West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Bishop's Green
Kitchen extract cleaning for Bishop's Green and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Kitchen extract cleaning in Bishop's Green, done properly
Any kitchen we clean in Bishop's Green gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. The work covers horizontal duct runs, discharge points and plenums and filters, and the jobs we see most are cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and a system with no record of a TR19 clean. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Bishop's Green start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that’s where most of the work in Bishop's Green goes.
In a small place like Bishop's Green, 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.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Bishop's Green (RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Bishop's Green
Who is the fire and rescue service for Bishop's Green?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bishop's Green. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you get to a site in Bishop's Green?
Yes. Bishop's Green is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19 is not written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Bishop's Green
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Cheam School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the price is fixed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bishop's Green
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Bishop's Green knowing what to expect.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep grease collection points emptied
You leave with a date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date isn’t missed.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. A daily wipe is not a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Even a kitchen that cooks only a few hours a day needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Bishop's Green
Kitchens in Bishop's Green get their food hygiene inspections from Basingstoke and Deane council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Bishop's Green 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; West Berkshire Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bishop's Green, about 2.9 miles north. Historic houses near Bishop's Green, such as Shaw House about 3.6 miles north-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Bishop's Green is about 3 miles south of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Bishop's Green and the rest of West Berkshire. Bishop's Green is one of 155 towns, villages and districts in West Berkshire where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Reading page covers sites nearby, about 14 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the RG20 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Beech Road, Kestrel Gardens and Peregrine Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Bishop's Green include Heads Hill (1 mile north-east), Headley (1 mile east), Bury's Bank (1 mile north), Mill Green (2 miles east) and Plastow Green (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (3 miles north-west), Thatcham (3 miles north), Burghfield Common (10 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles north-west), Hungerford (11 miles west) and Spencers Wood (14 miles east).
Near you in Bishop's Green
In Bishop's Green, that means kitchens and buildings near New Greenham Park and The Clere School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 2.6 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Old Chapel Textile Centre (0.7 miles north) and Donnington Castle (4.5 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Ladle Hill and Audrey's Meadow.
Towns and villages near Bishop's Green
Also in Bishop's Green
Why deal with it now?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. If the system at a site near Bishop's Green fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Bishop's Green
- Fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London