Essex · CO1
Kitchen extract cleaning in CO1
Our technicians cover all of the CO1 postcode district, including The Hythe, Colchester and Camulodunum. Every TR19® clean ends with a certificate and photo report.
Places in CO1
Our services across CO1
- TR19 inspections and grease testing
- Grease filter exchange
- Extract fan cleaning
- Extract fan repair and replacement
- Ventilation duct cleaning
- Commercial kitchen deep cleaning
- Air handling unit cleaning
- Grease trap cleaning
- Canopy and hood cleaning
- Kitchen extract cleaning
- Fire damper testing
- Ductwork cleaning
- All services
Let us know the job and your postcode and we’ll give you a clear price: call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Our kitchen extract cleaning service in CO1
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Typical jobs include a system with no record of a TR19 clean and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, on vertical risers, extract fans and plenums and filters.
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
What you will pay
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Every visit written up, with photos
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Landmarks near The Hythe
Typical jobs here are in premises near Kendall Church of England Primary School, Colchester Academy and The Rising Sun Public House, among other places. You will also find Salary Brook Local Nature Reserve (0.8 miles east), Donyland Lodge (1.5 miles south) and Church of St Leonard at the Hythe (within half a mile north-west). There’s a railway station in The Hythe itself: Hythe station. Other landmarks nearby include Colchester Castle (1.1 miles north-west) and Essex County Hospital (1.6 miles west). For a walk, there’s Cockaynes Wood.
Kitchen extracts across CO1
Across CO1, from Colchester, Camulodunum and Greenstead outwards, kitchens range from town-centre restaurants and takeaways to pubs, hotels, schools and care homes. Each extract is cleaned to the same TR19® standard, canopy to discharge.
CO1 is within the area we cover, which takes in London and the South East. Each job starts with a survey and a fixed quote, wherever it is in CO1.
The Hythe: School kitchens, at schools like Kendall Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Leonard at the Hythe or elsewhere in The Hythe, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Different parts, different methods
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant cannot afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Why act early?
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in CO1 as everywhere else, and they look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment, extraction included. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster.
Questions to ask before you book
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in CO1
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- What state the system is in
- Parking and loading at the site
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The postcode and the type of business
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in CO1 and across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
CO1: your questions answered
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
The clean is done when the kitchen isn’t cooking, working evenings, overnight or at weekends to suit you. Equipment needs to be off and cool before we start.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.