Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Gaston Green kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Gaston Green from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Gaston Green
We have been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers extract fans, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods, and common reasons people get in touch are a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Gaston Green? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
Most kitchens in Gaston Green fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 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.
For a kitchen in or near Gaston Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Gaston Green (CM22)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. We’ll tell you if any need replacing.
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Gaston Green before we set off.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
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.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Gaston Green
The FSA’s data shows about 4 pubs and bars registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Gaston Green. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Gaston Green. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Gaston Green. 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Herts and Essex Hospital is the nearest hospital to Gaston Green, about 2.3 miles north. School kitchens, at schools like Spellbrook CofE Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Gaston Green is about 3 miles south of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Gaston Green and the rest of Essex. Gaston Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 15 miles from Gaston Green.
Here we cover the CM22 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Local streets include Sawbridgeworth Road and Old Mill Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Close by, we work in Little Hallingbury (1 mile north), Spellbrook (1 mile west), Thorley Street (1 mile north-west), Lower Sheering (2 miles south) and Thorley (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (15 miles south-east), Harlow (5 miles south-west), Brentwood (15 miles south), Loughton (14 miles south), Saffron Walden (13 miles north) and Waltham Abbey (12 miles south-west).
Around Gaston Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Leventhorpe and The George pub, among other places. The closest station to Gaston Green is Sawbridgeworth station, about 1.4 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Harlow Mill (3.5 miles south-west) and Herts and Essex Hospital (2.3 miles north). Not far away are Sawbridgeworth Marsh and Portingbury Hills.
Questions from Gaston Green
Will you come out to Gaston Green?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Gaston Green is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which fire authority looks after Gaston Green?
Fire safety enforcement in Gaston Green is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
When do you clean the extract?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Why it’s worth doing now in Gaston Green
Every week without a clean adds another layer. BESA guidance says the mean should not go above 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. A fault that closes a site in a village like Gaston Green affects everyone who depends on it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Gaston Green
- Photo reports with every job
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Fully insured
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Towns and villages near Gaston Green
Other services in Gaston Green
What we are called out for in Gaston Green
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Gaston Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Comparing quotes
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Proof of insurance