Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Charlton-on-Otmoor
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Charlton-on-Otmoor, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Stale cooking odours from the system
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Charlton-on-Otmoor
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in Charlton-on-Otmoor, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. The work covers canopies and hoods, vertical risers and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are fat running down the canopy edge and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Charlton-on-Otmoor, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
We clean every reachable part of the system in Charlton-on-Otmoor: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
In a small place like Charlton-on-Otmoor, 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.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Charlton-on-Otmoor (OX5)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Charlton-on-Otmoor
In Charlton-on-Otmoor, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. Cooler sections of duct collect the most.
What we are most often called out for:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Charlton-on-Otmoor, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of insurance
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Nearby places to Charlton-on-Otmoor
What else we do in Charlton-on-Otmoor
Grease, kitchens and Charlton-on-Otmoor
Fire safety in Charlton-on-Otmoor falls to Oxfordshire 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. Charlton-on-Otmoor is about 52 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Charlton-on-Otmoor (Boarstall Tower is about 4 miles east), fitting access panels needs care. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Charlton-on-Otmoor, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Charlton-on-Otmoor is about 5 miles south of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Charlton-on-Otmoor, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, Charlton-on-Otmoor among them. Oxford is in our area too, about 6 miles from Charlton-on-Otmoor.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: OX5. You’ll find streets such as High Street, Blacksmiths Lane and Church Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Charlton-on-Otmoor include Fencott (1 mile east), Murcott (1 mile east), Merton (1 mile north-east), Wendlebury (2 miles north) and Horton-cum-Studley (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (6 miles south), Bicester (5 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south), Witney (13 miles west), Thame (11 miles south-east) and Kidlington (4 miles west).
Landmarks near Charlton-on-Otmoor
Around Charlton-on-Otmoor, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Crown pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Islip station, about 2.3 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Bicester Community Hospital (4.2 miles north) and Bicester Avenue (3.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s Graven Hill and Otmoor RSPB reserve.
Charlton-on-Otmoor: your questions answered
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Charlton-on-Otmoor?
Charlton-on-Otmoor is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can the work in Charlton-on-Otmoor be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Charlton-on-Otmoor can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where necessary.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
Do you work in Charlton-on-Otmoor?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Charlton-on-Otmoor included.
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The canopy catches the vapour, and the plenum behind the filters is where it first condenses. Both are scraped and degreased inside and out, including the filter housing.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be booked when the kitchen is closed. The certificate and report suit estates and compliance files.
What a clean won’t put right
Kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
How it works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Charlton-on-Otmoor and turn up when the site is quiet.
- 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.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.