Hampshire · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Wittensford
For kitchen extract cleaning in Wittensford, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
FAQs for Wittensford
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Wittensford?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Wittensford. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you work in Wittensford outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Wittensford needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, and readings will tell you.
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.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
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 can’t reach is recorded on the report.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Wittensford
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and grease settles in every one of them. A TR19® Grease clean deals with the whole route, not only the parts on show. If you have a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs, we can help. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Wittensford, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a small place like Wittensford, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Wittensford (SO43)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Wittensford
The Food Standards Agency lists about 8 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Wittensford. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Wittensford is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 Wittensford are the job of New Forest council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Tatchbury Mount Hospital about 3 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Wittensford is about 4 miles west of Totton, in Hampshire. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Wittensford and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Wittensford is one of them. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 9 miles away.
Work in SO43 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Cadnam (1 mile east), Newbridge (1 mile north-east), Minstead (2 miles south), Bartley (2 miles east) and Copythorne (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Winchester (15 miles north-east), Eastleigh (11 miles east), Totton (4 miles east), Chandler's Ford (10 miles north-east), Hedge End (13 miles east) and Lymington (12 miles south).
Near you in Wittensford
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Sir John Barleycorn Inn. The nearest railway station is Ashurst New Forest station, roughly 3.8 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Tatchbury Mount Hospital (3 miles east). For a walk, there’s Copythorne Common.
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Somewhere like Wittensford, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We survey the system first, from your pictures and details or on a site 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.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Wittensford
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition of the system
- How big the system is
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Wittensford
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
Why act early in Wittensford
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Wittensford rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Wittensford
- A written report with photos after each visit
- We are fully insured
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Also in Wittensford
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Wittensford?
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and it does not stop until it reaches the fan.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
Landford Manor, about 4.2 miles north, is one of the historic houses near Wittensford; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a survey comes first
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What records you’ll receive afterwards