East Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
High Hurstwood ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning for commercial sites in High Hurstwood and across East Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Heavy grease at the base of a riser
- Stale grease odours from the duct
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Consider fitting panels where the report shows gaps
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Keep access panels clear of stored items
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted whenever you cook
The report gives a recommended next clean date, based on the readings and your daily cooking hours, in line with BESA guidance.
Keep to the cleaning interval on the report. A change in cooking hours may change the interval under BESA guidance, and grease thickness testing will show it.
Ductwork cleaning in High Hurstwood, done properly
Duct cleaning is the hardest part of an extract clean, and the part most often skipped. Without enough access panels, long stretches can go years without being touched. Each section we can reach is cleaned, and any we can’t is written down, so you know exactly where you stand. Common call-outs are for duct runs with no cleaning record and grease seeping out of the duct seams, on horizontal duct runs, access panels and bends and junctions.
For a kitchen in or near High Hurstwood, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- High Hurstwood (TN22)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
High Hurstwood questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for High Hurstwood?
That is East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Is High Hurstwood within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
How far ahead should we book?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We usually quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
Duct length, access and grease levels all affect it. Typically it takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers.
How do you clean inside the ductwork?
We open each access panel and clean the section it reaches. Grease is scraped out first, then degreased, with readings taken before and after.
What if part of the duct cannot be reached?
Any section we can’t reach is recorded on the report, in line with TR19. New panels can be fitted to reach them in future.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
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Ductwork cleaning in High Hurstwood: the local picture
At about 35 miles from central London, High Hurstwood sits well inside the area we cover. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Environmental health officers from Wealden council inspect food businesses in High Hurstwood. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Crowborough War Memorial Hospital (about 2.7 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Holy Trinity Church or elsewhere in High Hurstwood, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as High Hurstwood Church of England Primary School or anywhere near High Hurstwood, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
High Hurstwood is about 3 miles south-west of Crowborough, in East Sussex. For ductwork cleaning in and around High Hurstwood, please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, High Hurstwood included. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. Brighton is in our area too, about 17 miles from High Hurstwood.
We cover every part of TN22 for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Burnt Oak Road, Chillies Lane and Perrymans Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around High Hurstwood: Fairwarp (1 mile west), Sweethaws (1 mile north), Five Ash Down (1 mile south-west), Crowborough (3 miles north-east) and Jarvis Brook (3 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Lewes (11 miles south-west), Hailsham (12 miles south-east), Uckfield (4 miles south), Polegate (14 miles south), South Malling (11 miles south-west) and Heathfield (6 miles south-east).
Landmarks near High Hurstwood
The nearest railway station is Buxted station, roughly 1.8 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Tickerage Castle (3.3 miles south) and Crowborough War Memorial Hospital (2.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Brickfield Meadow.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in High Hurstwood and across East Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
How the job changes from site to site
Vertical risers
A riser takes the duct up through one or more floors. Grease collects on the walls and at the foot of the riser, so the base is one of our test points.
Horizontal duct runs
The underside of a horizontal duct collects the most grease. We scrape out the heavy layer first, then the walls and roof are cleaned too.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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. Leave those to us.
What affects the quote in High Hurstwood
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- What state the system is in
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Parking and loading at the site
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
When it’s something else
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what ductwork cleaning won’t do:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- A damper stuck open in the duct
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What we work on in High Hurstwood
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Somewhere as small as High Hurstwood, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- The duct is signed off with readings, photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.