Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Chineham
Ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Chineham. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- Sections of duct with no access panels
Ductwork cleaning in Chineham
The ductwork is where an extract clean is won or lost. Without enough access panels, long stretches can go years without being touched. We open up every reachable section and record any we can’t reach, so you know exactly where you stand. The work covers vertical risers, bends and junctions and horizontal duct runs, and people most often call us about proof of duct cleaning for the insurer and high readings at a recent grease test.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Chineham gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Chineham (RG24, RG27)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
Under BESA guidance, the mean grease level should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans. Anywhere that reaches 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning. Putting off the clean only pushes readings higher. A quieter site near Chineham still needs its system looked after.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Fully insured
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Chineham
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease collects on the riser walls and gathers at the bottom, where it can pool. Access along its height is needed to clean it properly.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Chineham, about 2.6 miles west.
Comparing quotes
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the price is fixed
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Questions from Chineham
Can you come to Chineham after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Chineham does not have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Chineham?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Chineham. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
Duct length, access and grease levels all affect it. As a guide, it takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
How do you clean inside the ductwork?
After a survey and grease readings, the duct is opened up through its access panels. We clean the runs and risers section by section, and test again when we are done.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
A photo report, with readings and before and after pictures, plus a TR19 certificate for a full system clean. The report says when the next clean is due.
What happens if there are not enough access panels?
Sections out of reach are written down on the report, in line with TR19. New panels can be fitted to reach them in future.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes. We’ll point out where panels are needed, and we can fit them so those sections are cleaned in future.
Different parts, different methods
Access panels
Every section of duct is cleaned through an access panel. Where there are none, those sections cannot be cleaned and the report has to say so.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building to the roof. Grease collects on the walls and at the foot of the riser, which is one of the points we test.
Towns and villages near Chineham
Other services in Chineham
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Check readings when the menu changes
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
Keep the certificate and report with the fire risk assessment. It’s the evidence an insurer or inspector may ask for, and the photos make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Book the next duct clean before the date passes. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval may need to shorten, and grease thickness testing will show it.
How the visit works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. A site near Chineham usually has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and photos repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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Chineham kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 32 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Chineham. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. Food hygiene inspections in Chineham are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Chineham. 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Four Lanes Community Junior School or anywhere near Chineham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. The Vyne, about 2 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Chineham; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Chineham is about 3 miles north-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Wherever you are in the RG24 postcode area, we can carry out ductwork cleaning at your premises. Chineham is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for ductwork cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Reading page (11 miles or so).
Ductwork cleaning in RG24 and RG27 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Bowman Road, Cufaude Lane and Cibbons Road, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. With the A33 close by, Chineham is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Other places close to Chineham include Lychpit (1 mile south), Wildmoor (1 mile east), Popley (1 mile west), Old Basing (2 miles south) and Water End (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (3 miles south-west), Farnborough (12 miles east), Fleet (9 miles east), Aldershot (13 miles east), Alton (10 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles east).
Around Chineham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Loddon School, The Vyne Community School and Eastrop Park and the streets around them. Chineham’s nearest station is Basingstoke station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Basing House (1.5 miles south) and Basing House (1.5 miles south). Not far away are Daneshill Park Woods.
How we price ductwork cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The scale of the work
- The condition we find in the survey
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.