Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in St Osyth
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in St Osyth. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in St Osyth
Across St Osyth, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. The work covers vertical risers, canopies and hoods and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are stale cooking odours from the system and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer. If you need a kitchen extract clean in St Osyth, you get one team and one number for every site.
We clean every reachable part of the system in St Osyth: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
In a smaller place like St Osyth, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- St Osyth (CO16)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning will not do:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
St Osyth questions
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in St Osyth?
The local authority for St Osyth is Tendring council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for St Osyth?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers St Osyth. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Allow as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after photos, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in St Osyth
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease smells coming from the extract
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in St Osyth, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Comparing quotes
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether VAT is included
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
What affects the quote in St Osyth
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The size of the system
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- What state the system is in
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
To get 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 typically come back within one working day.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Keep the baffle filters clean
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. A site near St Osyth typically has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear the space around the work
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in St Osyth
Sea air reaches St Osyth, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of St Osyth. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Food hygiene inspections in St Osyth are the job of Tendring council’s environmental health team. 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.
School kitchens, at schools like St Osyth Church of England Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
St Osyth is about 3 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex. From the centre of St Osyth to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, St Osyth among them. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 26 miles from St Osyth.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: CO16. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Maypole Drive, Kincaid Road and Longfields and nearby roads. If your site is just outside St Osyth, we cover South Heath (2 miles north), Brightlingsea (3 miles west), Aingers Green (3 miles north), Thorrington (3 miles north-west) and Great Bentley (4 miles north). Further out, we also cover Colchester (10 miles north-west), Clacton-on-Sea (3 miles east), Harwich (12 miles north-east), Camulodunum (11 miles north-west), Greenstead (9 miles north-west) and Tiptree (14 miles west).
Near you in St Osyth
Around St Osyth, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Tendring Enterprise Studio School and The Red Lion pub. The nearest railway station is Clacton-On-Sea station, about 3.2 miles east of the centre. Not far away are Howlands Marsh.