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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Upper Brailes
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Brailes? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
What affects the quote in Upper Brailes
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The number of sites or systems
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
For kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Brailes, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Upper Brailes
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in Upper Brailes, our certificate and photo report give you that record for the maintenance log. Common call-outs are for grease drips onto cooking equipment and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, on discharge points, canopies and hoods and extract fans. Extraction cleaning, hood cleaning and TR19 duct cleaning all end up in the same place: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
Kitchens that fry and grill hardest need the most frequent cleans, so the interval is set by what you cook as well as how long.
In a small place like Upper Brailes, 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Upper Brailes (OX15)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Upper Brailes kitchens: local notes
Upper Brailes sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Upper Brailes is Ellen Badger Hospital, about 2.9 miles west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St George or elsewhere in Upper Brailes, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Upper Brailes is about 9 miles west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Sites in Upper Brailes get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. Oxford is in our area too, about 25 miles from Upper Brailes.
Here we cover the OX15 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Streets in the area include Castle Hill, Fant Hill and Henbrook Lane, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Upper Brailes: Lower Brailes (1 mile south-east) and Sutton-under-Brailes (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Banbury (9 miles east), Chipping Norton (8 miles south), Neithrop (8 miles east), Grimsbury (10 miles east), Ruscote (8 miles east) and Bloxham (8 miles east).
Near you in Upper Brailes
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Gate Inn, among other places. Nearby you will also find Ellen Badger Hospital (2.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Castle Hill and Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Upper Brailes
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
What we’re called out for in Upper Brailes
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Brailes CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the price is fixed
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether a survey comes first
FAQs for Upper Brailes
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Upper Brailes?
Upper Brailes is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can you get to a site in Upper Brailes?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Upper Brailes included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, usually ready within one working day.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
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.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Extract grease is fuel for a kitchen fire, which is why many insurers require TR19 cleaning. Our certificate and photo report give you that evidence.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
Yes, a TR19 certificate, along with a photo report. The report lists what was cleaned, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next clean is due.
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.
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Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way with as little disruption as possible.
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Wash or exchange the filters often
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
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.
How it works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. The timing of a visit to Upper Brailes is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting 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. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.