Thurrock · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in South Stifford, Thurrock
Kitchen extract cleaning across South Stifford and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in South Stifford
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Typical jobs include stale cooking odours from the system and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, on canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in South Stifford usually mean the kitchen extract, and that is exactly what we do: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
We clean every reachable part of the system in South Stifford: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like South Stifford gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- South Stifford (RM16, RM20)
- Region
- Thurrock
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. In a smaller place like South Stifford, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Advice
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How big the system is
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, and equipment can be switched back on once we’ve gone.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in South Stifford
Will you come out to South Stifford?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and South Stifford is covered. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can the work in South Stifford be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in South Stifford needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
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.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in South Stifford?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Nearby places to South Stifford
Also in South Stifford
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in South Stifford?
The reason for all this is fire. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. For a kitchen in South Stifford, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
A kitchen near Chafford Hundred station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether a survey comes first
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Horizontal runs collect grease as the air slows and cools. Each run is cleaned through its access panels, recording any that can’t be reached.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Why deal with it now?
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- In business since 2009
Grease, kitchens and South Stifford
Food Standards Agency records list about 134 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 55 takeaways in South Stifford and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. South Stifford is covered by 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. Kitchens in South Stifford get their food hygiene inspections from Thurrock council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near All Saints' Church or anywhere around South Stifford, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to South Stifford is Thurrock Community Hospital, about 1.9 miles north-east.
South Stifford is about 2 miles west of Grays, in Thurrock. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in South Stifford and the rest of Thurrock. We cover 26 places across Thurrock, large and small. Our London page covers sites nearby (17 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in RM16 and RM20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on London Road, San Juan Drive and San Luis Drive or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to South Stifford include West Thurrock (1 mile south-west), Greenhithe (2 miles south), Purfleet-on-Thames (2 miles west), Swanscombe (3 miles south) and Stone (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Stanford-le-Hope (7 miles north-east), Balstonia (6 miles north-east), Corringham (8 miles east), Chadwell St Mary (3 miles east), Tilbury (3 miles south-east) and East Tilbury (5 miles east).
Around South Stifford
In South Stifford, that means kitchens and buildings near Ship Public House and Chafford Hundred Business and Enterprise College. There’s a railway station in South Stifford itself: Chafford Hundred station. A little further out are Thurrock Community Hospital (1.9 miles north-east) and Thameside Centre (1.3 miles east). Open spaces near South Stifford include Chafford Gorges Nature Park and Sawyers Lake.