Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Great Totham kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Great Totham, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Great Totham.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from 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.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Great Totham
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Great Totham give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. Common call-outs are for ductwork thick with old, hardened grease and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, across discharge points, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters. Kitchens in Great Totham book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
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 smaller kitchen near Great Totham, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Great Totham (CM9)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we will tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
What affects the quote in Great Totham
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The times the site is available
- Any permits to work or inductions
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- A few general shots of the system
- Any previous report or certificate
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Great Totham
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Great Totham. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Great Totham is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Maldon council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Totham. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. 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 Totham Primary School or anywhere near Great Totham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Great Totham is about 3 miles south-east of Witham, in Essex. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Great Totham, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Great Totham included. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 9 miles from Great Totham.
Kitchen extract cleaning in CM9 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Heriot Way, Maldon Road and Staplers Close or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Great Totham, we cover Beacon Hill (1 mile north), Wickham Bishops (1 mile north-west), Broad Street Green (1 mile south), Great Braxted (2 miles north) and Langford (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (12 miles north-east), Chelmsford (9 miles west), Braintree (9 miles north-west), Maldon (3 miles south), Billericay (15 miles south-west) and Rayleigh (13 miles south).
Near you in Great Totham
In Great Totham, that means kitchens and buildings near The Bull Public House and the streets around them. Great Totham’s nearest station is Witham station, roughly 3.1 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Maldon & District Agricultural & Domestic Museum (3.4 miles south-east). Not far away are Shut Heath Wood.
Great Totham: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Great Totham?
That is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can a school canteen extract in Great Totham be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Great Totham. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. It records what was cleaned, what wasn’t accessible and the recommended next clean date.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
How long will the clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We will tell you how long when we quote.
When to call us in Great Totham
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and it doesn’t stop until it reaches the fan.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Around Great Totham, as anywhere, we clean the parts you can’t see as well as the canopy you can.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the price is fixed
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Managing agents and facilities teams in Great Totham
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
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What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
What the work involves, part by part
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. Where they can be cleaned, they are, and the report notes anything that can’t.