Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bentley, Essex
Our technicians work in Great Bentley on TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Great Bentley
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with photos of the canopy and filters, and we will come back with a fixed price for the work in Great Bentley, typically within one working day. If you have fat running down the canopy edge and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, we can put it right. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bentley, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Great Bentley: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Around a smaller place like Great Bentley, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. 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.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Great Bentley (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Great Bentley.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Nearby places to Great Bentley
Also in Great Bentley
Managing agents and facilities teams in Great Bentley
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Great Bentley and across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Great Bentley
Look up Great Bentley on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Great Bentley and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Great Bentley is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Food hygiene inspections in Great Bentley are the job of Tendring council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Great Bentley Primary School or anywhere near Great Bentley, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Great Bentley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Great Bentley is about 5 miles north-west of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Great Bentley, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Great Bentley is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for commercial clients. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 26 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: CO7. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Station Road, Forge Lane and Moors Close and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Aingers Green (1 mile south), Frating Green (2 miles north-west), South Heath (2 miles south), Thorrington (2 miles south-west) and Frating (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (8 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (5 miles south-east), Harwich (10 miles north-east), Camulodunum (9 miles west), Greenstead (6 miles north-west) and Tiptree (14 miles west).
What’s near Great Bentley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Plough Inn, among other places. Great Bentley has its own railway station: Great Bentley station. Green spaces nearby include Weeleyhall Wood.
Great Bentley: your questions answered
Which fire authority looks after Great Bentley?
Fire safety enforcement in Great Bentley is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work in villages like Great Bentley?
Yes, Great Bentley is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
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. You get a fixed price before we start.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We don’t leave it behind.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
The kitchen is left clean and ready for the next service. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, so you can start cooking as normal.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. It won’t replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
What a clean won’t put right
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bentley
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
If you run a café or takeaway near Great Bentley station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
What your quote should include
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether they’re fully insured
Why it’s worth doing now in Great Bentley
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Great Bentley as everywhere else, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. Even a site near Great Bentley that’s only busy part of the week needs its system checked on a schedule.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.