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Kitchen extract cleaning in Littlestead Green, Reading
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Littlestead Green? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
FAQs for Littlestead Green
Can a school canteen extract in Littlestead Green be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 3 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Littlestead Green, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire authority looks after Littlestead Green?
Fire safety enforcement in Littlestead Green is handled by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
How long will the clean take?
Length of duct, grease levels and access all affect it. As a guide, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Littlestead Green
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Send a few photos of the canopy and filters when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Littlestead Green, normally within one working day. Common call-outs are for an extract that no longer clears the smoke and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer, across horizontal duct runs, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Littlestead Green it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Most kitchens in Littlestead Green fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Work in a small place like Littlestead Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Littlestead Green (RG4)
- Wider area
- Reading
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
The report gives a recommended date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date is not missed.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Littlestead Green.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- 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
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed 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 photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Attenuators, where fitted, can soak up grease and need attention. We clean what can be reached and note anything that can’t.
Ductwork and risers
Bends and changes of direction trap more grease than straight runs. Those are among the points where we take readings before and after, so the report shows the difference.
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Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Reading. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When to call us in Littlestead Green
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Martin's Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before booking anyone
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How they set the interval to the next visit
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Littlestead Green
There are about 7 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 9 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Littlestead Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Littlestead Green. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Environmental health officers from South Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Littlestead Green. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Berkshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Littlestead Green, about 2.7 miles south. Where a hall near All Saints Church, or anywhere in Littlestead Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Littlestead Green is about 1 mile north-east of Caversham, in Reading. Whatever kind of site you run in Littlestead Green, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our Reading coverage runs to 34 places, and Littlestead Green is one of them.
Here we cover the RG4 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Row Lane and Foxhill Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Littlestead Green, we cover Dunsden Green (1 mile east), Caversham Park Village (1 mile south-west), Emmer Green (1 mile south-west), Play Hatch (1 mile south-east) and Caversham (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Norcot (4 miles south-west), West Reading (3 miles south-west), Tilehurst Within (4 miles south-west), Shinfield (6 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (8 miles south) and Horncastle (5 miles south-west).
Near you in Littlestead Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Crown Public House, Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve and Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, among other places. The nearest railway station is Reading station, roughly 2.3 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (2.6 miles south) and Broad Street Mall (2.7 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Alder Moors and South Lake.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.