West Berkshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork Cleaning in Wickham Heath
Professional ductwork cleaning in and around Wickham Heath, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Fat dripping from the ductwork
- Hardened, baked-on grease in long horizontal runs
- Sections of duct with no access panels
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. The timing of a visit to Wickham Heath is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- Grease readings are taken at set points along the duct.
- We open the panels and scrape out the heaviest grease.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- We test again, take photos and note any part that couldn’t be reached.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
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Ductwork cleaning in Wickham Heath
Every duct has its own route. Some run a short distance to an outside wall, others climb several floors to the roof. We map the route during the survey, so we know where to get in and how long it will take. The work covers access panels, bends and junctions and attenuators, and common reasons people get in touch are proof of duct cleaning for the insurer and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test.
In a small place like Wickham Heath, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Wickham Heath (RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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Wickham Heath questions
Which environmental health team covers Wickham Heath?
Kitchens in Wickham Heath are inspected by West Berkshire council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Wickham Heath?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Wickham Heath. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can extra access doors be added to the duct?
Yes. The survey or clean shows where sections couldn’t be reached, and fitting them means future cleans are more complete.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
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.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
It depends mostly on daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means at least every 3 months, while lighter use can go longer.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote usually follows within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we will survey first.
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Parking and loading at the site
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
What ductwork cleaning cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- Ductwork that was poorly designed
- An extract fan that has stopped working
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Wickham Heath
- Horizontal duct runs
- Access panels
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Attenuators
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Berkshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Why it’s worth doing now in Wickham Heath
Old grease in a duct for a kitchen in Wickham Heath doesn’t stay soft. It bakes into a hard layer that takes far longer to remove, which makes each delayed clean a bigger one. Somewhere as small as Wickham Heath, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why us?
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Keep to the interval on the report
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
Keep the certificate and report with the fire risk assessment. An insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask to see it, and the photos make the duct’s condition easy to see.
Run the extract the whole time the kitchen is cooking. Moving air carries vapour through rather than letting it settle, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What ductwork cleaning looks like in Wickham Heath
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Wickham Heath. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. At about 56 miles from central London, Wickham Heath sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Historic houses near Wickham Heath, such as Benham Park about 1.8 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Wickham Heath is West Berkshire Community Hospital, about 4.7 miles east. School kitchens, at schools like Stockcross C.E. School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Wickham Heath is about 4 miles north-west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Every kind of commercial site in Wickham Heath, we can take on ductwork cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 155 places across West Berkshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Reading page covers sites nearby (18 miles or so).
Work in RG20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Stockcross (1 mile south-east), Boxford (1 mile north-east), Marsh Benham (2 miles south), Bagnor (2 miles south-east) and Winterbourne (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (4 miles south-east), Thatcham (6 miles east), Burghfield Common (14 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-east), Hungerford (5 miles west) and Calcot (15 miles east).
Landmarks near Wickham Heath
Around Wickham Heath, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Bell pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Kintbury station, roughly 2.7 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (3.5 miles south-east) and Hamstead Marshall 3 (1.9 miles south). Not far away are Sole Common Pond.