Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Headington Hill, Oxfordshire
Kitchen extract cleaning in Headington Hill, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Kitchen duct cleaning in Headington Hill
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers discharge points, canopies and hoods and vertical risers, and the jobs we see most are poor airflow at the canopy and stale cooking odours from the system. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Headington Hill, you get one team and one number for every site.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that is where most of the work in Headington Hill goes.
In a smaller place like Headington Hill, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Headington Hill (OX3, OX4)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Headington Hill
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why Headington Hill businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Headington Hill and across Oxfordshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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 can diagnose it and quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. For a site near Headington Hill, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Headington Hill, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
Questions from Headington Hill
Will you come out to Headington Hill?
Yes. Headington Hill is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire authority looks after Headington Hill?
Fire safety enforcement in Headington Hill is handled by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and put back so they seat correctly. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Headington Hill?
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Headington Hill (Holywell Manor is about 1 mile west), fitting access panels needs care.
Before you book anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the price is fixed
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Also near Headington Hill
Also in Headington Hill
Headington Hill kitchens: local notes
There are about 203 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 34 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Headington Hill, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. In Headington Hill, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Oxford City council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Headington Hill is covered by 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near All Saints' Church, or anywhere in Headington Hill, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A hospital like Warneford Hospital, about less than half a mile south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Headington Hill is about 1 mile north-east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Headington Hill and the rest of Oxfordshire. Headington Hill is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
Our technicians cover all of the OX3 and OX4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Gipsy Lane, Grays Road and Beech Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Headington Hill, we cover Oxford (1 mile south-west), New Marston (1 mile north-west), St Clement's (1 mile south-west), Headington (1 mile north-east) and Northway (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (11 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-west), Witney (12 miles west), Thame (11 miles east) and Wantage (14 miles south-west).
Around Headington Hill
Around Headington Hill, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Headington Hill Park, White Horse pub and English Faculty Library. Also close by are Headington Rye Oxford (under half a mile north-east), Holy Trinity Church (1.2 miles east) and St Michael's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles west). Headington Hill’s nearest station is Oxford station, roughly 1.9 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Clarendon Shopping Centre (1.5 miles west) and Oxford Castle (1.6 miles west). Not far away are CS Lewis Nature Reserve and Shotover.