Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in New Marston
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels in New Marston, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in New Marston
Do you work in villages like New Marston?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, New Marston included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which fire service covers New Marston?
That’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few photos plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do I get a certificate for ductwork cleaning?
You get a photo report with before and after photos, and a full TR19 clean also comes with a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. File them with the fire risk assessment.
Ductwork cleaning in New Marston
Grease in a duct is hidden, which is exactly why it’s dangerous. A flare-up drawn up from the range can light it, carrying a fire along the duct and into rooms far from the kitchen. Cleaning the duct takes that fuel away. If you’re dealing with duct runs with no cleaning record and heavy grease at the base of a riser, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like New Marston, 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. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- New Marston (OX3, OX1, OX4)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near New Marston
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Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Risers often pass through floors and walls, where fire dampers may be fitted. We test those as a separate job.
Attenuators and discharge
The last section of duct before the discharge is often the coolest, so it can collect more grease than expected. We include it in the clean and the readings.
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
- Horizontal duct runs
- Attenuators
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like New Marston, so let us know how to reach it.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- We measure grease thickness at set points before cleaning.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- Next the ducts and risers are degreased, using whatever suits the deposit.
- Post-clean readings and pictures go into the report, with any unreachable section listed.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Even a site near New Marston that’s only busy part of the week needs its system checked on a schedule.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why New Marston businesses choose us
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fully insured
- In business since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
What ductwork cleaning looks like in New Marston
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 88 pubs, bars and clubs and about 12 hotels and B&Bs in and around New Marston, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers New Marston. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Food hygiene inspections in New Marston are the job of Oxford City council’s environmental health team. 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 New Marston, such as Holywell Manor about 0.7 miles south-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Church and community hall kitchens, near Saint Michael and All Angels or anywhere around New Marston, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
New Marston is about 1 mile north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in New Marston, we can take on ductwork cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and New Marston is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: OX3, OX1 and OX4. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on Ferry Road, Croft Road and Copse Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around New Marston: Headington Hill (1 mile south-east), Northway (1 mile north-east), Oxford (1 mile south), St Clement's (1 mile south) and Norham Manor (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Didcot (11 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south), Witney (11 miles west), Carterton (15 miles west) and Thame (11 miles east).
Near you in New Marston
Typical jobs here are in premises near English Faculty Library, Cheney School and Headington Hill Park and the streets around them. Nearby too are Rye St Antony School (0.5 miles south-east) and White Horse pub (0.8 miles south-east). The nearest railway station is Oxford station, roughly 1.6 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Clarendon Shopping Centre (1.2 miles south-west) and Churchill Hospital (0.7 miles east). Not far away are Headington Hill and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
When to call us in New Marston
Wherever the kitchen is, in New Marston or elsewhere, the duct fills in the same way: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
Clients usually contact us after spotting something like this:
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Michael's CofE Primary School or anywhere near New Marston, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.