Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Pilgrims Hatch kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Pilgrims Hatch, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Pilgrims Hatch
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Anything out of reach is noted in the report and extra access panels can be added. The work covers horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are years of baked-on grease in the ducts and poor airflow at the canopy. Kitchens in Pilgrims Hatch book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Kitchens around a place like Pilgrims Hatch are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Pilgrims Hatch (CM15, CM14)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Keep the baffle filters clean
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
Places near Pilgrims Hatch
What else we do in Pilgrims Hatch
Why deal with it now?
An overdue clean in Pilgrims Hatch is best dealt with now rather than after the next inspection. The job takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and we fit around your opening hours. Waiting only adds grease and risk. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Pilgrims Hatch than wait for a failure.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why Pilgrims Hatch businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- A written report with pictures after each visit
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
When to call us in Pilgrims Hatch
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
What we are most often called out for:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
For schools such as Larchwood Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Proof of insurance
- If they look at the system before pricing
Common questions in Pilgrims Hatch
Is Pilgrims Hatch within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Pilgrims Hatch is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire service covers Pilgrims Hatch?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Pilgrims Hatch. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Grease, kitchens and Pilgrims Hatch
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 59 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 23 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Pilgrims Hatch. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Pilgrims Hatch sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Environmental health officers from Brentwood council inspect food businesses in Pilgrims Hatch. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Pilgrims Hatch is Brentwood Community Hospital, about 1.4 miles south-east. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Saint George's church or elsewhere in Pilgrims Hatch, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Pilgrims Hatch is about 1 mile north-west of Brentwood, in Essex. Sites in Pilgrims Hatch get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 11 miles from Pilgrims Hatch.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: CM15 and CM14. We cover sites on Ongar Road, Hatch Road and Green Lane and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Crow Green (1 mile north), South Weald (1 mile south-west), Coxtie Green (1 mile west), Bentley (1 mile north-west) and Doddinghurst Common (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (11 miles north-east), Basildon (8 miles south-east), Harlow (12 miles north-west), Canvey Island (15 miles south-east), Billericay (6 miles east) and Rayleigh (14 miles east).
Around Pilgrims Hatch
Typical jobs here are in premises near Black Horse Inn, Sawyers Hall College and Weald Country Park, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Brentwood station, about 1.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Brentwood Community Hospital (1.4 miles south-east). Open spaces near Pilgrims Hatch include Thorndon Park.
What we do, step by step
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Your opening hours decide when we come to Pilgrims Hatch, not ours.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.