Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in West Heath, Hampshire
Kitchen extract cleaning for West Heath, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
About our kitchen extract cleaning in West Heath
We’ve been trading since 2009, cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East and London. 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. The work covers horizontal duct runs, extract fans and vertical risers, and people most often call us about a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and grease drips onto cooking equipment. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in West Heath covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
A clean in West Heath covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Somewhere as small as West Heath, 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.
Duct Doctor has 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.
- Place
- West Heath (RG26)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
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West Heath questions
Will you come out to West Heath?
Yes. West Heath is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who is the fire and rescue service for West Heath?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in West Heath?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before we start.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, which grease thickness testing will show.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
You leave with a date for the next clean, set from your daily cooking hours and the readings we took. We can put the system on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly plan, so the date isn’t missed.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
- Any permits to work or inductions
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The postcode and the type of business
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in West Heath
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. Most of the time it’s because there were never enough access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (The Vyne is about 3 miles east), access may need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What hours they’ll be on site
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. The timing of a visit to West Heath is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
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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 send a fixed quote.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Grease, kitchens and West Heath
The FSA’s data shows about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered in and around West Heath, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s Basingstoke and Deane council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in West Heath. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in West Heath falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Christ Church, or anywhere in West Heath, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Park Prewett Hospital is the nearest hospital to West Heath, about 3.2 miles south-east.
West Heath is about 2 miles south of Tadley, in Hampshire. Sites in West Heath get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. West Heath is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Reading, about 12 miles away.
We cover every part of the RG26 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Deans Lane, The Common and Old Vyne Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Charter Alley (1 mile south-east), Ramsdell (1 mile south), Pamber End (1 mile east), Salters Heath (2 miles east) and Monk Sherborne (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (4 miles south-east), Fleet (14 miles east), Alton (14 miles south-east), Yateley (14 miles east), Hook (9 miles east) and Popley (4 miles south-east).
What’s near West Heath
The nearest railway station is Bramley (Hants) station, about 4 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Park Prewett Hospital (3.2 miles south-east) and Calleva Museum (3.3 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Daneshill Park Woods.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans