Wokingham · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Crowthorne
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Crowthorne, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Sections of duct with no access panels
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
About our ductwork cleaning in Crowthorne
No two duct runs are the same, in Crowthorne or anywhere else. A few metres to an outside wall, or a riser up through the building to a roof fan. The survey traces the route and finds every access point before we quote. If you are dealing with hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test, we can help.
Many kitchens in a town like Crowthorne were fitted into buildings built for something else, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Sections we cannot reach are listed on the report, and access panels can be added.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Crowthorne (RG45, RG40)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Do you need ductwork cleaning in Crowthorne?
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. More grease reaches the ductwork than it should, and build-up speeds up.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Crowthorne Methodist Church or elsewhere in Crowthorne, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Part by part
Access panels
We can fit new access panels where the duct needs them, so the next clean reaches more of the system. We’ll recommend where they should go.
Horizontal duct runs
The underside of a horizontal duct collects the most grease. Thick deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing, then the walls and roof are cleaned too.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Check readings when the menu changes
Grease readings are taken again at the same set points, giving you before and after readings. Photos of each section go alongside them.
Have access panels fitted where sections cannot be reached. It doesn’t stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.
What ductwork cleaning cannot fix
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
Ductwork cleaning around Crowthorne
There are about 20 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops in Crowthorne and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. It’s Bracknell Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Crowthorne. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Crowthorne falls to Royal Berkshire 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Pinewood Hospital (about 0.9 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Crowthorne Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Crowthorne, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Crowthorne is about 3 miles south-west of Bracknell, in Wokingham. For ductwork cleaning in and around Crowthorne, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, Crowthorne included. 35 places in Wokingham are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Reading page (9 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: RG45 and RG40. Local streets include Church Road East, Church Road West and High Street, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. Crowthorne sits on or near the A321 and B3348, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Owlsmoor (1 mile south-east), Home Farm (1 mile north-east), Wooden Hill (2 miles north-east), Sandhurst (2 miles south) and Hanworth (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Reading (9 miles north-west), Wokingham (3 miles north-west), Woodley (7 miles north-west), Earley (7 miles north-west), Lower Earley (6 miles north-west) and Winnersh (5 miles north-west). Being one of Wokingham’s larger places, Crowthorne has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for ductwork cleaning.
Around Crowthorne
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around King Edward VI Aston School, The Prince pub and Edgbarrow Woods. The closest station to Crowthorne is Crowthorne station, roughly 1 mile south-west. Well-known places in the area include The Lexicon (3.7 miles north-east) and Pinewood Hospital (0.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Wildmoor Heath and Heath Lake.
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. In Crowthorne, 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.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- 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
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Wokingham. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
FAQs for Crowthorne
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Crowthorne?
Food hygiene inspections in Crowthorne are carried out by Bracknell Forest council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can the work in Crowthorne be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Crowthorne keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What if part of the duct cannot be reached?
We clean everything we can reach and record what we cannot. Extra panels can be installed, and we can do that for you.
What should I send you?
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.