Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Salford, Oxfordshire
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Salford? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Salford
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. If you are dealing with a kitchen with no current TR19 certificate and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can help, from horizontal duct runs, canopies and hoods and plenums and filters onwards. When a restaurant in Salford asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s exactly what we do: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that is where most of the work in Salford goes.
In a village or hamlet like Salford, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Salford (OX7)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.
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. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
How it works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Salford.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Salford
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Common problems we fix in Salford
In Salford, as anywhere, grease gathers where the air slows down: long horizontal runs, bends, the base of risers and around the fan. The cooler the duct, the more grease drops out of the air.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Salford, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Proof of insurance
Kitchen extract cleaning around Salford
Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Salford. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Salford sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Chastleton House is about 2.6 miles west), access may need planning. For schools such as Chipping Norton School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Salford is about 12 miles north of Witney, in Oxfordshire. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Salford, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Salford included. Salford is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. We also work in Oxford, about 20 miles from Salford.
We cover every part of the OX7 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Roses Lane, Orchard Close and Cooks Lane, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Salford: Over Norton (2 miles east), Chipping Norton (2 miles south-east), Churchill (3 miles south), Sarsden (3 miles south) and Great Rollright (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Banbury (13 miles north-east), Witney (12 miles south), Carterton (13 miles south), Kidlington (15 miles south-east), Neithrop (12 miles north-east) and Grimsbury (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Salford
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Black Horse pub. Salford’s nearest station is Kingham station, about 3.9 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Wheelbarrow Castle (2.4 miles north-west) and Chipping Norton Museum of Local History (1.6 miles east).
Questions from Salford
Which fire authority looks after Salford?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Salford. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work overnight in Salford?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Salford needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
TR19® itself isn’t law. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. Most jobs take as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits.
Why do insurers care about extract cleaning?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
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.