West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Padworth Common kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning across Padworth Common and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Kitchen extract cleaning in Padworth Common, done properly
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. If you have heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, we can help, from vertical risers, discharge points and extract fans onwards. Most calls from Padworth Common 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.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that is where most of the work in Padworth Common goes.
In a small place like Padworth Common, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Padworth Common (RG7)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Wash or exchange the filters often
- Keep grease collection points emptied
You get a photo report after every clean. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
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 we’re called out for in Padworth Common
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Willink School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
Why deal with it now?
If your kitchen in Padworth Common is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. The job takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one, and we fit around your opening hours. Every extra month adds grease. With notice, the visit to Padworth Common can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why us?
- Fully insured
- Every job surveyed first
- Each visit written up, with photos
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
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What else we do in Padworth Common
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 a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Padworth Common knowing what to expect.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings and photos are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
Canopy and plenum
The canopy catches the vapour, and the plenum behind the filters is where it first condenses. Both are scraped and degreased inside and out, including the filter housing.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
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 photos, so records stay tidy.
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
Padworth Common questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Padworth Common?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Padworth Common. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who inspects food businesses in Padworth Common?
Kitchens in Padworth Common are inspected by West Berkshire council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Can you quote from pictures?
Normally, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we typically come back within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we will say so.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Kitchen extracts in Padworth Common
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses in and around Padworth Common, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. The fire and rescue service for Padworth Common is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Padworth Common, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Berkshire council. 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.
Where a hall near Church of St John the Baptist, or anywhere in Padworth Common, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Padworth Common is about 2 miles north-east of Tadley, in West Berkshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Padworth Common or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Padworth Common is one of 155 places in West Berkshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Reading, about 7 miles from Padworth Common.
All of RG7 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Rectory Road and Baughurst Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Padworth Common: Old Warren (1 mile south), Padworth (1 mile north), Aldermaston Soke (1 mile south), Aldermaston (2 miles west) and Pamber Heath (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (9 miles west), Thatcham (6 miles west), Speenhamland (9 miles west), Spencers Wood (6 miles east), Calcot (5 miles north-east) and Shaw (9 miles west).
Around Padworth Common
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve. For rail, the closest station is Aldermaston station, about 1.7 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Calleva Museum (2.1 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Hosehill Lake.