Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Shenfield kitchen extract cleaning
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Shenfield? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Shenfield
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. If you are dealing with a kitchen taken over without any extract records and rancid smells from grease in the duct, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, discharge points and plenums and filters onwards. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Shenfield, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Around a smaller place like Shenfield, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Shenfield (CM15, CM13)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
Questions from Shenfield
Who is the fire and rescue service for Shenfield?
Shenfield is in the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do you work at weekends in Shenfield?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Shenfield can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Short systems are done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. We will tell you how long when we quote.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Travel, parking and unloading
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How many systems or sites are involved
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- A few general shots of the system
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that can’t be reached.
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Common problems we fix in Shenfield
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.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- What paperwork you get at the end
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Tell us when your site near Shenfield is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Shenfield, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Shenfield
There are about 73 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 29 takeaways and sandwich shops in Shenfield and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. In Shenfield, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Brentwood council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Shenfield. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Shenfield, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. A kitchen near Shenfield station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Shenfield is about 1 mile north-east of Brentwood, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Shenfield, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 10 miles away.
Work in CM15 and CM13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on York Road, Hall Lane and Worrin Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Brentwood (1 mile south-west), Hutton Mount (1 mile south-east), Hutton (2 miles east), Ingrave (2 miles south-east) and Mountnessing (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (10 miles north-east), Basildon (7 miles south-east), Harlow (13 miles north-west), Canvey Island (14 miles south-east), Billericay (4 miles east) and Rayleigh (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Shenfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near Sawyers Hall College, Hutton Country Park and Shenfield High School, among other places. Shenfield’s nearest station is Shenfield station, about 0.5 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Brentwood Community Hospital (0.5 miles south). The countryside around Shenfield includes Thorndon Park.