Thurrock · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in East Tilbury
Need kitchen extract cleaning in East Tilbury? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Kitchen extract cleaning around East Tilbury
East Tilbury is within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. There are about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 takeaways in and around East Tilbury, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Environmental health officers from Thurrock council inspect food businesses in East Tilbury. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you cook for passing trade around East Tilbury station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as East Tilbury Primary School or anywhere near East Tilbury, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hospital like Orsett Hospital, about 3 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
East Tilbury is about 3 miles south of Stanford-le-Hope, in Thurrock. Whatever kind of site you run in East Tilbury, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. East Tilbury is one of 26 towns, villages and districts in Thurrock where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Maidstone is in our area too, about 16 miles from East Tilbury.
We work across RM18 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Station Road, Queen Mary Avenue and Coronation Avenue, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside East Tilbury, we cover Linford (1 mile north-west), Low Street (1 mile south-west), Church Street (4 miles south-east), Chalk (4 miles south) and Cliffe (4 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Stanford-le-Hope (3 miles north), Grays (4 miles west), South Ockendon (6 miles west), Balstonia (3 miles north), Corringham (3 miles north-east) and Aveley (7 miles west).
Near you in East Tilbury
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Grove House Wood and St Clere's School and the streets around them. East Tilbury has its own railway station: East Tilbury station. Well-known places in the area include Orsett Hospital (3 miles north-west) and Walton Hall Museum (0.9 miles north). The countryside around East Tilbury includes Thurrock Thameside Nature Park and Sawyers Lake.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in East Tilbury
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Typical jobs include cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction, across discharge points, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters. Most calls from East Tilbury come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
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 smaller kitchen near East Tilbury, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- East Tilbury (RM18)
- Region
- Thurrock
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
East Tilbury: your questions answered
Will you come out to East Tilbury?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and East Tilbury is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Does the sea air around East Tilbury make a difference to kitchen extract cleaning?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, East Tilbury gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in East Tilbury?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before work begins.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How long will the clean take?
It takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We will confirm the time when we quote.
What accreditations do you hold?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Towns and villages near East Tilbury
Other services in East Tilbury
Why deal with it now?
A clogged extract doesn’t only raise the fire risk. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. In a smaller place like East Tilbury, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why East Tilbury businesses choose us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every visit written up, with photos
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We are fully insured
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The size of the system
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
- Any permits to work or inductions
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date isn’t missed.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A site near East Tilbury typically has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans