West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Calcot
Kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Calcot. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Calcot: your questions answered
Can you come to Calcot after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Calcot keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Calcot?
That’s West Berkshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Calcot. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Is Calcot in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, and that includes Calcot.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote and we will normally reply within one working day.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Calcot
Across Calcot, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. The work covers extract fans, plenums and filters and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and a kitchen taken over without any extract records. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Calcot covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that is where most of the work in Calcot goes.
Around a smaller place like Calcot, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Calcot (RG31)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate and report suit estates and compliance files.
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
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What we are called out for in Calcot
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and from there it travels on to the fan.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
School kitchens, at schools like Calcot Infant School and Nursery for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What insurance they carry
- How VAT is shown on the quote
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
Why it’s worth doing now in Calcot
An overdue clean in Calcot is best dealt with now rather than after the next inspection. The job takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends so you do not lose a service. Every extra month adds grease. A quieter site near Calcot still needs its system looked after.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- In business since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Calcot and across West Berkshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
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’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. For a place like Calcot, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Calcot, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
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Calcot kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 13 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered within about 1.5 miles of central Calcot. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Kitchens in Calcot get their food hygiene inspections from West Berkshire council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Calcot. 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; Battle Hospital is the nearest hospital to Calcot, about 2.5 miles north-east. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mapledurham House is about 3.1 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Calcot is about 3 miles west of Reading, in West Berkshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Calcot or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across West Berkshire, we cover 155 places, Calcot among them.
We work across the RG31 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Curtis Road, Barclay Road and Royal Avenue or anywhere close by, we can help. If your site is just outside Calcot, we cover Beansheaf Farm (1 mile south-east), Fords Farm (1 mile east), Horncastle (1 mile east), Little Heath (1 mile north) and Theale (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Newbury (12 miles west), Thatcham (9 miles west), Burghfield Common (3 miles south), Speenhamland (12 miles west), Spencers Wood (5 miles south-east) and Shaw (12 miles west). Calcot is one of the larger places we cover in West Berkshire for kitchen extract cleaning.
Around Calcot
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Murdochs pub, Little Heath School and Calcot Park, among other places. The closest station to Calcot is Theale station, about 1.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Broad Street Mall (3.3 miles east) and Battle Hospital (2.5 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Moor Copse Nature Reserve and Hosehill Lake.