Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Stock
Kitchen extract cleaning for Stock and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Stock questions
Do you work in villages like Stock?
Yes, Stock is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire authority looks after Stock?
Fire safety enforcement in Stock is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
No law names TR19 directly, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Stock
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and grease settles in every one of them. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. If you have a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract, we can put it right, from vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and discharge points onwards. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Stock start: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
For a kitchen in or near Stock, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Stock (CM4)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Stock
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the fan works harder to move less air. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. In a small place like Stock, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Stock
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Common problems we fix in Stock
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Stock Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Stock, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Places near Stock
What else we do in Stock
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- What state the system is in
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
For kitchen extract cleaning in Stock, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Stock.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
Grease, kitchens and Stock
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Stock. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Stock. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Stock get their food hygiene inspections from Chelmsford council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hospital like Mayflower Community Hospital, about 3.4 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Stock, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Stock is about 3 miles north-east of Billericay, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Stock, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Stock is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for commercial clients.
Our technicians cover all of the CM4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as The Square, High Street and Webster Place, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Stock include Margaretting Tye (2 miles north), Ramsden Heath (2 miles south-east), Margaretting (2 miles north-west), Downham (3 miles south-east) and Billericay (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (5 miles north), Basildon (6 miles south), Brentwood (7 miles south-west), Maldon (11 miles north-east), Canvey Island (11 miles south-east) and Rayleigh (8 miles south-east).
What’s near Stock
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Hoop Public House and Mayflower High School. For rail, the closest station is Billericay station, roughly 2.7 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Mayflower Community Hospital (3.4 miles south-west). Not far away are Norsey Wood.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.