West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Hermitage, West Berkshire
Our technicians work in Hermitage on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Hermitage
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Hermitage give you that record for the maintenance log. The work covers discharge points, plenums and filters and horizontal duct runs, and people most often call us about a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Hermitage? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Somewhere as small as Hermitage, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, 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
- Hermitage (RG18)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Hermitage
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Hermitage
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hermitage?
Hermitage is in the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Hermitage during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 8 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Hermitage, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
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 many insurers ask for proof of it.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight with as little disruption as possible.
Grease filters
Baffle filters are cleaned as part of every TR19 clean, and refitted so they sit properly in the housing. Damaged ones are noted on the report.
Kitchen extracts in Hermitage
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Hermitage, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Hermitage sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Hermitage, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Berkshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
School kitchens, at schools like Hermitage Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Where a hall near Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Hermitage, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Hermitage is about 4 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Hermitage gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Hermitage is one of 155 towns, villages and districts in West Berkshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. There’s also a page for Reading, roughly 13 miles from Hermitage.
Every address in RG18 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Newbury Road, Lipscomb Close and Marlston Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Hermitage, we cover Longlane (1 mile south-west), Little Hungerford (1 mile north-east), Oare (1 mile north), Wellhouse (1 mile east) and Curridge (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (4 miles south-west), Thatcham (4 miles south), Burghfield Common (10 miles east), Speenhamland (4 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west) and Spencers Wood (14 miles east).
Around Hermitage
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Horse pub. The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse station, about 4 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Hampstead Norris Castle (2.4 miles north-east) and West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.3 miles south). Open spaces near Hermitage include Snelsmore Common.
Common problems we fix in Hermitage
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Shaw House, about 3.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses near Hermitage; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before booking
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Hermitage.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send 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.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
More services for Hermitage
Leave it or put it right?
Every week without a clean adds another layer. BESA guidance says the mean should not go above 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean straight away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. It’s simpler to plan the work at Hermitage now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Hermitage businesses choose us
- We diagnose before we treat
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease