Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Ugley Green
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Ugley Green: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Ugley Green
Can you come to Ugley Green after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Ugley Green doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Ugley Green?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ugley Green. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work in Ugley Green?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Ugley Green.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What accreditations do you hold?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. We have been trading since 2009.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Ugley Green
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. Common call-outs are for an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19 and grease dripping from the canopy or filters, across horizontal duct runs, extract fans and vertical risers. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Ugley Green typically mean the kitchen extract, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a small place like Ugley Green, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Ugley Green (CM22)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Leave it or put it right?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Ugley Green
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- In business since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
What affects the quote in Ugley Green
You will get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- The scale of the work
- The number of sites or systems
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Parking and loading at the site
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
For kitchen extract cleaning in Ugley Green, ring 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.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Honest limits
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Ugley Green and across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
When to call us in Ugley Green
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Ugley Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- 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
Ugley Green kitchens: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses in Ugley Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Ugley Green. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Ugley Green is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run a café or takeaway near Elsenham station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. For schools such as Forest Hall School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Ugley Green is about 4 miles north-east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CM22 postcode area, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 17 miles from Ugley Green.
Our technicians cover all of the CM22 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include Dellows Lane, Bedwell Road and Field Gate Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover Elsenham (1 mile south-east), Fuller's End (1 mile south-east), Ugley (1 mile north-west), Henham (2 miles north-east) and Quendon (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Braintree (15 miles east), Harlow (11 miles south), Saffron Walden (7 miles north), Great Dunmow (7 miles south-east), Great Notley (14 miles east) and Bocking (15 miles east).
Near you in Ugley Green
Around Ugley Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Robin Hood Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Elsenham station, about 0.5 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Herts and Essex Hospital (4.2 miles south-west) and House On The Hill Toy Museum (1.4 miles south-west). Open spaces near Ugley Green include Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve and Portingbury Hills.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Ugley Green, let us know and we will plan around it.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.