Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kirtlington kitchen extract cleaning
Our technicians work in Kirtlington on kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
What affects the quote in Kirtlington
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- The scale of the work
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- A few general shots of the system
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Problems your staff have spotted
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Kirtlington, done properly
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. Typical jobs include a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and poor airflow at the canopy, on vertical risers, extract fans and canopies and hoods. People looking for “duct cleaning near me” in Kirtlington normally mean the kitchen extract, and that’s our main job: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Work in a small place like Kirtlington starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Kirtlington (OX5)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Kirtlington
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. In a small place like Kirtlington, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Kirtlington
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Full insurance on every job
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Kirtlington
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.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease smells coming from the extract
For schools such as Kirtlington Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Common questions in Kirtlington
Do you cover smaller places like Kirtlington?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Kirtlington is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Kirtlington?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Kirtlington. 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.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Kirtlington kitchens: local notes
We cover Kirtlington, about 57 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. Fire safety in Kirtlington falls to Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Kirtlington (Blenheim Palace is about 4.3 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Kirtlington, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Kirtlington is about 6 miles west of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kirtlington and the rest of Oxfordshire. 443 places in Oxfordshire are on our list, large and small. We also work in Oxford, about 9 miles from Kirtlington.
Every address in OX5 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on South Green, Church Lane and Hatch Way and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Bletchingdon (1 mile south), Enslow (1 mile south-west), Weston-on-the-Green (2 miles east), Hampton Poyle (3 miles south) and Weston Otmoor (3 miles east). Further out, we also cover Oxford (9 miles south), Banbury (13 miles north), Bicester (6 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles south), Witney (11 miles south-west) and Carterton (15 miles south-west).
Around Kirtlington
For rail, the closest station is Tackley station, roughly 1.1 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Bicester Community Hospital (5.3 miles east) and Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (3.9 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Woodsides Meadow.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Kirtlington
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Kirtlington and turn up when the site is quiet.
- 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.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
How to get a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.