Duct Cleaning · Reading
From the Oracle riverside kitchens to the offices, breweries and trade-park works, Reading runs on ductwork you never see - grease extract, dry ventilation and laundry runs where the dirt, and the fire risk, sit concealed above the ceiling.
Answer a few quick questions about your Reading canopy, filters and ducting for a guide price on stripping and degreasing the extract system - no measuring, no site visit.
Try the cost calculatorReading runs a great deal of ductwork the town never sees. The riverside restaurants of the Oracle, the bars of Broad Street, and the cafes of Caversham push grease-laden air up through kitchen extract; the Thames Valley offices, the craft breweries and the university buildings depend on dry supply and extract ventilation; and the hotels and launderettes run laundry ducting that packs with lint.
Behind a great share of those kitchens sits an extract system a canopy wipe never touches. Reading falls under Reading Borough Council, whose remit takes in 1,457 rated premises across the borough - and grease ductwork is a fire matter as much as a hygiene one. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 the responsible person has to keep it clean to a standard a certificate can show, whether the run climbs out of an Oracle kitchen or a trade-park unit.
We clean and certify the whole system - grease, dry and laundry - right across Reading: from the Oracle and Broad Street to the Kings Road, Caversham and the town trade units. We survey the full route, fit compliant access where a sealed run has none, and clean every internal metre back to bare metal.
TR19 Grease is the benchmark insurers and fire risk assessors expect for kitchen extract systems. It covers the whole system, measured, not just the parts you can see. Grease is assessed by thickness, and the standard sets the level at which a system must be cleaned and re-tested.
Across Reading we work to that one standard, whether the run climbs out of a busy restaurant kitchen or a care-home laundry.
Extract ductwork from fryers, grills and ranges coats itself in combustible grease along every hidden section to the roof fan. We clean the complete run to TR19 Grease and record post-clean readings.
Supply and general extract ductwork fills with dust, debris and mould that throttles airflow and spreads contamination. We clean and inspect dry ductwork so it actually ventilates.
Tumble-dryer and launderette ducting packs with lint, one of the most flammable build-ups in any building - common in hotels, inns and care homes, and easily overlooked until it is a fire.
Real jobs, described by sector and area - never by a client's name.
At a council-operated craft brewery in Reading, the extract ductwork over the brewhouse and taproom kitchen had loaded with grease and steam residue and lost draw. We cut compliant hatches where the run was boxed in, cleaned the full length from canopy to fan back to bare metal, and logged readings before and after. The system came back clean and certified, with a photo record for the fire file.
At a restaurant on the Oracle riverside, a heavy kitchen ran its grease extract up a concealed riser to a roof fan with access reaching only the first length. We cut compliant hatches into the boxed sections, cleaned the full run from canopy to fan back to bare metal, and logged grease-depth readings before and after. The system came back clean and certified, with a photo record for the fire file.
We inspect the full run, find the access gaps in the concealed sections and agree scope and a cleaning frequency for your usage.
We fit compliant inspection hatches where the ductwork is sealed, and protect the kitchen or plant area.
Canopy to fan, down to bare metal, with before-and-after evidence at set measuring points.
You get a dated certificate, grease-depth record, photographs and your next-due date.
The building. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on the responsible person to control fire risk, and concealed grease is where a kitchen fire spreads fastest and least visibly.
The claim. Insurers expect a current certificate; a fire claim on a neglected system can be cut or refused - a costly surprise after a loss.
The day-to-day. A clean run pulls better, smells better and stands up when the environmental health officer visits.
Reading was the town of beer, biscuits and bulbs - Huntley & Palmers grew the biggest biscuit factory in the world off the Kings Road, Simonds brewed by the Kennet, and Sutton's raised its seeds nearby. The Oracle kitchens that trade over the old riverside now cook flat out, and the grease their extract carries banks unseen in the concealed run. We work around service so a Reading kitchen is cleaned, certified and back in action without losing covers.
Yes. We work throughout Reading and the wider Berkshire, including the Oracle and Broad Street to the Kings Road, Caversham and the town trade units. Call 07961 915018 or use the contact form and we will confirm and quote.
The whole run - from the canopy through the concealed horizontal and vertical ductwork to the roof fan. The hidden sections are exactly where the grease and the fire risk sit.
We fit compliant access panels where the run is sealed or boxed in, so every internal section can be reached, cleaned, inspected and certified.
It depends on use. TR19 Grease sets kitchen extract frequency by daily cooking hours - roughly every three months for heavy use, six for moderate and twelve for light - and we set your interval and next-due date on the survey.
Yes. Dry supply and extract ductwork clogs with dust and can spread contamination, and laundry and dryer ducting packs with highly flammable lint. We clean and certify all three.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings, weekends and closing days to keep your kitchen or site running.
We have cleaned and certified commercial ductwork since 2001, the length of the Berkshire coast and across the UK. Whatever the run - a grease riser, a dry office system or a care-home laundry duct - the work ends the same way: bare metal, a photo record and a certificate that stands up to a fire risk assessment.
Send us your site details and cooking hours and we will survey, quote and certify - across Berkshire.
