Essex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Wivenhoe kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Wivenhoe. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Wivenhoe
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. Typical jobs include poor airflow at the canopy and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, across vertical risers, extract fans and plenums and filters. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Essex.
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 Wivenhoe goes.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Wivenhoe gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Wivenhoe (CO7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Ductwork and risers
Horizontal runs collect grease as the air slows and cools. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Kitchen extracts in Wivenhoe
At about 2 miles from the coast, Wivenhoe is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Wivenhoe on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 26 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 6 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Wivenhoe. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Wivenhoe is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Wivenhoe, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Essex County Hospital is the nearest hospital to Wivenhoe, about 3.5 miles north-west. For kitchens close to Wivenhoe station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Wivenhoe is about 3 miles south-east of Colchester, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Wivenhoe, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, about 22 miles away.
Work in CO7 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on High Street, Station Road and Ernest Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find Wivenhoe on the B1028, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Wivenhoe Quay (1 mile south), Wivenhoe Cross (1 mile north), Rowhedge (1 mile south-west), East Donyland (1 mile south-west) and Elmstead (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (3 miles north-west), Clacton-on-Sea (9 miles south-east), Maldon (15 miles south-west), Witham (15 miles west), Harwich (14 miles east) and Camulodunum (4 miles west).
What’s near Wivenhoe
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Colchester Academy, The Greyhound Public House and Colne Local Nature Reserve. There’s a railway station in Wivenhoe itself: Wivenhoe station. A little further out are Essex County Hospital (3.5 miles north-west) and Colchester Castle (3.2 miles north-west). Open spaces near Wivenhoe include Cockaynes Wood.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Wivenhoe: your questions answered
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Wivenhoe?
The local authority for Wivenhoe is Colchester 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.
Does being near the coast affect kitchen extract cleaning in Wivenhoe?
It can. Wivenhoe is within about 2 miles of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. If photos are not enough, we’ll survey first.
What accreditations do you hold?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19 is not 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.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. In a smaller place like Wivenhoe, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before we start.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
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.
Nearby places to Wivenhoe
What else we do in Wivenhoe
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- The scale of the work
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- A single visit or a regular plan
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Helping us quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.