Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Sparsholt, Oxfordshire
We cover Sparsholt for kitchen extract cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Kitchen duct cleaning in Sparsholt
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you have proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and fat running down the canopy edge, we can help. Most calls from Sparsholt come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Somewhere as small as Sparsholt, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Sparsholt (OX12)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- An undersized canopy or fan
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Sparsholt
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
What happens if it’s left?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Every visit written up, with photos
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
FAQs for Sparsholt
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Sparsholt?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Sparsholt. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Sparsholt?
In Sparsholt, it’s Vale of White Horse council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
When do you clean the extract?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, so evenings, overnight, early mornings and weekends are all options. Equipment needs to be off and cool before we start.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
How the visit works
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 before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Sparsholt can be planned properly.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Sparsholt kitchens: local notes
Sparsholt sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Sparsholt are the job of Vale of White Horse council’s environmental health team. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of the Holy Rood or elsewhere in Sparsholt, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Sparsholt is about 3 miles west of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX12, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Sparsholt is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Oxford is in our area too, around 16 miles away.
Here we cover the OX12 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Local streets include West Street, Watery Lane and Church Way, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Westcot (1 mile west), Kingston Lisle (1 mile west), Woolstone (3 miles west), Sheepdrove (5 miles south) and Upper Lambourn (5 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (11 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (11 miles north-east), Witney (14 miles north), Carterton (13 miles north), Wantage (3 miles east) and Grove (4 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Sparsholt
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Hatchet Public House and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Uffington Museum (2.9 miles west). The countryside around Sparsholt includes Rams Hill and Letcombe Valley.
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. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
When to call us in Sparsholt
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.