West Berkshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Speenhamland
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Speenhamland? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Speenhamland
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract systems since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and are fully insured. If you have proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and grease smells coming from the extract, we can help. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but a proper TR19® clean in Speenhamland covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
A kitchen running fryers and chargrills all day builds up grease much faster than one that mostly steams and boils, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
In a smaller place like Speenhamland, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Speenhamland (RG14, RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Grease that reaches the fan coats the blades and the housing. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Grease filters
Gaps around filters let fat through to the duct. We check they fit as they should when we refit them, and flag any that don’t.
Towns and villages near Speenhamland
Also in Speenhamland
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Speenhamland?
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Clients normally contact us when they notice something like this:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
School kitchens, at schools like Speenhamland School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What your quote should include
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Kitchen extracts in Speenhamland
Food Standards Agency data counts about 91 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 25 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Speenhamland. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Food hygiene inspections in Speenhamland are the job of West Berkshire council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Speenhamland 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.
If you run a café or takeaway near Newbury station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like West Berkshire Community Hospital about 1.4 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Speenhamland is about 1 mile north of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Anywhere in RG14, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. We cover 155 places across West Berkshire, large and small. Our Reading page covers sites nearby (15 miles or so).
We work across the RG14 and RG20 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Park Lane, Shaw Road and Bear Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A4, Speenhamland is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Shaw (1 mile east), Donnington (1 mile north), Speen (1 mile west), Bagnor (1 mile west) and Stockcross (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Thatcham (3 miles east), Burghfield Common (11 miles east), Hungerford (8 miles west), Spencers Wood (15 miles east), Calcot (12 miles east) and Lambourn (11 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in West Berkshire, Speenhamland has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning.
Landmarks near Speenhamland
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The High Horse pub, Trinity School and Trinity School and the streets around them. The closest station to Speenhamland is Newbury station, about 0.7 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Donnington Castle (1 mile north-west) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (less than half a mile south). Not far away are Rack Marsh.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Speenhamland
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
- Where the site is and how we reach it
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Berkshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Speenhamland
Is Speenhamland 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.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Speenhamland out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 9 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Speenhamland. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the dates the site is empty.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
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.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
No law names TR19 directly, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
Are you accredited for kitchen extract cleaning?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. We will tell you how long when we quote.
Can you quote from photos?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. Tell us when your site near Speenhamland is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- 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.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we have gone.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that’s clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, which slows build-up further down the system.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
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.