West Berkshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Stratfield Mortimer
Ductwork cleaning across Stratfield Mortimer and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- Years of grease along the duct floor
Different parts, different methods
Bends and transitions
Grease tends to pile up at elbows. It’s scraped out and degreased, and readings are taken there before and after.
Vertical risers
Risers often pass through floors and walls, so fire dampers may be fitted where it crosses them. Damper testing is a separate service.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Stratfield Mortimer
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. We are often asked to deal with thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct and a duct nobody has opened in years, across attenuators, bends and junctions and access panels.
In a small place like Stratfield Mortimer, 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.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Stratfield Mortimer (RG7)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Stratfield Mortimer
What else we do in Stratfield Mortimer
When to call us in Stratfield Mortimer
A duct with too few access doors can’t be fully cleaned. Sections between panels go uncleaned, sometimes since the system was installed, and grease there keeps thickening unseen.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- Grease leaking from duct joints
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How they set the interval to the next visit
How we price ductwork cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- How easy every part is to reach
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The number of sites or systems
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Common questions in Stratfield Mortimer
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Stratfield Mortimer?
Kitchens in Stratfield Mortimer are inspected by West Berkshire council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Stratfield Mortimer?
That’s Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What accreditations do you have?
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’re fully insured.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
Through access panels along the duct. Heavy grease is scraped out by hand, then the surfaces are degreased with a method that suits the deposit, such as degreasers, hot water or steam.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What types of premises do you cover?
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.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
How much does ductwork cleaning cost in Stratfield Mortimer?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before any work starts.
When it’s something else
Ductwork cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Fire dampers that do not close (they need testing and remedials)
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
- A worn-out fan that needs replacing
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Stratfield Mortimer
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Multi-storey ducts
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Stratfield Mortimer can be planned properly.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- You get a fixed price before work starts.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- The duct is signed off with readings, pictures and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Leave it or put it right?
Old grease in a duct for a kitchen in Stratfield Mortimer does not stay soft. Heat and age turn it into a thick, stubborn crust, so the later the clean, the bigger the job. In a small place like Stratfield Mortimer, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Trading since 2009
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Fully insured
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Kitchen extracts in Stratfield Mortimer
Look up Stratfield Mortimer on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Stratfield Mortimer, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. In Stratfield Mortimer, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Berkshire council. 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. The fire and rescue service for Stratfield Mortimer is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Stratfield Saye House, about 2.7 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Stratfield Mortimer; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. A kitchen near Mortimer station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Stratfield Mortimer is about 4 miles east of Tadley, in West Berkshire. Stratfield Mortimer gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Stratfield Mortimer is one of 155 towns, villages and districts in West Berkshire we cover for ductwork cleaning. You can also see our page for Reading, about 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for ductwork cleaning: RG7. Ductwork cleaning is available to premises on The Street, Station Road and Blewburton Close and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Mortimer (1 mile west), Goddard's Green (1 mile north), Wokefield (2 miles north-east), West End Green (2 miles south) and Stratfield Saye (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Newbury (12 miles west), Thatcham (9 miles west), Speenhamland (12 miles west), Spencers Wood (4 miles north-east), Calcot (5 miles north) and Shaw (12 miles west).
Around Stratfield Mortimer
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Willink School and Horse and Groom pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Stratfield Mortimer itself: Mortimer station. Nearby you will also find Calleva Museum (2.6 miles south-west) and Beaumys Castle (2.7 miles east). For a walk, there’s Hosehill Lake and The Marshes Local Nature Reserve.