Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Great Easton
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Great Easton? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, and equipment can be switched back on once we’ve gone.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Great Easton
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with pictures of the canopy and filters, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Great Easton, normally within one working day. We are often asked to deal with an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and ductwork thick with old, hardened grease, on plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and extract fans. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Great Easton? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
A clean in Great Easton covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
For a kitchen in or near Great Easton, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Great Easton (CM6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Great Easton
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Easton: the local picture
There are about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Great Easton, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Food hygiene inspections in Great Easton are the job of Uttlesford council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Great Easton is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Great Easton (Horham Hall is about 2.7 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Great Easton is about 8 miles east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Sites in Great Easton get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, Great Easton among them. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 13 miles from Great Easton.
Kitchen extract cleaning in CM6 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include The Endway, Rebecca Meade and Brocks Mead, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Main roads around Great Easton include the B184, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Tilty (1 mile north-west), Duton Hill (1 mile north), Chickney (2 miles north-west), Sibley's Green (2 miles north) and Monk Street (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (13 miles south-east), Braintree (10 miles east), Harlow (13 miles south-west), Witham (15 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (9 miles north-west) and Halstead (13 miles east).
Near you in Great Easton
In Great Easton, that means kitchens and buildings near The Bell pub. The closest station to Great Easton is Stansted Airport station, roughly 3.3 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Little Easton Moat (1.2 miles south). Open spaces near Great Easton include West Wood.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- What state the system is in
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- A few general shots of the system
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Great Easton
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Great Easton?
Food hygiene inspections in Great Easton are carried out by Uttlesford council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Will you come out to Great Easton?
Yes, Great Easton is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
We work around your hours. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends, so you don’t lose a service.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What we’re called out for in Great Easton
In Great Easton, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Where a hall near Church of St John and St Giles, or anywhere in Great Easton, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the price is fixed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Proof of insurance
- If they look at the system before pricing
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. For a village or hamlet like Great Easton, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We survey the system, from your pictures 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.