Ductwork cleaning in Albourne Street, West Sussex

Ductwork cleaning in Albourne Street: the local picture

Food Standards Agency records list about 15 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways in Albourne Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen that cooks under a canopy sends grease-laden air into a duct, where it cools and settles. It’s Mid Sussex council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Albourne Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Albourne Street. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.

If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Albourne Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Albourne Street is The Dene Hospital, about 2.7 miles north-east.

Albourne Street is about 4 miles south-west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Sites in Albourne Street get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Albourne Street is one of them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 8 miles away.

Work in BN6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include The Street and Leyfield, all of which we cover for ductwork cleaning. We also cover Albourne Green (1 mile north), Albourne (1 mile west), High Cross (1 mile north-west), Blackstone (1 mile west) and Twineham (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (12 miles north), Horsham (10 miles north-west), Worthing (11 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (6 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (4 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (7 miles south-west).

What’s near Albourne Street

We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The White Horse Inn, among other places. Albourne Street’s nearest station is Hassocks station, roughly 2.5 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Dene Hospital (2.7 miles north-east) and The Budding Foundation Museum of Gardening (2.3 miles east). For a walk, there’s Wolstonbury Hill and Woods Mill.

Part by part

Bends and transitions

Transitions from the canopy spigot into the duct catch a lot of grease. We clean it from the canopy side or through a nearby panel.

Multi-storey and shared buildings

Ducts in taller or shared buildings often run past other occupiers. We plan access with you and the building manager, so the clean is done safely and quietly.

For landlords and multi-site operators

The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.

Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.

Staff cleaning versus specialist work

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.

Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.