Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Pitsea
Kitchen extract cleaning for Pitsea, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Kitchen extract cleaning in Pitsea, done properly
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. Typical jobs include poor airflow at the canopy and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, across vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and canopies and hoods. When a restaurant in Pitsea asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Pitsea, losing a day’s trade to cleaning is not an option, so cleans are booked after closing, early in the morning or on a quiet day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Pitsea (SS13, SS14, SS16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Pitsea?
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, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Basildon Upper Academy or anywhere near Pitsea, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
FAQs for Pitsea
Who inspects food businesses in Pitsea?
In Pitsea, it’s Basildon council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you work in Pitsea outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Do you work in Pitsea?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Pitsea included.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before work begins.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside 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. That is our job.
Pitsea kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 10 pubs, bars and clubs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Pitsea. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Pitsea falls to 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. In Pitsea, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basildon council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Pitsea is Basildon University Hospital, about 2.3 miles west. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Saint Gabriel's Church, or anywhere in Pitsea, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Pitsea is about 2 miles east of Basildon, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Pitsea, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Pitsea is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 12 miles from Pitsea.
We cover every part of the SS13, SS14 and SS16 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on High Road, Kirby Road and Beech Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Pitsea sits on or near the A13 and A132, which makes travel easy for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Pitsea: Bowers Gifford (1 mile east), North Benfleet (1 mile east), Nevendon (2 miles north-east), Tarpots (2 miles east) and South Benfleet (3 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (12 miles north), Brentwood (9 miles north-west), Maldon (13 miles north-east), Canvey Island (5 miles south-east), Billericay (5 miles north-west) and Rayleigh (5 miles east).
Near you in Pitsea
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Vange Hill, The Barge pub and Northlands Primary School and Nursery and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Pitsea station, roughly 0.6 miles south. Nearby you will also find The Motor Boat Museum (1 mile west) and Rayleigh Castle (4.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Vange Marsh RSPB nature reserve.
Also in Pitsea
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we will tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. With a fire risk assessment or inspection due, getting the work done first puts you on the front foot.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Pitsea
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Trading since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Work in Pitsea is usually booked after closing, early in the morning or on a closed day.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Related advice
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.