Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Horley, Oxfordshire
Ductwork cleaning for Horley and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Horley
Not every duct has enough access panels. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. An honest report beats a guess. If you have thick crusts of old grease along the duct and stale grease odours from the duct, we can help, from attenuators, bends and junctions and access panels onwards.
Somewhere as small as Horley, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Horley (OX15)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Horley
Booking the duct clean in Horley now keeps it a planned job. It takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points, done out of hours so the kitchen keeps cooking. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What you get with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- We diagnose before we treat
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
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.
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Horley: your questions answered
Can you get to a site in Horley?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Horley included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Horley?
That’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
After a survey and grease readings, the duct is opened up through its access panels. Each run and riser is scraped and degreased, then the readings are repeated.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
How do you know if the ductwork needs cleaning?
The date on the last certificate is the first thing to check. No record, or a passed date, means it’s due, and grease readings will confirm how urgent it is.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What happens if there are not enough access panels?
Ductwork needs access to be cleaned. Those parts are listed, and we can install panels so they’re reached next time.
Common problems we fix in Horley
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. The duct then takes grease that the filters should have stopped, and build-up speeds up.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Smells of old cooking grease from the ductwork
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
Where a hall near Church of St Ethelreda, or anywhere in Horley, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and photos are included
What affects the quote in Horley
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- The times the site is available
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will talk you through it.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Somewhere as small as Horley, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First the duct route is traced and every access point noted.
- Set points along the runs are tested for grease.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- Horizontal runs and risers are then degreased by the method that suits the deposit.
- Readings and photos are repeated and any section we couldn’t reach is recorded.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting 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. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Ductwork cleaning in Horley: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Horley. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. Horley is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Horley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Cherwell council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Historic houses near Horley, such as Upton House about 3.2 miles west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Horton General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Horley, about 3.6 miles south-east.
Horley is about 3 miles north-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Horley to the outskirts, ductwork cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Horley is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire where we work for ductwork cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (25 miles or so).
Here we cover the OX15 postcode area for ductwork cleaning. Streets in the area include Manor Orchard and Little Lane, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also cover the places around Horley: Wroxton (1 mile south), Drayton (2 miles south-east), Neithrop (3 miles south-east) and Ruscote (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Banbury (3 miles south-east), Chipping Norton (12 miles south-west), Grimsbury (4 miles south-east), Bloxham (5 miles south), Bodicote (5 miles south-east) and Upper Heyford (13 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Horley
Around Horley, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Red Lion pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Horley is Banbury station, about 3.5 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Horton General Hospital (3.6 miles south-east) and Castle Quay Shopping Centre (3.2 miles south-east). Not far away are Crouch Hill.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep to the interval on the report
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
When the duct is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Have access panels fitted where sections can’t be reached. It does not stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.