Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Brighthampton, Oxfordshire
Cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Brighthampton. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- High readings at a recent grease test
- A duct nobody has opened in years
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the ductwork cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Brighthampton run smoothly.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- 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, pictures and a next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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About our ductwork cleaning in Brighthampton
Every duct has its own route. A few metres to an outside wall, or a riser up through the building to a roof fan. The survey traces the route, so we know where to get in and how long it will take. Common call-outs are for grease seeping out of the duct seams and a rancid smell from the extract duct, on attenuators, access panels and bends and junctions.
Somewhere as small as Brighthampton, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Brighthampton (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Brighthampton questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Brighthampton out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Brighthampton. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Can you come to Brighthampton after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Brighthampton needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, then a fixed quote.
What paperwork do you give after a duct clean?
A photo report, with readings and before and after photos, plus a TR19 certificate for a full system clean. The report says when the next clean is due.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
The minimum depends on how long the kitchen cooks each day: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease sets the real interval.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Kitchen extracts in Brighthampton
There are about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Brighthampton, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. Brighthampton sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Kitchens in Brighthampton get their food hygiene inspections from West Oxfordshire council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Longworth House is about 2.5 miles south), access may need planning. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Mulberry Bush School or anywhere near Brighthampton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Brighthampton is about 4 miles south-east of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX29, we can carry out ductwork cleaning at your premises. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Brighthampton is one of them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 9 miles away.
Every address in OX29 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on Aston Road, Abingdon Road and Malthouse Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in Standlake (1 mile east), Hardwick (2 miles north), Stanton Harcourt (2 miles north-east), Ducklington (3 miles north-west) and South Leigh (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Oxford (9 miles east), Didcot (12 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (8 miles south-east), Witney (4 miles north-west), Carterton (7 miles north-west) and Wantage (10 miles south).
Landmarks near Brighthampton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Standlake Church of England Primary School and The Black Horse Public House, among other places. Other landmarks nearby include Hinton Waldrist Castle (2.8 miles south). Not far away are Hitchcopse Pit.
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Why act early in Brighthampton
TR19® isn’t law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the duct is part of that. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why Brighthampton businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- Every job surveyed first
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
What the work involves, part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a shared building, the duct links the kitchen to other spaces, which makes keeping it clean all the more important. Your certificate and report give building managers the record they need.
Vertical risers
Cleaning a riser needs access along its height. Any part that cannot be safely reached is recorded.
How we price ductwork cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The number of sites or systems
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Common problems we fix in Brighthampton
The further the air travels from the cooking, the cooler it gets. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Giles' Church or elsewhere in Brighthampton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included