Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Smith's Green, Essex
We cover Smith's Green for TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Kitchen extract cleaning in Smith's Green, done properly
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you have missing paperwork after a change of operator and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, we can put it right. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Smith's Green start: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
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’re fully insured.
- Place
- Smith's Green (CM6, CM22)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Smith's Green, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Smith's Green?
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Where a hall near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Smith's Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
Smith's Green: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Smith's Green?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Smith's Green. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which council inspects kitchens in Smith's Green?
The local authority for Smith's Green is Uttlesford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What accreditations do you hold?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, if we can see what we need. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The number of sites or systems
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The site address and the type of premises
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Towns and villages near Smith's Green
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What happens if it’s left?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. In a small place like Smith's Green, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why Smith's Green businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Grease, kitchens and Smith's Green
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Smith's Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. It’s Uttlesford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Smith's Green. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Smith's Green sits within the area of 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.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Barrington Hall is about 2.6 miles south-west), access may need planning. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Smith's Green is Herts and Essex Hospital, about 4.4 miles west.
Smith's Green is about 5 miles east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Smith's Green, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Smith's Green included. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Smith's Green among them. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 13 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in CM6 and CM22 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Broadfield Road, The Oaks and Fleming Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Smith's Green: Little Canfield (1 mile east), Hope End Green (1 mile south), Takeley (1 mile west), Puttock's End (1 mile south) and Takeley Street (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (13 miles south-east), Braintree (12 miles east), Harlow (10 miles south-west), Saffron Walden (11 miles north), Great Dunmow (3 miles east) and Epping (14 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Smith's Green
Around Smith's Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Lion And Lamb Public House. For rail, the closest station is Stansted Airport station, about 1.6 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Little Easton Moat (2.6 miles north-east) and Herts and Essex Hospital (4.4 miles west). The countryside around Smith's Green includes Portingbury Hills and Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
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.