Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Dorchester
Kitchen extract cleaning across Dorchester and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Dorchester
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Dorchester, usually within one working day. We are often asked to deal with a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, on canopies and hoods, extract fans and discharge points. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Dorchester it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
Work in a small place like Dorchester starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Dorchester (OX10)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Whether it’s one hood or a long island canopy, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, so grease readings help set the right interval.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
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
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Dorchester.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Refit filters properly after cleaning
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Keep grease collection points emptied
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Also near Dorchester
Also in Dorchester
Kitchen extract cleaning in Dorchester: the local picture
About 47 miles out from central London, Dorchester is part of the South East area we work across. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. The fire and rescue service for Dorchester is 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Dorchester Abbey or anywhere around Dorchester, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Clifton Hampden Manor is about 2 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Littlemore Hospital about 5.6 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Dorchester is about 4 miles north-east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Dorchester or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Dorchester among them. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby (8 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of OX10 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include High Street, Queen Street and Queens Close, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover Burcot (1 mile north-west), Little Wittenham (1 mile south-west), Berinsfield (1 mile north), Warborough (1 mile east) and Shillingford (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Oxford (8 miles north), Didcot (4 miles south-west), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles north-west), Thame (11 miles north-east), Wantage (12 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (14 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Dorchester
Around Dorchester, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The White Hart Hotel Bar and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Culham station, roughly 3.1 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Brightwell Castle (2.3 miles south) and Littlemore Hospital (5.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Ewelme Watercress Beds and Wittenham Clumps.
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Honest limits
Kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
Dorchester questions
Which fire service covers Dorchester?
Dorchester is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work at weekends in Dorchester?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Dorchester can fit around your hours. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
Do you cover Dorchester?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Dorchester included.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.