Reading · Air handling unit cleaning
AHU Cleaning in Play Hatch
Looking for AHU cleaning in Play Hatch? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Blocked condensate drains and slimy trays
- Dust built up on fan impellers
- Air handling units due a clean after building work
When to call us in Play Hatch
Wherever there’s a cooling coil, there’s condensate. If the drain tray outlet blocks or the tray doesn’t fall properly, water stands in it, and slime and smells soon follow.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Air handling units never cleaned inside
- Blocked condensate drains and slimy trays
- Air handling units due a clean after building work
- Rooms that smell stuffy when the system runs
If you manage a school such as St Martin's Catholic Primary School, ventilation cleaning is best booked for the holidays.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What paperwork you get at the end
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
How we handle AHU cleaning in Play Hatch
An AHU clean is a thorough examination and treatment of the unit. We look inside each section, clean what we find and record it with pictures, so you can see the unit’s condition for yourself. The work covers heating and cooling coils, supply and extract fans and drain trays, and the jobs we see most are air handling units with blocked filters and air handling units due a clean after building work.
For a building in or near Play Hatch, access is agreed in advance and the visit is planned around the journey, and the ventilation is inspected, cleaned and recorded the same as anywhere.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. 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
- Play Hatch (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Play Hatch
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What affects the quote in Play Hatch
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- The scale of the work
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
- How easy every part is to reach
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
FAQs for Play Hatch
Can a school’s ventilation in Play Hatch be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 4 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Play Hatch. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you work overnight in Play Hatch?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Play Hatch can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we have been trading since 2009.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Often, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Do you do ventilation duct cleaning too?
Yes, supply and extract ducts, grilles and diffusers. The survey shows whether the ducts need cleaning now.
Can you fix a faulty AHU?
The clean includes noting faults, but repairs sit with your maintenance contractor, with the details in the report.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Report water on the plant room floor
- Plan the next inspection before the last report gets filed away
- Don’t store bins or materials near the intake
- Report musty smells from the vents right away
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.
Have the unit inspected regularly, in line with the risk-based approach of TR19® Air instead of leaving it to guesswork.
Play Hatch buildings and their air
Food Standards Agency data includes about 4 schools, colleges and universities and about 12 hospitals, care homes and childcare premises in and around Play Hatch, up to about a mile and a half out. Classrooms, bedrooms and care spaces are often served by ducted air, and that ductwork collects dust over time. For Play Hatch, the closest hospital is Royal Berkshire Hospital, roughly 2.3 miles south-west. Clean air matters most where people are unwell, and that’s as true in a care home as in a hospital. Play Hatch is about 36 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
Royal Berkshire Hospital, about 2.3 miles south-west, is the nearest hospital to Play Hatch, and healthcare sites of every size need their supply air kept clean.
Play Hatch is about 1 mile east of Caversham, in Reading. We carry out AHU cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Play Hatch and the rest of Reading. Across Reading, we cover 34 places, Play Hatch among them.
Postcode districts we cover here for AHU cleaning: RG4. Local streets include Dene Close, Henley Road and Foxhill Lane, all of which we cover for AHU cleaning. Other places close to Play Hatch include Dunsden Green (1 mile north), Caversham Park Village (1 mile west), Littlestead Green (1 mile north-west), Emmer Green (1 mile west) and Sonning (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Norcot (4 miles west), West Reading (3 miles south-west), Tilehurst Within (5 miles west), Shinfield (5 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (7 miles south) and Horncastle (5 miles south-west).
What’s near Play Hatch
Typical jobs here are in premises near Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, Reading Blue Coat School and The Shoulder of Mutton pub. The closest station to Play Hatch is Reading station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are The Oracle (2.4 miles south-west) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (2.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Alder Moors and South Lake.
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a single shift for a typical unit, longer for large or heavily soiled ones. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Play Hatch.
- We survey the unit from pictures or on site and agree what’s included.
- With your site team, the unit is switched off and isolated, then the area around it protected.
- We clean or change the filters as agreed, then clean the coils, fan and internal panels.
- Drain trays are cleared and cleaned and the outlet checked.
- We close up the unit and send the certificate and before and after photos.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
Rooftop and plant room units
Ceiling-mounted and compact units are cleaned too. We protect the area below before opening them.
Filters
Filter condition tells you a lot about the rest of the unit. We photograph them for the report.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When it’s something else
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Dirty ducts beyond the unit itself
- Controls and BMS settings that run the unit
- Coils that are corroded or leaking and need replacing
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Play Hatch
- Filter sections
- Supply and extract fans
- Internal panels
- Drain trays
- Dampers and louvres
- Heating and cooling coils