Wokingham · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kiln Green kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Kiln Green, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
FAQs for Kiln Green
Do you work overnight in Kiln Green?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Kiln Green keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you cover smaller places like Kiln Green?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Kiln Green is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
We clean to BESA TR19® Grease as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
We clean every part the grease travels through. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where needed.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Kiln Green
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. Common call-outs are for grease dripping from the canopy or filters and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, on extract fans, discharge points and vertical risers. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Kiln Green, you get one team and one number for every site.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and the same readings after the clean show the result.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Kiln Green (RG10)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Book the next clean before the last one runs out. BESA guidance links the minimum interval to daily cooking hours, so a change in hours may mean a change in interval, and grease readings will show it.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Kiln Green?
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. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
School kitchens, at schools like Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Comparing quotes
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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. Leave those to us.
How the visit works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Kiln Green.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before work begins.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Part by part
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, and measured readings show whether the minimum interval is enough.
Towns and villages near Kiln Green
What else we do in Kiln Green
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Kiln Green
Look up Kiln Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Kiln Green. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. The fire and rescue service for Kiln Green is 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. Environmental health officers from Wokingham council inspect food businesses in Kiln Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Harleyford Manor is about 3.8 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hospital like St Mark's Hospital, about 4.1 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Kiln Green is about 4 miles north-east of Woodley, in Wokingham. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kiln Green and the rest of Wokingham. We cover 35 places across Wokingham, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, about 7 miles away.
All of RG10 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Bath Road, Linden Hill Lane and Scarletts Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in The Holt (1 mile west), Hare Hatch (1 mile south-west), Waltham St Lawrence (1 mile south-east), Ruscombe (2 miles south-west) and Twyford (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Reading (7 miles south-west), Wokingham (6 miles south), Woodley (4 miles south-west), Earley (6 miles south-west), Crowthorne (9 miles south) and Lower Earley (6 miles south-west).
Near you in Kiln Green
Around Kiln Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School and The Queen Victoria pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Wargrave station, roughly 2 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St Mark's Hospital (4.1 miles north-east) and Frazer Nash Archives (3.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Weycock Hill and Hurley Chalk Pit.
Why deal with it now?
Grease that is left only gets thicker. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Heavy build-up takes longer to remove than regular cleans. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A broken extract fan that will not run
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points