Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Chalgrove
Ductwork cleaning across Chalgrove and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Common questions in Chalgrove
Can you work in Chalgrove outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Chalgrove needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Chalgrove?
Food hygiene inspections in Chalgrove are carried out by South Oxfordshire council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How do you know if the ductwork needs cleaning?
Drips, smells and weak extraction are clues, but the only sure way is to measure. Grease thickness testing shows exactly where the duct stands.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Ductwork cleaning in Chalgrove, done properly
In doctor’s terms, the ductwork is the system’s arteries: diagnose where grease has built up, clear it and confirm the result. Grease readings before and after give you the evidence, alongside before and after photos. If you have duct runs with no cleaning record and years of grease along the duct floor, we can put it right, from horizontal duct runs, vertical risers and attenuators onwards.
For a smaller kitchen near Chalgrove, 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.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Chalgrove (OX44)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Chalgrove
Slow air leaves the most grease behind. Long horizontal runs, bends, changes in size and the foot of a riser all collect more, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Adwell House is about 4 miles north-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
- If they look at the system before pricing
Places near Chalgrove
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Kitchen extracts in Chalgrove
Look up Chalgrove on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Chalgrove and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. Food hygiene inspections in Chalgrove are the job of South Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. 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. The fire and rescue service for Chalgrove is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Chalgrove Community Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Chalgrove, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Chalgrove is about 7 miles south-west of Thame, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Chalgrove, ductwork cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Chalgrove is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Oxford, roughly 9 miles from Chalgrove.
Work in OX44 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on High Street, Chapel Lane and The Green or anywhere close by, we can help. Chalgrove is on the B480, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Chalgrove: Brightwell Baldwin (2 miles south-east), Roke (2 miles south), Britwell Salome (3 miles south-east), Pyrton (3 miles east) and Watlington (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (9 miles north-west), Didcot (8 miles south-west), Abingdon-on-Thames (9 miles west), Thame (7 miles north-east), Henley-on-Thames (12 miles south-east) and Grove (15 miles west).
Local landmarks in Chalgrove
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Red Lion Public House. Nearby you’ll also find Wallingford Castle (4.8 miles south) and Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum (2.5 miles west). Not far away are Wells Farm.
Why deal with it now?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean right away. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. A visit arranged in advance is far less disruptive than a callout on a busy day.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
- A written report with pictures after each visit
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Chalgrove can usually be finished without a second trip.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
For ductwork cleaning in Chalgrove, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Advice
Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers often pass through floors and walls, so fire dampers may be fitted where it crosses them. Damper testing is a separate service.
Attenuators and discharge
At the end of the duct is the discharge. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by ductwork cleaning, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- A worn-out fan that needs replacing
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Chalgrove
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.