West Sussex · Air handling unit cleaning
AHU Cleaning in Old Shoreham
AHU cleaning for Old Shoreham and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Air handling units never cleaned inside
- Coils clogged with dust and debris
- Dirty filters cutting the airflow
About our AHU cleaning in Old Shoreham
Our AHU cleans for sites in Old Shoreham cover the parts that collect dirt: the filter section, heating and cooling coils, drain trays, fan and casing. You get a TR19® certificate and a photo report showing the unit before and after. If you’re dealing with dirty fans and fan housings and coils clogged with dust and debris, we can help, from dampers and louvres, drain trays and internal panels onwards.
Rural buildings with mechanical ventilation, such as care homes and country hotels, often keep their units in roof spaces or outbuildings, where filters and drain trays get forgotten.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Old Shoreham (BN43)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Ventilation in Old Shoreham buildings
The FSA’s food hygiene register lists about 6 schools, colleges and universities and about 22 hospitals, care homes and childcare premises with registered kitchens or food service within about 1.5 miles of central Old Shoreham. Where buildings like these have air handling units, filters, coils and drain trays need regular attention. At about 47 miles from central London, Old Shoreham sits well inside the area we cover. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. Southlands Hospital is the nearest hospital, about 1.4 miles east of Old Shoreham. If you run a surgery, clinic or care home, your ventilation deserves the same care as a hospital’s, on a smaller scale.
If you manage offices or shops near Shoreham-By-Sea station, their ventilation can be inspected and cleaned out of hours. For schools like Swiss Gardens Primary School, the holidays are the usual time to inspect and clean ventilation. Southlands Hospital, about 1.4 miles east, is the nearest hospital to Old Shoreham, and healthcare sites of every size need their supply air kept clean.
Old Shoreham is about 1 mile west of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Across the BN43 area, we cover AHU cleaning for commercial sites. Old Shoreham is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex we cover for AHU cleaning. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (7 miles or so).
AHU cleaning in BN43 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We also cover Shoreham-by-Sea (1 mile east), Adur (1 mile north), Kingston by Sea (2 miles east), Southwick (2 miles east) and Castle Town (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Worthing (5 miles west), Haywards Heath (14 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles west), Rustington (10 miles west) and Storrington (9 miles north-west).
Around Old Shoreham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Sir Robert Woodard Academy and The Amsterdam pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Shoreham-By-Sea station, about 0.7 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Southlands Hospital (1.4 miles east) and Old Castle (4.6 miles west). For a walk, there’s Lancing Ring and Adur Estuary RSPB Reserve.
Questions from Old Shoreham
Can you clean school ventilation in Old Shoreham during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Old Shoreham, the Food Standards Agency lists about 6 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Is Old Shoreham within the area you cover?
Yes, Old Shoreham is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Do you clean the ductwork as well?
Yes, the ductwork, grilles and diffusers the unit serves. The survey shows whether the ducts need cleaning now.
Nearby places to Old Shoreham
Other services in Old Shoreham
Why act early in Old Shoreham
Leave an AHU uncleaned and the dirt doesn’t stay put. It moves on into the ductwork and out into the rooms, so cleaning the ducts without the unit only goes so far. It’s simpler to plan the work at Old Shoreham now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We are fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Old Shoreham
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Different parts, different methods
Drain trays
A tray that does not drain becomes a pool of stagnant water in the airstream. We clean it and report anything about the tray or drain that needs fixing.
Filters
Filters are the first line of defence in the unit. As part of the clean, filters are checked and cleaned or replaced as agreed, and clean the filter housing.
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Honest limits
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what AHU cleaning won’t do:
- Ventilation that was badly designed in the first place
- Ductwork downstream of the unit, which is a separate clean
- Leaking heating or cooling coils
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Drain trays
- Heating and cooling coils
- Dampers and louvres
- Supply and extract fans
- Internal panels
- Filter sections
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes anything from half a day for one small unit to several shifts for a plant room full of them. Somewhere like Old Shoreham, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We look at the unit and the plant area during the survey.
- We sheet the area and the unit is isolated.
- Each section is cleaned of dust, debris and slime.
- Coils and trays are cleaned and the condensate drain cleared.
- We close every panel, hand the unit back and send the report and certificate.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form 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. We usually come back within one working day.
Advice
Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Plan the next inspection before the last report gets filed away
- Look at the condensate drain whenever the unit is serviced
- Clear leaves and litter away from the intake
- Watch for drips or damp patches near the plant
We recommend when the unit should next be inspected or cleaned, taking into account how dirty it was. Under TR19® Air the timing is set by inspection and risk, not a fixed calendar.
Have the unit inspected regularly, in line with the risk-based approach of TR19® Air, rather than waiting for a problem.