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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Lower Shiplake
Kitchen extract cleaning for Lower Shiplake and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Kitchen duct cleaning in Lower Shiplake
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just call 0345 646 2711 or email us with photos of the canopy and filters, and you will have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Shiplake, usually within one working day. If you have a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and fat running down the canopy edge, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, vertical risers and plenums and filters onwards. Need a TR19 duct cleaning contractor for Lower Shiplake? Duct Doctor has covered London and the South East since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Somewhere as small as Lower Shiplake, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Lower Shiplake (RG9)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Shiplake
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The condition of the system
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The times the site is available
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Lower Shiplake
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. Holidays make it simple to schedule.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. We clean after close or before opening.
Also near Lower Shiplake
What else we do in Lower Shiplake
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and 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.
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. With notice, the visit to Lower Shiplake can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works 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’ll go through it with you.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Shiplake?
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
If you run a café or takeaway near Shiplake station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Lower Shiplake.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
FAQs for Lower Shiplake
Which fire authority looks after Lower Shiplake?
Lower Shiplake is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Shiplake in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 4 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Lower Shiplake. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will fit the work in.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
A TR19 Grease clean covers the full extract route, not just the canopy. Canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers, fan and discharge are all included, reached through access panels where necessary.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we are fully insured.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote and we’ll normally reply within one working day.
Do you work in Lower Shiplake?
Yes. We work in Lower Shiplake and the rest of Oxfordshire, within our South East and London area. To book, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Lower Shiplake kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Lower Shiplake, up to about a mile and a half out. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. In Lower Shiplake, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from South Oxfordshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Lower Shiplake sits within the area of Oxfordshire 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Shiplake Church of England School or anywhere near Lower Shiplake, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Lower Shiplake, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Lower Shiplake is about 4 miles north of Woodley, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Lower Shiplake to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, about 6 miles away.
Every address in RG9 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Station Road, Oaks Road and Quarry Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Being close to the A4155, Lower Shiplake is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. We also cover Wargrave (1 mile south-east), Cockpole Green (2 miles north-east), Remenham Hill (2 miles north), Bowsey Hill (2 miles east) and Remenham (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Benson (12 miles north-west), Chinnor (13 miles north), Tilehurst (7 miles south-west), Wallingford (12 miles north-west), Little Heath (8 miles south-west) and Oakley (13 miles north).
Around Lower Shiplake
Typical jobs here are in premises near Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School, The Baskerville pub and Mill Meadows. Lower Shiplake has its own railway station: Shiplake station. Other landmarks nearby include Frazer Nash Archives (1.3 miles north) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (5.2 miles south-west). Open spaces near Lower Shiplake include South Lake and Sonning Hill.