Oxfordshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Witney
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Witney, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Before an inspection or an insurer’s visit in Witney, it helps to have up-to-date records.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Trading since 2009
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Witney, done properly
Any kitchen we clean in Witney gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. We are often asked to deal with heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, across horizontal duct runs, discharge points and plenums and filters. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, in Witney it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
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.
Most kitchens in a town like Witney can’t close for a day, so the work is done after service, overnight or on a closed day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
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 carry full insurance.
- Place
- Witney (OX28, OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The times the site is available
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
The process
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. In Witney, the visit is planned around your opening hours, parking and access to the system.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
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When to call us in Witney
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. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
What we are most often called out for:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Minster Lovell Hall is about 1.9 miles north-west), access may need planning.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When the next visit should be, and why
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Common questions in Witney
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Witney in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Witney. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Witney?
That’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Witney?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
When do you clean the extract?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, working evenings, overnight or at weekends to suit you. Equipment needs to be off and cool before any work starts.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
What a clean won’t put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
Kitchen extracts in Witney
Food Standards Agency records include about 20 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 7 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Witney. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Witney are the job of West Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. The fire and rescue service for Witney is Oxfordshire 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Witney Congregational Church or anywhere around Witney, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Tower Hill Community Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Witney is about 11 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Every kind of commercial site in Witney, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Witney is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page, about 11 miles away.
Every address in OX28 and OX29 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You will find streets such as Carpenters Square, High Street and Market Square, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. Being close to the A40 and A415, Witney is simple for us to get to for kitchen extract cleaning. Close by, we work in Cogges (1 mile east), Madley Park (1 mile east), Ducklington (1 mile south), High Cogges (2 miles east) and South Leigh (3 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (11 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south-east), Carterton (5 miles west), Wantage (14 miles south), Grove (13 miles south) and Faringdon (10 miles south-west). As one of the bigger places in Oxfordshire, Witney has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning.
Near you in Witney
In Witney, that means kitchens and buildings near Wood Green School, New Inn Public House and The Henry Box School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Finstock station, roughly 4.6 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Cogges Manor Farm Museum (0.6 miles east).