Wokingham · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Newtown, Wokingham
Ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Newtown. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Newtown questions
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Newtown?
In Newtown, it’s Reading council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Newtown?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Newtown needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How do you clean inside the ductwork?
Each section is cleaned through its own panel. Grease is scraped out first, then degreased, with readings taken before and after.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
It follows the same interval as the whole extract, ranging from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Grease thickness testing shows whether that is often enough.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No, not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Newtown
We treat ductwork like a doctor treats arteries: diagnose where grease has built up, clear it and confirm the result. Readings taken before and after show the difference, alongside before and after pictures. Typical jobs include years of grease along the duct floor and heavy grease at the base of a riser, across horizontal duct runs, multi-storey ducts and bends and junctions.
Kitchens around a place like Newtown are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Newtown (RG1, RG6, RG4)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Fire dampers that do not close (they need testing and remedials)
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- Undersized or badly laid-out ducts
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Cleaning a riser needs access along its height. Where it cannot be reached safely, the report says so.
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a building with several floors, the duct may pass other tenants’ spaces. Access is planned with the building’s managers, so the clean is done safely and quietly.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Flag drips from the duct right away
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
You’ll have a recommended date for the next clean, based on the readings and your daily cooking hours, in line with BESA guidance.
The less grease gets past the canopy, the cleaner the duct stays. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
Ductwork cleaning around Newtown
Food Standards Agency data counts about 262 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 57 takeaways in Newtown 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. Fire safety in Newtown 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. In Newtown, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Reading council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as New Town Primary School or anywhere near Newtown, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Berkshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Newtown, about 0.6 miles south-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St John and St Stephen or elsewhere in Newtown, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Newtown is about 1 mile east of Reading, in Wokingham. For ductwork cleaning in and around Newtown, please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Newtown included. Newtown is one of 35 places in Wokingham where we work for ductwork cleaning.
Ductwork cleaning in RG1, RG6 and RG4 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Orts Road, Eldon Road and Amity Road and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Lower Caversham (1 mile north-west), Reading (1 mile west), Earley (2 miles south-east), Caversham (2 miles north-west) and Play Hatch (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Wokingham (5 miles south-east), Crowthorne (9 miles south-east), Winnersh (3 miles south-east), Woosehill (5 miles south-east), Emmbrook (5 miles south-east) and Twyford (4 miles north-east). Being one of Wokingham’s larger places, Newtown has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for ductwork cleaning.
Near you in Newtown
In Newtown, that means kitchens and buildings near University of Reading library, Eldon Square and The Fisherman's Cottage pub. Other local landmarks include Bulmershe College (less than half a mile west) and Maiden Erlegh School (0.6 miles south-east). Newtown’s nearest station is Reading station, roughly 1.1 miles west. Well-known places in the area include The Oracle (1.1 miles west) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (0.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Sonning Hill and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
What affects the quote in Newtown
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
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How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. For a place like Newtown, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- 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.
- Panels are closed, readings and pictures repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
For ductwork cleaning in Newtown, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Why act early in Newtown
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean straight away. Putting off the clean only pushes readings higher. Booking now means the visit to Newtown is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.