Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Milton, Oxfordshire
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in Milton and across Oxfordshire. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Milton questions
Do you work overnight in Milton?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Is Milton within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
How long will the clean take?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. The survey tells us how long your system will need.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. We’ve been trading since 2009.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What do I get after the clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. Keep them in the maintenance log with the fire risk assessment so they’re to hand when an insurer asks.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, so many insurers want evidence it’s being cleaned to TR19. Each clean gives you a certificate and photo report to show them.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Milton, done properly
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Common call-outs are for missing paperwork after a change of operator and an extract that no longer clears the smoke, on extract fans, plenums and filters and discharge points. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in Milton covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, 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.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Milton (OX15)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The scale of the work
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Parking and loading at the site
- The number of sites or systems
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
What else we do in Milton
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Milton.
- 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.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part 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 how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Kitchen extracts in Milton
There are about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Milton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kitchens in Milton get their food hygiene inspections from Cherwell council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Milton falls to 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Horton General Hospital (about 3 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Milton (Broughton Castle is about 2.9 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like The Warriner School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Milton is about 4 miles south of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Milton, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us. We work across South East England and London, Milton included. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Milton is one of them. Oxford is in our area too, around 19 miles away.
We work across OX15 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Bloxham (1 mile west), Bodicote (2 miles north-east), Broughton (3 miles north-west) and Neithrop (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Banbury (4 miles north), Bicester (11 miles south-east), Kidlington (13 miles south), Bure Park (11 miles south-east), Chipping Norton (10 miles south-west) and Grimsbury (4 miles north).
What’s near Milton
In Milton, that means kitchens and buildings near The Marlstone Tavern and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Kings Sutton station, about 2.8 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Deddington Castle (2.4 miles south-east) and Horton General Hospital (3 miles north). For a walk, there’s Crouch Hill.
Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
You leave with a 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. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
Why it’s worth doing now in Milton
Grease build-up causes everyday problems too. Filters block, airflow drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the fan works harder to move less air. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. In a small place like Milton, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Milton
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.