Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Great Berry kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Berry, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Stale cooking odours from the system
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- What state the system is in
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Great Berry
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have rancid smells from grease in the duct and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, extract fans and canopies and hoods onwards. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Great Berry, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in Essex.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a smaller place like Great Berry, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Great Berry (SS16, SS15, CM13)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Great Berry: your questions answered
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Great Berry in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 4 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Great Berry. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Great Berry?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Great Berry. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We are members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost 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 work begins.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No law names TR19 directly, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Why it’s worth doing now in Great Berry
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A certificate in the file answers that question. Around Great Berry, a kitchen or building out of action is missed straight away.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every visit written up, with photos
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What a clean won’t put right
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Great Berry
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
What the work involves, part by part
Grease filters
A filter that’s missing or bent lets grease straight past. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that don’t.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
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Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after photos show each part of the system, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
How the visit works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In a place like Great Berry, we fit the visit around your hours.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Berry: the local picture
The Food Standards Agency lists about 7 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Great Berry. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in Great Berry get their food hygiene inspections from Basildon council. 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. The fire and rescue service for Great Berry is 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Basildon University Hospital is the nearest hospital to Great Berry, about 1.9 miles east. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St John, or anywhere in Great Berry, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Great Berry Primary School or anywhere near Great Berry, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Great Berry is about 2 miles west of Basildon, in Essex. Great Berry gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Great Berry is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Chelmsford, about 12 miles from Great Berry.
Work in SS16, SS15 and CM13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on New Avenue, Coburg Lane and West Avenue and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Langdon Hills (1 mile south-east), Laindon (1 mile north-east), Lee Chapel (2 miles east), Steeple View (2 miles north-east) and Basildon (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (12 miles north), Brentwood (6 miles north-west), Canvey Island (8 miles east), Billericay (4 miles north), Rayleigh (9 miles east) and Wickford (6 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Great Berry
In Great Berry, that means kitchens and buildings near Gloucester Park and The James Hornsby School and the streets around them. The closest station to Great Berry is Laindon station, about 0.7 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Basildon University Hospital (1.9 miles east) and Eastgate Shopping Centre (2.2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Langdon Nature Reserve.