Wokingham · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Newtown, Wokingham
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Newtown? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Newtown
Not sure when the extract was last cleaned, or by whom? Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with pictures of the canopy and filters, and we’ll come back with a fixed price for the work in Newtown, usually within one working day. The work covers horizontal duct runs, canopies and hoods and discharge points, and people most often call us about stale cooking odours from the system and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19. Most calls from Newtown come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
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.
Around a smaller place like Newtown, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
A written report with pictures follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Newtown (RG1, RG6, RG4)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
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.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
Newtown questions
Which environmental health team covers Newtown?
The local authority for Newtown is Reading council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work at weekends in Newtown?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
We clean every part the grease travels through. That means canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge, reached through access panels where needed.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
The legal duty sits in the Fire Safety Order 2005 rather than in TR19 itself. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The size of the system
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Everything the job in Newtown needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, 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.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Newtown, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
Kitchen extract cleaning in Newtown: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 262 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 57 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Newtown, up to about a mile and a half out. 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 Newtown. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. In Newtown, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Reading council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
School kitchens, at schools like New Town Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Church and community hall kitchens, near St John and St Stephen or anywhere around Newtown, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mapledurham House is about 4.3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Newtown is about 1 mile east of Reading, in Wokingham. Whether your site is in the middle of Newtown or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Wokingham, we cover 35 places, and Newtown is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: RG1, RG6 and RG4. Streets in the area include Orts Road, Eldon Road and Amity Road, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Caversham (1 mile north-west), Reading (1 mile west), Earley (2 miles south-east), Caversham (2 miles north-west) and Play Hatch (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Wokingham (5 miles south-east), Crowthorne (9 miles south-east), Winnersh (3 miles south-east), Woosehill (5 miles south-east), Emmbrook (5 miles south-east) and Twyford (4 miles north-east). Being one of Wokingham’s larger places, Newtown has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning.
What’s near Newtown
In Newtown, that means kitchens and buildings near University of Reading library, Eldon Square and The Fisherman's Cottage pub and the streets around them. You’ll also find Bulmershe College (under half a mile west) and Maiden Erlegh School (0.6 miles south-east). Newtown’s nearest station is Reading station, about 1.1 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Oracle (1.1 miles west) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (0.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Sonning Hill and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. Where they can be cleaned, they are, and the report notes anything that can’t.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the grease filters sits the plenum, which daily cleaning never reaches. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the photos. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.