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Trash Green kitchen extract cleaning
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Trash Green, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
When to call us in Trash Green
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.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
For schools such as Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Trash Green
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We are often asked to deal with grease drips onto cooking equipment and rancid smells from grease in the duct, on plenums and filters, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers. Most calls from Trash Green 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.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so we look at the menu as well as the opening hours when we suggest the next date.
Work in a small place like Trash Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Trash Green (RG30)
- Region
- Reading
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Trash Green
Which fire service covers Trash Green?
It’s Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Trash Green. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work at weekends in Trash Green?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Trash Green does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
How far ahead should we book?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and an insurer may refuse or reduce a claim without it.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?
Short systems are done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Trash Green
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether several sites go on one quote
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- The postcode and the type of business
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Keep grease collection points emptied
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Grease, kitchens and Trash Green
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Trash Green. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Fire safety in Trash Green falls to Royal Berkshire 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. Food hygiene inspections in Trash Green 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Trash Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like Battle Hospital, about 3.8 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Trash Green is about 4 miles south-west of Reading, in Reading. Trash Green gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Trash Green is one of 34 towns, villages and districts in Reading where we work for kitchen extract cleaning.
Every address in RG30 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Bennett's Hill and Theale Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Burghfield (1 mile south), Sheffield Bottom (1 mile north-west), Burghfield Hill (1 mile south), Sulhamstead Bannister Upper End (1 mile west) and Sulhamstead Abbots (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Caversham (6 miles north-east), Norcot (3 miles north-east), West Reading (4 miles north-east), Tilehurst Within (3 miles north), Shinfield (5 miles east) and Arborfield Garrison (7 miles east).
Local landmarks in Trash Green
In Trash Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Fox & Hounds pub and The Willink School, among other places. Trash Green’s nearest station is Theale station, about 1.4 miles north-west. A little further out are Thames Valley Police Museum (1 mile west) and Battle Hospital (3.8 miles north-east). Open spaces near Trash Green include Hosehill Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
What happens if it’s left?
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, and that takes more work to shift. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. Planning a trip to Trash Green ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Each visit written up, with photos
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Somewhere like Trash Green, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Move anything stored near the system
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.