Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Rush Green, Essex
For TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge in Rush Green, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Kitchen duct cleaning in Rush Green
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. Typical jobs include missing paperwork after a change of operator and grease smells coming from the extract, across horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Rush Green start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
In a smaller place like Rush Green, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Rush Green (CO15, CO16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Rush Green than wait for a failure.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Rush Green
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We are fully insured
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Your opening hours decide when we come to Rush Green, not ours.
- 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.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Common questions in Rush Green
Do you work in villages like Rush Green?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Rush Green included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Rush Green out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 12 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Rush Green, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What accreditations do you hold?
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 we will quote them together.
Can you quote from pictures?
Usually, yes. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we normally come back within one working day. If photos aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
When do you clean the extract?
We work around your hours. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends, so you do not lose a service.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
The report gives a recommended 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 is not missed.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Rush Green
At about 1 mile from the coast, Rush Green is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 21 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 10 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Rush Green. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. In Rush Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tendring council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St James or anywhere around Rush Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Thorpe Hall is about 4.4 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. For schools such as Ravens Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Rush Green is about 1 mile south-west of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Rush Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Rush Green. Rush Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (28 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in CO15 and CO16 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Leas Road, Ford Road and Cloes Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Bocking's Elm (1 mile north), Clacton-on-Sea (1 mile north-east), Jaywick (1 mile south-west), St Osyth (2 miles west) and St Osyth Heath (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Colchester (12 miles north-west), Harwich (11 miles north-east), Camulodunum (13 miles north-west), Greenstead (11 miles north-west), Wivenhoe (9 miles north-west) and Brightlingsea (5 miles west).
Near you in Rush Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Tendring Enterprise Studio School, Bishops Park College and Pickers Ditch Meadow and the streets around them. Rush Green’s nearest station is Clacton-On-Sea station, about 1 mile east of the centre. Green spaces nearby include Howlands Marsh.
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What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
Part by part
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. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.