Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Stratford St Mary
Kitchen extract cleaning across Stratford St Mary and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Stratford St Mary questions
Can you work in Stratford St Mary outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Stratford St Mary needn’t be disturbed. Just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Can school kitchens in Stratford St Mary be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 3 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Stratford St Mary. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Do you work in Stratford St Mary?
Yes. We cover Stratford St Mary and across Essex, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Allow a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. The survey tells us how long your system will need.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote and we will usually reply within one working day.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Stratford St Mary
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Typical jobs include years of baked-on grease in the ducts and grease dripping from the canopy or filters, on canopies and hoods, vertical risers and horizontal duct runs. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Stratford St Mary it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
In a village or hamlet like Stratford St Mary, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Stratford St Mary (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Stratford St Mary.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Stratford St Mary
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. 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. For a kitchen in Stratford St Mary, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
Look out for any of the following:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
For schools such as Stratford St Mary Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before booking anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
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 can diagnose it and quote.
Kitchen extracts in Stratford St Mary
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Stratford St Mary. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. In Stratford St Mary, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Babergh council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Stratford St Mary is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Stratford St Mary, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Castle House is about 1.7 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Stratford St Mary is about 6 miles north-east of Colchester, in Essex. From the centre of Stratford St Mary to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Stratford St Mary is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Chelmsford, about 26 miles from Stratford St Mary.
We cover every part of the CO7 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Streets in the area include The Street, Kenyon Close and Strickmere, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Stratford St Mary: Higham (1 mile north-west), Dedham (1 mile south-east), Lamb Corner (2 miles south), Holton St Mary (2 miles north-east) and Hornestreet (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Colchester (6 miles south-west), Clacton-on-Sea (14 miles south-east), Harwich (13 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles south-west), Halstead (15 miles west) and Greenstead (6 miles south).
Near you in Stratford St Mary
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around East Bergholt High School and The Anchor pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Stratford St Mary is Manningtree station, roughly 3.3 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Severalls Hospital (5 miles south-west) and The Munnings Museum (1.7 miles south-east). Open spaces near Stratford St Mary include Cattawade Marshes.
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving the clean until the next refit does not make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Stratford St Mary is calmer for everyone.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
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What affects the quote in Stratford St Mary
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.