Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cowley, Oxfordshire
Kitchen extract cleaning across Cowley and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Kitchen extract cleaning in Cowley
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and each part collects grease. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. If you’re dealing with missing paperwork after a change of operator and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can put it right. When a restaurant in Cowley asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s exactly what we do: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Around a smaller place like Cowley, 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 the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Cowley (OX4, OX3)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Cowley
In Cowley, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Luke or elsewhere in Cowley, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Nearby places to Cowley
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Grease, kitchens and Cowley
Look up Cowley on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 98 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 32 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Cowley. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. It’s Oxford City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Cowley. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Cowley is 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.
School kitchens, at schools like Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group about less than half a mile east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Cowley is about 1 mile south-east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Cowley, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Cowley among them.
We work across the OX4 and OX3 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Barns Road, Marsh Road and Clive Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Cowley, we cover Iffley (1 mile west), Blackbird Leys (1 mile south), Donnington (1 mile north-west), Littlemore (1 mile south-west) and Oxford (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (9 miles south), Bicester (12 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles south-west), Witney (12 miles west), Thame (10 miles east) and Wantage (13 miles south-west).
Near you in Cowley
Around Cowley, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Nelson pub, South Park and Emmanuel Christian School, among other places. Also close by are Greyfriars Catholic School (0.6 miles north-west) and Alexander Library of Ornithology (1.9 miles north-west). The closest station to Cowley is Oxford station, about 2.7 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Templars Square (under half a mile south-west) and British Tattoo History Museum (0.7 miles north-west). The countryside around Cowley includes Headington Hill and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Horizontal runs collect grease as the air slows and cools. We open access panels along the route and clean each section, recording any that cannot be reached.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and put back so they seat correctly. We will tell you if any need replacing.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Cowley
Which fire service covers Cowley?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Cowley. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Which environmental health team covers Cowley?
Kitchens in Cowley are inspected by Oxford City council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
What do I get after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19® itself isn’t law. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We plan the journey to Cowley and bring what the job is likely to need.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The number of sites or systems
- Travel, parking and unloading
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Why act early in Cowley
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Cowley as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
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