West Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
Duct cleaning in Goddards Green
Our technicians work in Goddards Green on cleaning of kitchen extract ductwork, horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
The underside of a horizontal duct collects the most grease. Thick deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing, then the walls and roof are cleaned too.
Vertical risers
Cleaning a riser needs access along its height. Any part that cannot be safely reached is recorded.
About our ductwork cleaning in Goddards Green
Once air leaves the canopy, it travels through ductwork that most people never see. Grease settles along every metre of it, and that’s where a kitchen fire can travel. Our ductwork cleaning reaches inside the runs and risers through access panels, to BESA TR19® Grease. Common call-outs are for grease pooling at the foot of the riser and proof of duct cleaning for the insurer, across access panels, vertical risers and attenuators.
Somewhere as small as Goddards Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Goddards Green (BN6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Common questions in Goddards Green
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Goddards Green out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Goddards Green. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which fire service covers Goddards Green?
That’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
Duct length, access and grease levels all affect it. Typically it takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What’s the cleaning interval for extract ductwork?
The duct is cleaned as part of the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance, ranging from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Readings tell you if it needs to be more often.
How we price ductwork cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. It records the date, the location and the technician.
Extra access panels mean more of the duct gets cleaned each time. It does not stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Goddards Green and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
How the visit works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Goddards Green, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- Each section is cleaned in turn through its access panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- The duct is signed off with readings, pictures and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for ductwork cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Why it’s worth doing now in Goddards Green
BESA guidance says grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans. A reading of 500 microns or more at any point means a spot clean right away. Leaving the duct makes those limits harder to keep to. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why us?
- Every job surveyed first
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What a clean will not put right
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Sections that cannot be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- Duct sections that need replacing
- A failed fan motor at the end of the duct (a fan repair job)
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Attenuators
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Access panels
Ductwork cleaning in Goddards Green: the local picture
There are about 10 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Goddards Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. In Goddards Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Goddards Green is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Ockenden Manor is about 3 miles north-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like The Dene Hospital about within half a mile east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Edward the Confessor or elsewhere in Goddards Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Goddards Green is about 2 miles west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Goddards Green, we can take on ductwork cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Goddards Green among them. For sites nearby, see our Brighton page (9 miles or so).
Here we cover the BN6 postcode area for ductwork cleaning. We cover sites on Cuckfield Road and High Hatch Lane and the roads around them. Goddards Green sits on or near the A2300, which makes travel easy for ductwork cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out ductwork cleaning in Hickstead (1 mile west), Abbotsford (1 mile east), Jacob's Post (1 mile east), Sayers Common (2 miles south-west) and Ansty (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Crawley (10 miles north), Horsham (9 miles north-west), Worthing (14 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (4 miles north-east), East Grinstead (13 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (10 miles south-west).
Near you in Goddards Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Southway Junior School and the streets around them. Goddards Green’s nearest station is Burgess Hill station, about 2.1 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Burgess Hill Museum (2 miles east) and Clayton Castle (4.1 miles south). Open spaces near Goddards Green include Wolstonbury Hill and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.