Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Foster Street
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Foster Street: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
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.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Foster Street
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 layer will burn, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. If you have a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can help, from discharge points, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters onwards. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Foster Street, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in 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, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a small place like Foster Street, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we are 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
- Foster Street (CM17)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Foster Street.
- You send pictures 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.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Different parts, different methods
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. 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. Somewhere as small as Foster Street, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why book with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Full insurance on every job
- In business since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
Places near Foster Street
Also in Foster Street
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- 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 you will get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Foster Street, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Questions from Foster Street
Do you work at weekends in Foster Street?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Foster Street doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Foster Street out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 12 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Foster Street. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you work in Foster Street?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Foster Street.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Allow anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. The survey tells us how long your system will need.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Keeping the system healthy
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Foster Street
Food Standards Agency data counts about 11 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 7 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Foster Street. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. The fire and rescue service for Foster Street is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Epping Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Foster Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Foster Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Princess Alexandra Hospital (about 3 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Henry Moore Primary School or anywhere near Foster Street, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Foster Street is about 2 miles east of Harlow, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Foster Street, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Foster Street is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
Every address in CM17 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Foster Street, Highfield Close and Hastingwood Park or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in Hastingwood (1 mile south), Newhall (1 mile north-west), Latton (1 mile west), Magdalen Laver (1 mile east) and Housham Tye (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (14 miles east), Brentwood (11 miles south-east), Billericay (15 miles south-east), Loughton (9 miles south-west), Waltham Abbey (8 miles south-west) and Great Dunmow (12 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Foster Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near John Barleycorn Public House, Passmores Academy and Brays Grove and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Harlow Mill station, roughly 2.3 miles north-west. A little further out are Princess Alexandra Hospital (3 miles west) and Harlow Mill (2.4 miles north-west). Not far away are Gernon Bushes.