Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Harpsden, Oxfordshire
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Harpsden: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A grease trap that needs emptying
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Harpsden
Across Harpsden, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. Common call-outs are for an inspection that picked up a dirty extract and a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate, on extract fans, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters. When a restaurant in Harpsden asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s exactly what we do: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
For a kitchen in or near Harpsden, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Harpsden (RG9)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Harpsden
Can you work in Harpsden outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Harpsden does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which environmental health team covers Harpsden?
Kitchens in Harpsden are inspected by South Oxfordshire council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
How the visit works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Visits to a village like Harpsden are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Advice
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Harpsden
Look up Harpsden on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 46 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 12 takeaways in and around Harpsden, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Harpsden sits within the area of Oxfordshire 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. Kitchens in Harpsden get their food hygiene inspections from South Oxfordshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you run a café or takeaway near Henley-On-Thames station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Trinity Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Harpsden is about 4 miles north-east of Caversham, in Oxfordshire. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Harpsden, please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Harpsden included. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Harpsden is one of them. You can also see our page for Reading, roughly 6 miles from Harpsden.
Kitchen extract cleaning in RG9 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Close by, we work in Harpsden Bottom (1 mile west), Henley-on-Thames (1 mile north), Shiplake Cross (1 mile south), Binfield Heath (2 miles south-west) and Lower Assendon (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Benson (11 miles north-west), Chinnor (12 miles north), Tilehurst (7 miles south-west), Wallingford (11 miles north-west), Little Heath (8 miles south-west) and Oakley (12 miles north).
Near you in Harpsden
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Jolly Waterman pub, Gillotts School and Rupert House School and the streets around them. Harpsden’s nearest station is Henley-On-Thames station, roughly 0.9 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Frazer Nash Archives (0.7 miles north-east) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (5.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Sonning Hill and Hurley Chalk Pit.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Over time, soft grease bakes into a harder, thicker crust, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Somewhere as small as Harpsden, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why Harpsden businesses choose us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Also near Harpsden
Other services in Harpsden
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Harpsden?
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Fryers, grills and open flames throw much more fat into the extract than gentler cooking, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Clients typically contact us when they notice something like this:
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
A hospital like Royal Berkshire Hospital, about 5.4 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before you book anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What records you will receive afterwards
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- What hours they’ll be on site