Windsor and Maidenhead · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Brookside
TR19 grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge for Brookside, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
The process
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. In a small place like Brookside, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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About our kitchen extract cleaning in Brookside
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. If you’re dealing with a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and grease smells coming from the extract, we can put it right, from extract fans, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters onwards. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Brookside typically mean the kitchen extract, and that is our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
In a village or hamlet like Brookside, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Brookside (SL5, SL4)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Brookside
Also in Brookside
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. With the filters out, the plenum is scraped and degreased.
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
Any section without access is marked on the report. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
Brookside questions
Is Brookside within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Brookside included. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which fire authority looks after Brookside?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Brookside. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
We work around your hours. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible, so you do not lose a service.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Brookside
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 17 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Brookside and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. It’s Bracknell Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Brookside. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Brookside is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
For schools such as Papplewick School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Chapel of St Mary and St John or elsewhere in Brookside, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Brookside is about 3 miles east of Wick Hill, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Every kind of commercial site in Brookside, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. We cover 57 places across Windsor and Maidenhead, from busy centres to quieter spots. Reading is in our area too, about 13 miles from Brookside.
We work across SL5 and SL4 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on New Road, The Avenue and Coach Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include North Ascot (1 mile south-west), Plaistow Green (1 mile north), Woodside (1 mile north-east), Ascot (1 mile south-east) and Winkfield (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidenhead (7 miles north), Windsor (4 miles north-east), Boyn Hill (6 miles north-west), Cookham (9 miles north), Furze Platt (8 miles north) and Dedworth (4 miles north).
What’s near Brookside
In Brookside, that means kitchens and buildings near Ascot Heath Church of England Junior School and Royal Hunt pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Ascot station, about 1.3 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Heatherwood Hospital (1 mile south) and The Lexicon (3 miles west). The countryside around Brookside includes Virginia Water Lake.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Brookside?
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Brookside is Heatherwood Hospital, about 1 mile south.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed