West Berkshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Chieveley, West Berkshire
Looking for ductwork cleaning in Chieveley? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
Chieveley questions
Which fire authority looks after Chieveley?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Chieveley. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can you come to Chieveley after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
What if part of the duct can’t be reached?
Without a way in, a section cannot be cleaned properly. We record those sections on the report and can fit access panels.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Chieveley
Each extract duct we take on in Chieveley goes through the full routine: readings at set points, heavy grease scraped out by hand, then degreasing to suit the deposit. Readings are taken again afterwards and pictures go into your report. The work covers attenuators, multi-storey ducts and bends and junctions, and the jobs we see most are stale grease odours from the duct and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Chieveley (RG20)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
A fire in a duct in a shared building can affect far more than one kitchen, which makes keeping it clean all the more important. Your certificate and report give building managers the record they need.
Attenuators and discharge
At the end of the duct is the discharge. Grease can collect there and stain the area around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The scale of the work
- The number of sites or systems
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
If you need ductwork cleaning in Chieveley, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
The process
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. In a small place like Chieveley, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- Post-clean readings and photos go into the report, with any unreachable section listed.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Why it’s worth doing now in Chieveley
A partly blocked duct slows the airflow. Less air moves, so heat and smoke stay in the kitchen while the fan strains and grease can drip from duct joints. In a small place like Chieveley, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why Chieveley businesses choose us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- We are fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- A fixed price before any work starts
Nearby places to Chieveley
What else we do in Chieveley
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Chieveley
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. More grease reaches the ductwork than it should, and build-up speeds up.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Chieveley Primary School or anywhere near Chieveley, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What to look for in a quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Chieveley
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Chieveley. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. Fire safety in Chieveley falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Chieveley are the job of West Berkshire council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Shaw House is about 3.6 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as West Berkshire Community Hospital (about 4.1 miles south), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Chieveley is about 5 miles north of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Chieveley gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our area takes in 155 places across West Berkshire, large and small. Our Reading page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
All of RG20 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on High Street, East Lane and Sowbury Park and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Chieveley, we cover Downend (1 mile north), North Heath (1 mile west), World's End (2 miles north-east), Winterbourne (2 miles south-west) and Peasemore (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Newbury (5 miles south), Thatcham (5 miles south-east), Burghfield Common (12 miles east), Speenhamland (4 miles south), Hungerford (9 miles west) and Calcot (12 miles east).
Landmarks near Chieveley
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Wheatsheaf pub. The closest station to Chieveley is Newbury Racecourse station, roughly 4.5 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Donnington Castle (3.2 miles south) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (4.1 miles south). Not far away are Snelsmore Common.