Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Great Baddow
Our technicians work in Great Baddow on kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
Kitchen duct cleaning in Great Baddow
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with photos of the canopy and filters, and we will come back with a fixed price for the work in Great Baddow, usually within one working day. We are often asked to deal with a kitchen taken over without any extract records and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, across discharge points, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs. Most calls from Great Baddow 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.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a smaller place like Great Baddow, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Great Baddow (CM2)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Great Baddow kitchens: local notes
Look up Great Baddow on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 121 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Great Baddow. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Great Baddow sits within the area of 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. It’s Chelmsford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Baddow. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Great Baddow, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. For schools such as Baddow Hall Infant School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Great Baddow is about 2 miles south-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. Whether your site is in the middle of Great Baddow or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Work in CM2 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on New Road, High Street and Colley Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Sandon (1 mile east), Butt's Green (2 miles south-east), Springfield (2 miles north), Little Baddow (3 miles north-east) and Boreham (4 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Basildon (10 miles south), Braintree (12 miles north), Brentwood (10 miles south-west), Maldon (8 miles east), Canvey Island (14 miles south) and Billericay (7 miles south-west).
Around Great Baddow
Typical jobs here are in premises near Oaklands Park, White Horse Inn and The Sandon School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Chelmsford station, about 2 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Bond Street Chelmsford (1.6 miles north-west) and Baddow Hospital (0.6 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Newland Grove.
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Also in Great Baddow
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
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.
Questions from Great Baddow
Which fire service covers Great Baddow?
Fire safety enforcement in Great Baddow is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you work overnight in Great Baddow?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you work in Great Baddow?
Yes. We cover Great Baddow and the rest of Essex, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
What should I send you?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
When to call us in Great Baddow
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Danbury Place, about 2.3 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Great Baddow; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What records you will receive afterwards
What affects the quote in Great Baddow
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The times the site is available
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any previous report or certificate
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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 it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. In a smaller place like Great Baddow, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
What a clean will not put right
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points