Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Great Bromley
Kitchen extract cleaning for Great Bromley, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bromley
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. If you are dealing with fat running down the canopy edge and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, we can put it right. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Great Bromley start: a system that’s clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Great Bromley (CO7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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Questions from Great Bromley
Can the work in Great Bromley be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Great Bromley doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Great Bromley?
Great Bromley is in the area of 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 clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Where there aren’t enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
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.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Bromley, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- A grease trap that needs emptying
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Great Bromley
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
Grease, kitchens and Great Bromley
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Great Bromley. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. It’s Tendring council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Bromley. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Great Bromley sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St George's Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Great Bromley, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Great Bromley (Castle House is about 4 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Great Bromley is about 6 miles east of Colchester, in Essex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Great Bromley and the rest of Essex. Great Bromley is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 26 miles from Great Bromley.
Kitchen extract cleaning in CO7 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Badley Hall Road, Brook Street and Hall Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Cowey Green (1 mile south-east), Hare Green (1 mile south-east), Balls Green (1 mile south), Monkey Street (2 miles east) and Frating Green (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (6 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (8 miles south-east), Harwich (10 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles west), Greenstead (4 miles west) and Tiptree (13 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Great Bromley
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Ardleigh Park, among other places. The closest station to Great Bromley is Alresford station, roughly 3.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Colchester Hospital (5.6 miles west) and Wivenhoe Chapel Museum (3.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Great Bromley includes Cockaynes Wood.
When to call us in Great Bromley
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and it does not stop until it reaches the fan.
Clients typically contact us when they notice something like this:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Colchester Hospital about 5.6 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. Each run is cleaned through its access panels, recording any that can’t be reached.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Great Bromley rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Great Bromley
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
The process
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. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before any work starts, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Somewhere as small as Great Bromley, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will typically have a quote within one working day.