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Ductwork Cleaning in Shellingford
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Shellingford, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
Common questions in Shellingford
Do you work in villages like Shellingford?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Shellingford is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Shellingford?
Food hygiene inspections in Shellingford are carried out by Vale of White Horse council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How long will the duct clean take?
A short duct can be cleaned in a few hours, while long ducts and tall risers can need more than one visit. We plan the work around your kitchen.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Can you clean ductwork with no access panels?
Every reachable section is cleaned and the rest recorded. Extra panels can be installed, and we can do that for you.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
How can I tell if my extract ducts are dirty?
We measure it. Readings are taken by Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). A mean above 200 microns, or 500 microns at any point, means it’s due.
Ductwork cleaning in Shellingford
Between the canopy and the fan runs the ductwork, hidden above ceilings and inside walls. Grease settles along every metre of it 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. If you have grease leaking from duct joints and hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs, we can put it right.
In a small place like Shellingford, 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.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Shellingford (SN7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
Cleaning a riser needs access along its height. Where it cannot be reached safely, the report says so.
Access panels
Every section of duct is cleaned through an access panel. Without them, parts of the duct can’t be reached and the report has to say so.
Grease, kitchens and Shellingford
The fire and rescue service for Shellingford is Oxfordshire 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. Kitchens in Shellingford get their food hygiene inspections from Vale of White Horse council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Faith or anywhere around Shellingford, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Shellingford is about 6 miles north-west of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. For ductwork cleaning in and around Shellingford, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. We work across South East England and London, including Shellingford. Shellingford is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 15 miles away.
Every address in SN7 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You will find streets such as Church Street and Fernham Road, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Stanford in the Vale (1 mile east), Hatford (2 miles north-east), Baulking (2 miles south), Bow (2 miles east) and Fernham (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Oxford (15 miles north-east), Didcot (13 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (11 miles east), Witney (10 miles north), Carterton (9 miles north) and Wantage (6 miles south-east).
What’s near Shellingford
In Shellingford, that means kitchens and buildings near Faringdon Community College. Other landmarks nearby include Faringdon Castle (1.9 miles north-west) and Faringdon Museum (2.2 miles north-west). Open spaces near Shellingford include Badbury Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Leave it or put it right?
A fire in a greasy duct is hard to reach and hard to stop. It can travel through the ductwork to other parts of the building, so cleaning the duct is as important as cleaning the hood. In a place like Shellingford, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Shellingford businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
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Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Check readings when the menu changes
The report gives a recommended next clean date, based on the readings and your daily cooking hours, in line with BESA guidance.
Keep to the cleaning interval on the report. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
Common problems we fix in Shellingford
The further the air travels from the cooking, the cooler it gets. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, so duct runs keep collecting grease long after the canopy.
Clients normally contact us after spotting one of these:
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Gaps where access panels were never fitted
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
A hospital like Longworth Hospital, about 2.3 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Shellingford, let us know and we will plan around it.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- You get a fixed price before work starts.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- The duct is signed off with readings, pictures and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
If you need ductwork cleaning in Shellingford, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.