Windsor and Maidenhead · Ductwork cleaning
Ascot ductwork cleaning
We cover Ascot for ductwork cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
FAQs for Ascot
Can the work in Ascot be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Is Ascot within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Ascot is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Will I get a report after the ducts are cleaned?
Readings, photos and, for a full clean, a TR19 certificate. The report says when the next clean is due.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
How long will the duct clean take?
Duct length, access and grease levels all affect it. As a guide, it takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers.
Ductwork cleaning in Ascot, done properly
We treat ductwork like a doctor treats arteries: find the blockages, clear them, then check the flow is right. Grease readings before and after give you the evidence, alongside before and after photos. If you have grease pooling at the foot of the riser and hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs, we can put it right.
For a kitchen in or near Ascot, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Ascot (SL5)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
Fire inside a duct is out of sight and out of reach. It can travel through the ductwork to other parts of the building, so cleaning the duct is as important as cleaning the hood. If the system at a site near Ascot fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why Ascot businesses choose us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Ascot knowing what to expect.
- We map the duct route and check where the access panels are.
- Grease readings are taken at set points along the duct.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- Post-clean readings and pictures go into the report, with any unreachable section listed.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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.
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What the work involves, part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a building with several floors, the duct may pass other tenants’ spaces. Access is planned with the building’s managers, so the clean is done safely and quietly.
Attenuators and discharge
The discharge is where the duct ends and air leaves the building. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Nearby places to Ascot
Also in Ascot
Ductwork cleaning around Ascot
The Food Standards Agency lists about 8 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within about 1.5 miles of central Ascot. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Ascot get their food hygiene inspections from Windsor and Maidenhead council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Ascot is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of All Souls or elsewhere in Ascot, 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; Heatherwood Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ascot, about 0.8 miles west.
Ascot is about 4 miles east of Bracknell, in Windsor and Maidenhead. We carry out ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Ascot and the rest of Windsor and Maidenhead. Ascot is one of 57 towns, villages and districts in Windsor and Maidenhead we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also work in Guildford, around 12 miles away.
Work in SL5 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on London Road, High Street and St George's Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. If your site is just outside Ascot, we cover Sunninghill (1 mile south-east), Cheapside (1 mile north-east), North Ascot (1 mile north-west), Brookside (1 mile north-west) and Beggar's Bush (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidenhead (8 miles north), Windsor (5 miles north), Boyn Hill (8 miles north-west), Cookham (11 miles north), Furze Platt (9 miles north) and Dedworth (5 miles north).
What’s near Ascot
Typical jobs here are in premises near Papplewick School, Silwood Park and Charters School and the streets around them. Ascot has its own railway station: Ascot station. Nearby you’ll also find The Lexicon (3.6 miles west) and Heatherwood Hospital (0.8 miles west). For a walk, there’s Virginia Water Lake and Gracious Pond.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Ascot
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
When the duct is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Keep to the cleaning interval on the report. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Ascot
The further the air travels from the cooking, the cooler it gets. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, which is why ducts go on gathering grease well beyond the filters.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
Bursars and site managers at schools such as South Ascot Village Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If they look at the system before pricing