Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in The Green, Essex
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for The Green: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in The Green
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. Access panels let us into the duct runs and risers, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report and extra access panels can be added. The work covers canopies and hoods, discharge points and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and stale cooking odours from the system. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in The Green it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in The Green goes.
In a village or hamlet like The Green, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- The Green (CM8)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
The Green: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in The Green?
That’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can the work in The Green be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before any work starts.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. We will tell you if any need replacing.
The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in The Green before we set off.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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.
Related advice
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in The Green
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
For schools such as Cressing Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether VAT is included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- 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
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That’s part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It won’t replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
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 each one has its own record.
Kitchen extracts in The Green
We cover The Green, about 37 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers The Green. 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Barnabas or anywhere around The Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A kitchen near Cressing station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
The Green is about 3 miles south of Braintree, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in The Green, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 8 miles away.
Work in CM8 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Other places close to The Green include Black Notley (1 mile north-west), Tye Green (1 mile north-east), Hawbush Green (1 mile north-east), White Notley (1 mile south-east) and Long Green (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (14 miles east), Chelmsford (8 miles south-west), Braintree (3 miles north), Maldon (9 miles south-east), Witham (4 miles south-east) and Camulodunum (13 miles east).
Landmarks near The Green
In The Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Braintree Sixth Form and The Plough pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Cressing station, roughly 0.5 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2.4 miles north-west) and Cressing Temple (1.7 miles east). For a walk, there’s Sandylay and Moat Woods.
Leave it or put it right?
If your kitchen in The Green is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time, and we fit around your opening hours. Every extra month adds grease. Planning a trip to The Green ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why The Green businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
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