West Berkshire · Extract fan cleaning
East Shefford extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in East Shefford from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A motor area thick with grease
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
East Shefford questions
Which council inspects kitchens in East Shefford?
Food hygiene inspections in East Shefford are carried out by West Berkshire council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire authority looks after East Shefford?
That is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do you cover East Shefford?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, East Shefford included.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in East Shefford
If the ducts are the arteries, the fan is the heart. A heart under strain works harder for less. We clean it, run it and note anything that needs a closer look, before signing it off. If you have a fan left out of previous cleans and weak extraction at the canopy, we can put it right.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- East Shefford (RG17, RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Berkshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Why deal with it now?
For a kitchen in East Shefford, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it usually is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. A fault that closes a site in a village like East Shefford affects everyone who depends on it.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
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What extract fan cleaning looks like in East Shefford
It’s West Berkshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in East Shefford. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. East Shefford sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Shefford C.E. Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
East Shefford is about 7 miles north-west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Wherever you are in the RG17 postcode area, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Our area takes in 155 places across West Berkshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, about 20 miles away.
Here we cover the RG17 and RG20 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Great Shefford (1 mile north-west), Weston (1 mile south-east), Wickham (2 miles south), Shefford Woodlands (2 miles south-west) and East Garston (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Newbury (7 miles south-east), Thatcham (9 miles south-east), Speenhamland (7 miles south-east), Hungerford (5 miles south-west), Lambourn (5 miles north-west) and Shaw (7 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in East Shefford
East Shefford’s nearest station is Kintbury station, roughly 4.7 miles south of the centre. The countryside around East Shefford includes Sole Common Pond.
Common problems we fix in East Shefford
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. The grease that is left lands on the blades and the casing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Thomas' Church or anywhere around East Shefford, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Comparing quotes
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether they’re fully insured
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What we do, step by step
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the extract fan cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in East Shefford before we set off.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
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What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Report rattles or humming early
When we have finished, the fan is reassembled and run. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.