Isle of Wight · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Cowes, Isle of Wight
Our technicians work in Cowes on ductwork cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Years of grease along the duct floor
About our ductwork cleaning in Cowes
If the ducts in Cowes haven’t been cleaned for a while, or nobody is sure when they were? Tell us about the system when you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will give you a fixed quote for ductwork cleaning, normally within one working day. Typical jobs include a rancid smell from the extract duct and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test, on vertical risers, attenuators and access panels.
In a town like Cowes, most of the kitchen extracts we are asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Cowes (PO31)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Cowes
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.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Church and community hall kitchens, near St. Faith's Church or anywhere around Cowes, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Before you book anyone
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- What insurance they carry
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How VAT is shown on the quote
What else we do in Cowes
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Cowes questions
Can school kitchens in Cowes be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 7 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Cowes. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Cowes?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Do you install duct access panels?
Yes, we fit access panels where the duct needs them. It means more of the duct can be cleaned next time, and the report will show where they’re needed.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
What’s involved in cleaning extract ducts?
We survey the route, test the grease, then open the access panels. We clean the runs and risers section by section, and test again when we are done.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. In Cowes, the visit is planned around your opening hours, parking and access to the system.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- 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.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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Ductwork cleaning in Cowes: the local picture
Cowes lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Cowes on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 49 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 9 takeaways in Cowes and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. In Cowes, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Isle of Wight council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Mary's Hospital about 3.2 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cowes Primary School or anywhere near Cowes, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Cowes is about 8 miles south-west of Gosport, in the Isle of Wight. Sites in Cowes get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Cowes is one of 125 places in the Isle of Wight where we work for commercial clients. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
We cover every part of the PO31 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Church Road, Market Hill and High Street or a nearby road, we can help. Cowes is on the A3020 and B3320, so it’s easy for us to get to for ductwork cleaning. If your site is just outside Cowes, we cover Gurnard (1 mile west), Northwood (1 mile south), Rew Street (1 mile south-west), Noke Common (3 miles south) and Parkhurst (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Newport (4 miles south), Ryde (7 miles east), Sandown (10 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east), Ventnor (12 miles south) and Oakfield (7 miles east). Cowes is one of the larger places we cover in the Isle of Wight for ductwork cleaning. If your site is somewhere remote, the visit takes a little more planning, so let us know when you get in touch.
Landmarks near Cowes
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Painters Arms, Isle of Wight Studio School and Cowes Enterprise College and the streets around them. A little further out are Isle of Wight Natural History Centre (0.5 miles south-west) and West Cowes Castle (0.7 miles north). Open spaces near Cowes include Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Mill Hill.
Part by part
Bends and transitions
Bends, elbows and changes of size are where grease collects most. The air slows and drops its load, so these points get extra attention.
Attenuators and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, quieten the extract, and their linings can soak up grease. They’re cleaned where possible and recorded if not.
How we price ductwork cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The number of sites or systems
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Faulty fire dampers
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Diarise the next duct clean
- File each certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Leave a way through to the access panels
The report names every part of the duct that couldn’t be reached and why. We can fit access panels so those sections are cleaned next time.
Some signs mean the duct needs attention sooner: grease leaking from duct joints, smells, or a fan that sounds rough. A grease thickness test can confirm whether a spot clean is needed.