Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Faringdon
Cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels in Faringdon, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Faringdon
Can you work in Faringdon outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Faringdon does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Faringdon?
Kitchens in Faringdon are inspected by Vale of White Horse council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
When the duct is cleaned as part of a full TR19 clean, you get a TR19 certificate and a photo report. The report shows readings, photos and any sections we couldn’t reach.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Faringdon
If the ducts in Faringdon haven’t been cleaned for a while, or nobody is sure when they were? A few details about the system are a good start when you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll give you a fixed quote for ductwork cleaning, normally within one working day. The work covers vertical risers, attenuators and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are an insurer asking for TR19 evidence and grease leaking from duct joints.
In a smaller place like Faringdon, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Faringdon (SN7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
Ductwork cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- Faulty fire dampers
- Parts of the duct with no way in
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs
How the visit works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Around Faringdon, access is usually simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- Once the kitchen has closed, we protect the area and open the panels.
- Heavy deposits come out by hand, then each section is degreased.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Check readings when the menu changes
- Ask us about extra access panels where sections cannot be reached
- Do not switch the extract off early
The report gives a recommended next clean date, worked out from the grease we found and how long you cook each day, in line with BESA guidance.
Grease that never reaches the duct never needs cleaning out of it. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
Grease, kitchens and Faringdon
The Food Standards Agency lists about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Faringdon. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Faringdon is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Faringdon get their food hygiene inspections from Vale of White Horse 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of All Saints or anywhere around Faringdon, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Buscot Park is about 3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Faringdon Day Hospital (about within half a mile north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Faringdon is about 10 miles south-west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. If you need ductwork cleaning in Faringdon, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. We work across South East England and London, Faringdon included. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Faringdon is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (17 miles or so).
Here we cover the SN7 postcode area for ductwork cleaning. Local streets include Station Road, Marlborough Gardens and Marlborough Close, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. With the A417 and A4095 close by, Faringdon is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. We also cover the places around Faringdon: Little Coxwell (1 mile south), Fernham (2 miles south), Shellingford (2 miles south-east), Hatford (3 miles east) and Baulking (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Didcot (15 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (13 miles east), Witney (10 miles north-east), Carterton (8 miles north), Wantage (8 miles south-east) and Grove (8 miles south-east).
Near you in Faringdon
Typical jobs here are in premises near Faringdon Infant School and The Swan pub. Nearby you’ll also find Faringdon Day Hospital (less than half a mile north) and Faringdon Castle (0.8 miles north-east). The countryside around Faringdon includes Badbury Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What affects the quote in Faringdon
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- The size of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Risers are cleaned through panels at different levels. Where it cannot be reached safely, the report says so.
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.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.