West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Mill Green, West Berkshire
Kitchen extract cleaning in Mill Green, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Kitchen extract cleaning in Mill Green
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. Typical jobs include stale cooking odours from the system and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, across plenums and filters, vertical risers and canopies and hoods. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Mill Green it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
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.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Mill Green (RG19)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Mill Green
Do you work in villages like Mill Green?
Yes, Mill Green is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Mill Green?
That is West Berkshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Mill Green. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we are fully insured.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What do I get after the clean?
You get both a certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
All of it, from the canopy through to the discharge. Where there are not enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log so it’s ready when anyone asks to see it.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It won’t replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Somewhere as small as Mill Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- 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.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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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 can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What a clean won’t put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
Common problems we fix in Mill Green
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Mill Green (Shaw House is about 4.6 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Grease, kitchens and Mill Green
Mill Green sits within the area of Royal Berkshire 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. Environmental health officers from West Berkshire council inspect food businesses in Mill Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as West Berkshire Community Hospital (about 3.6 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Cheam School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Mill Green is about 3 miles south of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Mill Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Mill Green. Our area takes in 155 places across West Berkshire, large and small. You can also see our page for Reading, roughly 13 miles from Mill Green.
Here we cover the RG19 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Headley (1 mile west), Goose Hill (1 mile east), Plastow Green (1 mile south), Crookham (1 mile north-east) and Heads Hill (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (4 miles north-west), Thatcham (3 miles north), Burghfield Common (8 miles east), Speenhamland (5 miles north-west), Hungerford (12 miles west) and Spencers Wood (12 miles east).
Local landmarks in Mill Green
In Mill Green, that means kitchens and buildings near New Greenham Park and The Travellers Friend pub, among other places. The closest station to Mill Green is Thatcham station, about 2 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.6 miles north-west) and Old Chapel Textile Centre (1.7 miles west). For a walk, there’s Ladle Hill and Thatcham Reed Beds.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Mill Green
A clogged extract does not only raise the fire risk. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the fan works harder to move less air. Smells, dripping grease and condensation often follow. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Mill Green is calmer for everyone.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Mill Green
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Trading since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.