Bracknell Forest · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Farley Wood, Bracknell Forest
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Farley Wood, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Common questions in Farley Wood
Can a school canteen extract in Farley Wood be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 10 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Farley Wood. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Which fire service covers Farley Wood?
That is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What do I get after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
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. Any part without access is noted.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before any work starts.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
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.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Farley Wood
A closed kitchen is not earning, so the timing of a clean matters. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or 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. We’re often asked to deal with cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, on vertical risers, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but in Farley Wood, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
In a smaller place like Farley Wood, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Farley Wood (RG42, RG12, RG45)
- Wider area
- Bracknell Forest
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Farley Wood.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Farley Wood
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
What affects the quote in Farley Wood
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What we need to know
When you call or email, these details help:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, 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.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
Common problems we fix in Farley Wood
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mark, or anywhere in Farley Wood, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What insurance they carry
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether a written report and photos are included
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
A pub or restaurant can’t afford to cancel a service for a clean. We work overnight and at weekends where that suits, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Ductwork and risers
Long flat runs of duct are where grease collects. Each run is cleaned through its access panels, recording any that cannot be reached.
Kitchen extract cleaning around Farley Wood
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 9 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels and B&Bs in Farley Wood and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Food hygiene inspections in Farley Wood are the job of Bracknell Forest council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Farley Wood falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
For schools such as Meadow Vale Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Pinewood Hospital about 2.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Farley Wood is about 1 mile north-west of Bracknell, in Bracknell Forest. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Farley Wood and the rest of Bracknell Forest. Our Bracknell Forest coverage runs to 41 places, and Farley Wood is one of them. We also work in Reading, around 9 miles away.
Work in RG42, RG12 and RG45 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Cain Road, Park Lane and London Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Farley Wood, we cover Popeswood (1 mile north-west), Amen Corner (1 mile south), Temple Park (1 mile north-east), Priestwood (1 mile east) and Binfield (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Sandhurst (5 miles south), Forest Park (3 miles south-east), The Warren (3 miles east), College Town (5 miles south), Little Sandhurst (5 miles south) and Martins Heron (3 miles east).
Landmarks near Farley Wood
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Brakenhale School, The Roebuck pub and Garth Hill College and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bracknell station, about 1.3 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Pinewood Hospital (2.4 miles south) and The Lexicon (1.3 miles east). Not far away are Heath Lake and Holt Copse & Joel Park.