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Kitchen extraction cleaning in Point Clear
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Point Clear, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Point Clear questions
Do you work in villages like Point Clear?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Does coastal air change anything about kitchen extract cleaning in Point Clear?
It can. Salt air reaches Point Clear, which is within about 1 mile of the coast, and it speeds up rust. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What do I get after the clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
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 an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Point Clear
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you’re dealing with rancid smells from grease in the duct and a system with no record of a TR19 clean, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, canopies and hoods and vertical risers onwards. When a restaurant in Point Clear asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
In a village or hamlet like Point Clear, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Point Clear (CO16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Point Clear
The reason for all this is fire. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
What we’re most often called out for:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Colne Community School and College or anywhere near Point Clear, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
How the visit works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. The timing of a visit to Point Clear is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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What else we do in Point Clear
Kitchen extracts in Point Clear
At about 1 mile from the coast, Point Clear is close enough for sea air to matter. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. Food Standards Agency data counts about 19 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 10 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Point Clear. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Point Clear. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St James or elsewhere in Point Clear, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Point Clear is about 5 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. Sites in Point Clear get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and Point Clear is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (24 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: CO16. That includes premises on Oakmead Road, Seaview Terrace and Alpha Road and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Brightlingsea (1 mile north), Lee-over-Sands (2 miles south), St Osyth (2 miles east), East Mersea (2 miles west) and Seawick (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (9 miles north-west), Clacton-on-Sea (5 miles east), Harwich (14 miles north-east), Camulodunum (9 miles north-west), Heybridge (15 miles west) and Greenstead (8 miles north-west).
Around Point Clear
Typical jobs here are in premises near Ferry Boat Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Point Clear is Great Bentley station, roughly 4.1 miles north. For a walk, there’s Howlands Marsh.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Why act early in Point Clear
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. 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. With notice, the visit to Point Clear can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Full insurance on every job
What affects the quote in Point Clear
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.