Hampshire · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Old Basing
We cover Old Basing for cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Grease leaking from duct joints
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- A duct nobody has opened in years
Ductwork cleaning in Old Basing, done properly
Once air leaves the canopy, it travels through ductwork that most people never see. Every horizontal run and vertical riser collects grease along the way and a fire in the duct can spread through the building. Our ductwork cleaning reaches inside the runs and risers through access panels, to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers bends and junctions, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers, and common reasons people get in touch are readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test and ductwork that has never been cleaned.
For a smaller kitchen near Old Basing, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Old Basing (RG24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Old Basing?
Grease settles fastest where the air slows down. Flat runs, bends, reducers and the base of risers are the usual hotspots, and those are the points we pay most attention to.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Old Basing, about 3 miles west.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the price is fixed
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Places near Old Basing
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Leave it or put it right?
Booking the duct clean in Old Basing now keeps it a planned job. The work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends. When a site near Old Basing shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why Old Basing businesses choose us
- Fully insured
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
Risers are cleaned through panels at different levels. Any part that cannot be safely reached is recorded.
Attenuators and discharge
The discharge is where the duct ends and air leaves the building. Grease can collect there and stain the area around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Old Basing
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
Old Basing: your questions answered
Is Old Basing within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Old Basing included. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Old Basing?
Kitchens in Old Basing are inspected by Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How often does extract ductwork need cleaning?
BESA guidance sets minimum intervals by daily cooking hours: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease sets the real interval.
What’s involved in cleaning extract ducts?
We survey the route, test the grease, then open the access panels. Each run and riser is scraped and degreased, then the readings are repeated.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
Short runs are quick, but long or complex ducts may take several visits. Visits are planned out of hours.
Can you fit access panels in our ductwork?
Yes, we install duct access panels. We place them where they help most, and we will recommend where.
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. It includes readings, pictures and any unreachable sections.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Old Basing
Look up Old Basing on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 24 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 4 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Old Basing. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. In Old Basing, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Old Basing falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Old Basing, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. The Vyne, about 3.3 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Old Basing; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Old Basing is about 3 miles east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. For ductwork cleaning in and around Old Basing, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Old Basing included. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Reading, about 13 miles from Old Basing.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: RG24. If you need ductwork cleaning at premises on The Street, London Road and Paulet Place or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Lychpit (1 mile west), Mapledurwell (1 mile east), Andwell (1 mile east), Water End (2 miles east) and Chineham (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (3 miles west), Farnborough (12 miles east), Fleet (9 miles east), Aldershot (12 miles east), Alton (9 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles north-east).
Around Old Basing
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Costello School, Eastrop Park and The Crown Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Old Basing is Basingstoke station, about 2 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Festival Place (1.9 miles west) and Basing House (within half a mile west). The countryside around Old Basing includes Farleigh Hill and The Mill Field.
How we price ductwork cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Diarise the next duct clean
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
- Keep your cleaning records together
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It shows when and where the clean was done and by whom.
Run the extract the whole time the kitchen is cooking. When the air stops, grease settles in the duct, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
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 we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. For a site near Old Basing, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- Readings, photos and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.