East Hanningfield businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We are fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
See how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
East Hanningfield questions
Do you cover smaller places like East Hanningfield?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can the work in East Hanningfield be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in East Hanningfield needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
Is a quote from photos 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.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to East Hanningfield and turn up when the site is quiet.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.