London and the South East
AHU Cleaning in West Berkshire
From the largest town to the smallest village in West Berkshire, we can help with AHU cleaning. Fixed quotes up front, and a 24/7 emergency line.
Where we work in West Berkshire
Cleaning of air handling units, including filters, coils, drain trays, fans and internal surfaces. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, or call or email us for a quick quote.
Main towns
More services in West Berkshire
- Ventilation duct cleaning
- Grease trap cleaning
- Commercial kitchen deep cleaning
- Extract fan repair and replacement
- Kitchen extract cleaning
- Extract fan cleaning
- Fire damper testing
- Canopy and hood cleaning
- Ductwork cleaning
- TR19 inspections and grease testing
- Grease filter exchange
Postcode districts
About AHU cleaning in West Berkshire
All the building’s air passes through the fan, so dirt on the impeller and housing gets spread around. We clean the fan section along with the rest of the unit, with the unit switched off and made safe first. Typical jobs include plant that has been serviced but not cleaned and filters that are clogged or overdue, on internal panels, heating and cooling coils and supply and extract fans.
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes one overnight shift for many single units, with bigger plant phased.
- We start with a survey of the unit and a fixed quote for the work.
- We arrange the shutdown with your staff and sheet the area.
- Filters are dealt with as agreed, and the coils, fan and casing cleaned.
- Standing water and slime come out of the tray and the drain is checked.
- You get a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
What affects the price in West Berkshire
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- In business since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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.
Local landmarks in Newbury
Around Newbury, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near St Nicolas Church, Victoria Park and St Bartholomew's School and the streets around them. Also close by are The Diamond Tap (less than half a mile north-east), St Nicolas C.E. Junior School (less than half a mile south) and St Bartholomew's School (0.6 miles south-west). There’s a railway station in Newbury itself: Newbury station. Nearby you’ll also find Donnington Castle (1.6 miles north-west) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Audrey's Meadow.
AHU cleaning around West Berkshire
Across West Berkshire, from Newbury, Thatcham and Burghfield Common outwards, ventilation systems serve offices, schools, surgeries, hotels and care homes. The work starts with an inspection, and cleaning follows where it’s needed.
London and the South East cover everything from city basements to rural kitchens. Wherever the site is in West Berkshire, the work is done to the same TR19® standard.
Newbury: Healthcare buildings such as West Berkshire Community Hospital, about 1.5 miles east, depend on their ventilation; if you manage a surgery, clinic or care home near Newbury, yours matters too. Workplaces around Newbury station with an air handling unit need the filters, coils and drain tray looked at, as well as the ducts.
Leave it or put it right?
Standing water in a drain tray doesn’t clear itself. Left alone, it can overflow, leak into the plant area or ceiling below and spread smells through the system. Clearing it now is a much smaller job.
Questions to ask before you book
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What insurance they carry
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Make sure the unit’s access doors open easily
- Change filters on schedule and log each change
- Check the drain tray is emptying during routine visits
- Watch for drips or damp patches near the plant
We recommend when the unit should next be inspected or cleaned, taking into account how dirty it was. TR19® Air is risk-based, so the interval depends on the unit and how the building is used.
Regular filter changes are the best protection an AHU has. Once filters clog, dirt starts getting past them.
Part by part
Heating and cooling coils
A dirty coil holds back the air and makes heating and cooling less effective. A clean gets air moving through the coil properly again.
Fans and fan sections
Before the fan is touched, the unit is shut down and made safe in agreement with the site.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Building management system faults
- Breakdowns that need a mechanical engineer
- Dirty ducts beyond the unit itself
West Berkshire: your questions answered
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Can you clean the ducts connected to the AHU?
Yes. Ductwork is cleaned through access panels, with anything inaccessible recorded, with new panels fitted where needed.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
How often do AHUs need cleaning?
TR19® Air takes a risk-based approach, so it depends on inspection rather than a fixed interval. Each report suggests when the unit should next be looked at.
Do you work in West Berkshire?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, West Berkshire included.
Every town and village in West Berkshire
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- Bagnor
- Bagshot
- Ball Hill
- Beansheaf Farm
- Beech Hill
- Beedon
- Beenham
- Beenham Stocks
- Benham Hill
- Bishop's Green
- Boxford
- Brightwalton
- Brightwalton Green
- Brimpton
- Brimpton Common
- Burghclere
- Burghclere Common
- Burghfield Common
- Burghfield Hill
- Burnt Hill
- Bury's Bank
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- Calcot
- Catmore
- Chaddleworth
- Chapel Row
- Chieveley
- Chilton Foliat
- Clapton
- Cold Ash
- Colthrop
- Compton
- Crockham Heath
- Crookham
- Curridge
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- Earlstone Common
- East Garston
- East Garston Woodlands
- East Ilsley
- East Shefford
- Eastbury
- Easton
- Ecchinswell
- Eddington
- Enborne
- Enborne Row
- Englefield
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- Halfway
- Hampstead Norreys
- Hamstead Marshall
- Headley
- Heads Hill
- Hell Corner
- Hermitage
- Highclere
- Hollington
- Hungerford
- Hyde End
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- Lambourn
- Lambourn Woodlands
- Leckhampstead
- Leverton
- Little Hungerford
- Longlane
- Lower Denford
- Lower Green
- Lower Padworth
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- Sandleford
- Shaw
- Sheepdrove
- Sheffield Bottom
- Shefford Woodlands
- Silchester
- Skinners Green
- Southend
- Speen
- Speenhamland
- Spencers Wood
- Stanford Dingley
- Stanmore
- Stockcross
- Stone Copse
- Stratfield Mortimer
- Stratfield Saye
- Sulhamstead
- Sulhamstead Abbots
- Sulhamstead Bannister Upper End
- Swallowfield
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- Ufton Green
- Ufton Nervet
- Upper Bucklebury
- Upper Denford
- Upper Eddington
- Upper Green
- Upper Lambourn
- Upper Woolhampton
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- Wash Common
- Wash Water
- Wellhouse
- West End Green
- West Ilsley
- Weston
- Wickham
- Wickham Heath
- Winterbourne
- Wokefield
- Woodlands St Mary
- Woolhampton
- Woolton Hill
- World's End