West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Burghclere, West Berkshire
Kitchen extract cleaning across Burghclere and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Burghclere
A closed kitchen is not earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. The work covers extract fans, horizontal duct runs and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and an extract that no longer clears the smoke. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Burghclere, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in West Berkshire.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Burghclere: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Somewhere as small as Burghclere, 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, whatever the size of the place.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Burghclere (RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Burghclere
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Burghclere Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
What we do, step by step
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Visits to a village like Burghclere are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give 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.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Burghclere
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Burghclere as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. A clean extract is one less thing to worry about on the day. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Burghclere
- In business since 2009
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Full insurance on every job
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, so you can start cooking as normal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and put back so they seat correctly. We’ll tell you if any need replacing.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Burghclere: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Burghclere. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. In Burghclere, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Burghclere. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of the Ascension or elsewhere in Burghclere, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. 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 Burghclere, about 4.4 miles north.
Burghclere is about 4 miles south of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Every kind of commercial site in Burghclere, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Our West Berkshire coverage runs to 155 places, and Burghclere is one of them. We also work in Reading, about 17 miles from Burghclere.
Kitchen extract cleaning in RG20 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Coronation Close, Breachfield and Harts Lane and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Earlstone Common (1 mile north-east), Burghclere Common (1 mile north), Newtown Common (1 mile north), Penwood (2 miles west) and Wash Water (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (4 miles north), Thatcham (5 miles north-east), Burghfield Common (12 miles east), Speenhamland (4 miles north), Hungerford (9 miles north-west) and Calcot (14 miles north-east).
Around Burghclere
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Clere School and Horris Hill School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Newbury station, roughly 3.5 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Hamstead Marshall 2 (4.6 miles north-west) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (4.4 miles north). The countryside around Burghclere includes Beacon Hill and Audrey's Meadow.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Burghclere
Which environmental health team covers Burghclere?
In Burghclere, it’s Basingstoke and Deane council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work in villages like Burghclere?
Yes, Burghclere is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Usually, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we usually come back within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we’ll survey first.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system.
What accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
When do you clean the extract?
Out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What do I get after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
Nearby places to Burghclere
Also in Burghclere
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Berkshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.