Windsor and Maidenhead · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Sunninghill, Windsor and Maidenhead
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Sunninghill, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sunninghill
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have a fan shaking on its mounts and a fan that has never been cleaned, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like Sunninghill, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Sunninghill (SL5)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Sunninghill
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Sunninghill?
Food hygiene inspections in Sunninghill are carried out by Windsor and Maidenhead council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is Sunninghill within the area you cover?
Yes, Sunninghill is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it cannot run during the clean. With the extract off, the kitchen can’t cook, so we work out of hours.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
Grease on the blades and housing is one of the usual causes, because it unbalances the fan. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, a full TR19 clean includes the fan. Anything that can’t be reached is recorded, so you always know what was cleaned.
How it 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. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. For a site near Sunninghill, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Report rattles or humming early
- Report grease escaping from the fan
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
If your staff spot something 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.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Towns and villages near Sunninghill
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What affects the quote in Sunninghill
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How big the system is
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Common problems we fix in Sunninghill
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Sunninghill is Heatherwood Hospital, about 1.5 miles north-west.
Before you book anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Grease, kitchens and Sunninghill
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 8 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels and guest houses in Sunninghill and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Environmental health officers from Windsor and Maidenhead council inspect food businesses in Sunninghill. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Sunninghill falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Michael's CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Historic houses near Sunninghill, such as St Leonard's Hill about 4.6 miles north, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Sunninghill is about 4 miles east of Bracknell, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Whatever kind of site you run in Sunninghill, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Sunninghill is one of 57 places in Windsor and Maidenhead where we work for extract fan cleaning. We also work in Guildford, around 11 miles away.
We work across the SL5 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include High Street, London Road and School Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Ascot (1 mile north-west), Beggar's Bush (1 mile east), Cheapside (1 mile north), Blacknest (1 mile east) and North Ascot (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidenhead (9 miles north), Windsor (5 miles north), Boyn Hill (8 miles north-west), Cookham (11 miles north), Furze Platt (10 miles north) and Dedworth (5 miles north).
What’s near Sunninghill
Typical jobs here are in premises near St Mary's School, Charters School and Silwood Park, among other places. Sunninghill’s nearest station is Ascot station, about 1 mile west. Well-known places in the area include Heatherwood Hospital (1.5 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Virginia Water Lake and Gracious Pond.