West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Ash, West Berkshire
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Cold Ash: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Ash
Across Cold Ash, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. Common call-outs are for proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, across plenums and filters, vertical risers and extract fans. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Cold Ash, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Cold Ash (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Kitchen extracts in Cold Ash
Look up Cold Ash on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 4 takeaways in Cold Ash and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Environmental health officers from West Berkshire council inspect food businesses in Cold Ash. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Cold Ash falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Cold Ash is West Berkshire Community Hospital, about 1.8 miles south-west. Church and community hall kitchens, near St. Mark's Church or anywhere around Cold Ash, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Cold Ash is about 2 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Cold Ash gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our West Berkshire coverage runs to 155 places, Cold Ash among them. For sites nearby, see our Reading page (13 miles or so).
Work in RG18 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Harewood Drive, Johnson's Lane and Walters Close and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Ashmore Green (1 mile south-west), Stone Copse (1 mile west), Longlane (2 miles north-west), Thatcham (2 miles south) and Wellhouse (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (3 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (9 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west), Spencers Wood (13 miles east) and Calcot (9 miles east).
Around Cold Ash
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Kennet School and the streets around them. Cold Ash’s nearest station is Thatcham station, roughly 2.3 miles south-east. A little further out are West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.8 miles south-west) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Nature Discovery Centre.
Part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Cold Ash, let us know and we will plan around it.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Questions from Cold Ash
Which environmental health team covers Cold Ash?
That is West Berkshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Cold Ash. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you cover smaller places like Cold Ash?
Yes, Cold Ash is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we’re fully insured.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, if we can see what we need. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before we start.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A broken extract fan that will not run
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
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Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Ash
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. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Cold Ash St Mark's C.E. School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before booking anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- What insurance they carry
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
A TR19 certificate notes the date, the location and the technician. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Stick to the cleaning interval on the certificate. If the kitchen starts cooking longer hours, the interval should be looked at again, and grease readings will show it.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Cold Ash
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Site rules, permits and inductions
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.