West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Clapton, West Berkshire
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Clapton? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Clapton, done properly
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we can’t reach is recorded on the report and extra access panels can be added. The work covers discharge points, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Clapton, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
For a kitchen in or near Clapton, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Duct Doctor has 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 carry full insurance.
- Location
- Clapton (RG17)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, 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.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Clapton?
A kitchen in Clapton builds up grease in the same places as any other: in long flat runs, at bends and changes of direction, and in the fan housing. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Benham Park, about 3.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Clapton; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Before booking anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether VAT is included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Clapton kitchens: local notes
It’s West Berkshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Clapton. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Clapton falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Swithin or anywhere around Clapton, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Clapton is about 6 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Clapton and the rest of West Berkshire. Clapton is one of 155 towns, villages and districts in West Berkshire we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Reading, roughly 20 miles from Clapton.
Our technicians cover all of RG17 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Wickham (1 mile north-east), Upper Denford (1 mile west), Halfway (2 miles south-east), Lower Denford (2 miles south-west) and Shefford Woodlands (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (6 miles east), Thatcham (9 miles east), Speenhamland (6 miles east), Hungerford (3 miles west), Lambourn (6 miles north-west) and Shaw (6 miles east).
Landmarks near Clapton
For rail, the closest station is Kintbury station, roughly 1.8 miles south. A little further out are Hamstead Marshall 3 (3.1 miles south-east). Not far away are Sole Common Pond.
Questions from Clapton
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Clapton?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Clapton. 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 get to a site in Clapton?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
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.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Clapton knowing what to expect.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Clapton
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.