Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Saling, Essex
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Great Saling. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Great Saling
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: survey first, clean second, sign-off last. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you have years of baked-on grease in the ducts and fat running down the canopy edge, we can put it right. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Great Saling start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
For a kitchen in or near Great Saling, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Great Saling (CM7)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Saling: the local picture
Environmental health officers from Braintree council inspect food businesses in Great Saling. 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. Great Saling is about 37 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
A hospital like Braintree Community Hospital, about 3.2 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Great Saling is about 4 miles west of Braintree, in Essex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Great Saling and the rest of Essex. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (11 miles or so).
Here we cover the CM7 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Great Saling, we cover Crow's Green (1 mile north-west), Bardfield Saling (1 mile north), Great Bardfield (3 miles north-west), Wethersfield (4 miles north) and Little Bardfield (4 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (11 miles south), Braintree (4 miles east), Maldon (15 miles south-east), Witham (10 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (13 miles north-west) and Halstead (8 miles east).
Near you in Great Saling
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Hart Inn. Great Saling’s nearest station is Braintree station, roughly 4.1 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Braintree Community Hospital (3.2 miles south-east) and Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (3.8 miles east). The countryside around Great Saling includes Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve.
Great Saling questions
Can you get to a site in Great Saling?
Yes. Great Saling is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Great Saling?
In Great Saling, it’s Braintree council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
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’re fully insured.
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.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Why deal with it now?
Any food business in Great Saling can expect visits from the council’s environmental health officers, 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. A fault that closes a site in a village like Great Saling affects everyone who depends on it.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Saling?
The reason for all this is fire. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Where a hall near Church of St James, or anywhere in Great Saling, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Comparing quotes
- What insurance they carry
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a survey comes first
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How big the system is
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
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 have gone.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Great Saling knowing what to expect.
- 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.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Saling, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.