Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Epping Green
One call covers TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge in Epping Green, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Epping Green
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers plenums and filters, extract fans and discharge points, and people most often call us about stale cooking odours from the system and missing paperwork after a change of operator. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Epping Green, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in Essex.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Epping Green (CM16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Epping Green can be planned properly.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Getting ready 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
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we’ve gone.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
FAQs for Epping Green
Can you come to Epping Green after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Epping Green keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Epping Green?
Fire safety enforcement in Epping Green is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Epping Green?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before any work starts.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- What state the system is in
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The site address and the type of premises
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Problems your staff have spotted
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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 need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be booked when the kitchen is closed. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that don’t.
Common problems we fix in Epping Green
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of All Saints or anywhere around Epping Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Places near Epping Green
What else we do in Epping Green
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Epping Green
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Epping Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. The fire and rescue service for Epping Green is 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. In Epping Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Harlow council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Epping Green (Hill Hall is about 4.9 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Epping Green is St. Margaret's Hospital, about 2.5 miles south-east.
Epping Green is about 3 miles south-west of Harlow, in Essex. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Epping Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. We work across South East England and London, Epping Green included. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. You can also see our page for London, roughly 17 miles from Epping Green.
Our technicians cover all of the CM16 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Elm Close, Epping Road and Green Close or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Epping Green include Epping Upland (1 mile south-east), Jack's Hatch (1 mile north), Broadley Common (1 mile north-west), Nazeing (2 miles north-west) and Bumble's Green (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Harlow (3 miles north-east), Brentwood (12 miles south-east), Loughton (6 miles south), Waltham Abbey (4 miles south-west), Stansted Mountfitchet (13 miles north-east) and Harold Wood (11 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Epping Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Nazeing Triangle, The Cock and Magpie pub and Stewards School. The nearest railway station is Roydon station, roughly 3.7 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Harlow Mill (4.8 miles north-east) and St. Margaret's Hospital (2.5 miles south-east). The countryside around Epping Green includes Cheshunt Lake and Gernon Bushes.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.