Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning for Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and extract fans, and people most often call us about an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and missing paperwork after a change of operator. When a restaurant in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, and the discharge where it can be reached.
Somewhere as small as Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (OX10)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Can you get to a site in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell?
Yes. Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which fire authority looks after Brightwell-cum-Sotwell?
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. 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 you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Common problems we fix in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. For a kitchen in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
School kitchens, at schools like Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What records you will receive afterwards
Places near Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
What else we do in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Brightwell-cum-Sotwell and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. It’s South Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Brightwell Manor, about 0.3 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses near Brightwell-cum-Sotwell; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is about 4 miles east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (10 miles or so).
Every address in OX10 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Greenmere, Bell Lane and Monks Mead and nearby roads. Other places close to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell include Mackney (1 mile south), Shillingford (1 mile north-east), Wallingford (2 miles south-east), North Moreton (2 miles south-west) and Little Wittenham (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (10 miles north), Didcot (4 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles north-west), Thame (12 miles north-east), Wantage (11 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (12 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wallingford School and The Bull Croft and the streets around them. The closest station to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is Cholsey station, about 3.1 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Brightwell Castle (within half a mile west) and Pendon Museum (3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Ewelme Watercress Beds and Wittenham Clumps.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The times the site is available
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. 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 work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. In a small place like Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.