Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Curbridge, Oxfordshire
Kitchen extract cleaning for Curbridge and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Kitchen extract cleaning in Curbridge, done properly
A closed kitchen is not earning, so the timing of a clean matters. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers canopies and hoods, extract fans and plenums and filters, and people most often call us about extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit and stale cooking odours from the system. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Curbridge covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
In a village or hamlet like Curbridge, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Curbridge (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Curbridge: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Curbridge?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Will you come out to Curbridge?
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’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
How long will the clean take?
Short systems are done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We’ll tell you how long when we quote.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® itself is not 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 does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote, usually ready within one working day.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Grease in an extract is a known fire risk, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Curbridge and across Oxfordshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Curbridge
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 3 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within about 1.5 miles of central Curbridge. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Curbridge. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Curbridge falls to Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
For schools such as Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Where a hall near Church of St John the Baptist, or anywhere in Curbridge, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Curbridge is about 2 miles south-west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Curbridge to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Curbridge is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Oxford is in our area too, around 12 miles away.
We cover every part of OX29 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Well Lane, Main Road and Dovecote Place or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Minster Lovell (2 miles north-west), Brize Norton (2 miles west), Carterton (3 miles west), Bampton (3 miles south) and Aston (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Oxford (12 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south-east), Wantage (13 miles south), Grove (12 miles south), Faringdon (9 miles south) and Kidlington (11 miles east).
What’s near Curbridge
Around Curbridge, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Henry Box School and Lord Kitchener pub and the streets around them. A little further out are Bampton Castle (3.7 miles south) and Cogges Manor Farm Museum (2 miles east).
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight with as little disruption as possible.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Curbridge?
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Minster Lovell Hall is about 1.8 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Questions to ask before you book
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What records you will receive afterwards
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Other services in Curbridge
Why deal with it now?
An overdue clean in Curbridge is best dealt with now rather than after the next inspection. The job takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system, and we fit around your opening hours. Every extra month adds grease. In a place like Curbridge, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- We’re fully insured
- In business since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
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What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. The timing of a visit to Curbridge is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Curbridge, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
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What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Honest limits
Kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points