Oxfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Northmoor
Ductwork cleaning across Northmoor and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Grease leaking from duct joints
When to call us in Northmoor
Grease in a duct running from a kitchen in Northmoor is as much a fire risk as in any building. Burning grease can carry fire through the ductwork to other rooms or floors, which is why the responsible person needs it under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- A grease test showing the duct is overdue
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- A duct nobody has opened in years
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Appleton Manor is about 1.7 miles south-east), access may need planning.
What your quote should include
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Ductwork cleaning in Northmoor
We have been trading since 2009, working across London and the South East. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, our duct cleaning is done to BESA TR19® Grease, with each certificate issued through the BESCA portal. If you’re dealing with thick crusts of old grease along the duct and high readings at a recent grease test, we can put it right, from attenuators, multi-storey ducts and bends and junctions onwards.
In a small place like Northmoor, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Northmoor (OX29)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Access panels
Panels have to seal properly once they’re closed, so grease and air stay inside the duct. We’ll tell you if any panel needs replacing.
Horizontal duct runs
A long flat run cannot be cleaned from one end. Any stretch out of reach is noted and can fit extra panels.
How we price ductwork cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The condition of the system
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The number of sites or systems
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Helping us quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Questions from Northmoor
Which fire authority looks after Northmoor?
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.
Can the work in Northmoor be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Northmoor needn’t be disturbed. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We usually quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Ductwork needs access to be cleaned. We record those sections on the report and can fit access panels.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
A short duct can be cleaned in a few hours, but long or complex ducts may take several visits. Visits are planned out of hours.
What do you do to 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.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- Sections that cannot be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Attenuators
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
Also near Northmoor
Also in Northmoor
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Northmoor and across Oxfordshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. In a small place like Northmoor, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- The duct route is surveyed and every access point found.
- We take grease readings along the route.
- 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.
- We close up, re-test, photograph and record anything out of reach.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Related advice
Ductwork cleaning around Northmoor
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 pubs and bars in and around Northmoor, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Northmoor. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. It’s West Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Northmoor. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Denys, or anywhere in Northmoor, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Northmoor is Abingdon Community Hospital, about 5.4 miles south-east.
Northmoor is about 6 miles north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. We carry out ductwork cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Northmoor and the rest of Oxfordshire. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, Northmoor among them. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (7 miles or so).
All of OX29 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Chapel Lane and Bints Place, and we cover them all for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Appleton (2 miles south-east), Sutton (2 miles north), Cumnor (3 miles east), Filchampstead (3 miles north-east) and Farmoor (3 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Oxford (7 miles east), Didcot (10 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-east), Witney (6 miles north-west), Carterton (9 miles west) and Wantage (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Northmoor
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Red Lion Public House and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Abingdon Community Hospital (5.4 miles south-east) and Hinton Waldrist Castle (3.7 miles south-west). Open spaces near Northmoor include Hitchcopse Pit and Cumnor Hill.
Why deal with it now?
Grease narrows the duct and slows the air. The fan works harder, the kitchen gets hotter and smoke lingers at the canopy and grease can drip from duct joints. A fault that closes a site in a village like Northmoor affects everyone who depends on it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- Each visit written up, with photos
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.