Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Bampton, Oxfordshire
Our technicians work in Bampton on ductwork cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- High readings at a recent grease test
Ductwork cleaning in Bampton, done properly
Grease in a duct is hidden, which is exactly why it’s dangerous. Flames pulled in from the cooking line can ignite it, carrying a fire along the duct and into rooms far from the kitchen. Cleaning the duct takes that fuel away. Typical jobs include stale grease odours from the duct and proof of duct cleaning for the insurer, on access panels, vertical risers and bends and junctions.
For a smaller kitchen near Bampton, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Bampton (OX18)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
There’s no law that names TR19. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, including the grease inside the extract ductwork. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Bampton
- A written report with photos after each visit
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
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Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Risers are cleaned through panels at different levels. Any part that can’t be safely reached is recorded.
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.
Bampton questions
Can you work in Bampton outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Bampton can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Bampton?
It’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Bampton. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What does ductwork cleaning cost?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
How can I tell if my extract ducts are dirty?
A grease thickness test gives the answer. Using a Wet Film Thickness Test or Deposit Thickness Test, we check the grease at set points. BESA guidance says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns, and 500 or more anywhere needs immediate spot cleaning.
What happens if there aren’t enough access panels?
Every reachable section is cleaned and the rest recorded. Fitting extra access panels is the usual answer, and we can do that for you.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
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 on a regular cycle.
What we are called out for in Bampton
Ducts in Bampton gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: hours of cooking, the type of food and how well the filters are kept. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Years of grease along the duct floor
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Bampton, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether they’re fully insured
Bampton kitchens: local notes
Look up Bampton on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bampton. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. Food hygiene inspections in Bampton are the job of West Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Bampton falls to Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
School kitchens, at schools like Bampton CofE Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Longworth Hospital (about 5.1 miles south), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Bampton is about 3 miles south-east of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Bampton or further out, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Bampton is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also work in Oxford, about 13 miles from Bampton.
Ductwork cleaning in OX18 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Ductwork cleaning is available to premises on High Street, Station Road and The Pieces and nearby roads. Other places close to Bampton include Weald (1 mile south-west), Aston (2 miles east), Black Bourton (2 miles west), Clanfield (2 miles south-west) and Brize Norton (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Oxford (13 miles east), Didcot (15 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles east), Witney (5 miles north-east), Carterton (3 miles north-west) and Wantage (11 miles south-east).
What’s near Bampton
Around Bampton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Morris Clows Public House, among other places. Other landmarks nearby include Longworth Hospital (5.1 miles south) and Bampton Castle (0.5 miles south-west).
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Do not switch the extract off early
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
File the paperwork in the maintenance log. It’s the evidence an insurer or inspector may ask for, and the photos make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Have access panels fitted where sections cannot be reached. Grease you can reach is grease that gets removed.
What ductwork cleaning cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Faulty fire dampers
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- Parts of the duct with no way in
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. For a place like Bampton, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- You get a fixed price before work starts.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- The duct is signed off with readings, photos and a next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.