Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Great Waltham, Essex
Kitchen extract cleaning for Great Waltham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Great Waltham
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters, and the jobs we see most are a kitchen taken over without any extract records and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Great Waltham, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
In a small place like Great Waltham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Great Waltham (CM3)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How big the system is
- The times the site is available
- A single visit or a regular plan
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 make a difference.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Here’s what helps 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. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Grease, kitchens and Great Waltham
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Great Waltham. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. The fire and rescue service for Great Waltham 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. Food hygiene inspections in Great Waltham are the job of Chelmsford council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of SS Mary and Laurence, or anywhere in Great Waltham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. School kitchens, at schools like Chelmer Valley High School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Great Waltham is about 4 miles north of Chelmsford, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Great Waltham, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Great Waltham is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
Work in CM3 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Brook Mead, Cherry Garden Road and Chelmsford Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Great Waltham: Breeds (1 mile south-west), Minnow End (1 mile south-east), Little Waltham (1 mile south-east), Broomfield (2 miles south-east) and Chignall Smealy (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (4 miles south), Basildon (15 miles south), Braintree (8 miles north-east), Harlow (15 miles west), Brentwood (13 miles south-west) and Maldon (11 miles south-east).
Near you in Great Waltham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Beehive pub and the streets around them. Great Waltham’s nearest station is Beaulieu Park station, roughly 3.7 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Broomfield Hospital (1.4 miles south). Open spaces near Great Waltham include Little Waltham Meadows.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
You leave with a date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Great Waltham can be planned properly.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- 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
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Great Waltham, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Related advice
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Great Waltham
Can a school canteen extract in Great Waltham be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Great Waltham, the Food Standards Agency lists about 4 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Which fire service covers Great Waltham?
Fire safety enforcement in Great Waltham is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work in Great Waltham?
Yes. Our technicians work in Great Waltham, within the South East and London area we cover.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Also near Great Waltham
Also in Great Waltham
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
When to call us in Great Waltham
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
These are the problems we see most often:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Broomfield Hospital about 1.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Questions to ask before booking
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the figure could change on the day