East Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Lions Green, East Sussex
Ductwork cleaning in Lions Green from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- A duct nobody has opened in years
Different parts, different methods
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.
Attenuators and discharge
The discharge is where the duct ends and air leaves the building. It can gather grease and mark the wall or roof around it, so it’s cleaned as far as safe access allows.
How we handle ductwork cleaning in Lions Green
Grease in a duct is hidden, which is exactly why it’s dangerous. Flames pulled in from the cooking line can ignite it, and fire can then run along the ductwork to other parts of the building. Removing it is the whole point. Typical jobs include an insurer asking for TR19 evidence and a rancid smell from the extract duct, on bends and junctions, multi-storey ducts and vertical risers.
Somewhere as small as Lions 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Lions Green (TN21)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Lions Green
Who inspects food businesses in Lions Green?
In Lions Green, it’s Wealden council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Lions Green?
It’s East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Lions Green. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Are you accredited?
We’re 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.
How long does it take to clean extract ducts?
A short duct can be cleaned in a few hours, while long ducts and tall risers can need more than one visit. Visits are planned out of hours.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What happens if there are not enough access panels?
Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report, as TR19 expects. We can fit new access panels so they’re cleaned next time.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What’s involved in cleaning extract ducts?
We get into the duct through its access panels. Heavy grease is scraped out by hand, then the surfaces are degreased with a method that suits the deposit, such as degreasers, hot water or steam.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Keep your cleaning records together
- Report any grease dripping from duct joints
Every panel we open is refitted when we finish, and the surrounding area is left clean. Waste grease and water are taken away.
The less grease gets past the canopy, the cleaner the duct stays. Clean, properly seated filters are the duct’s best protection.
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Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A worn-out fan that needs replacing
- Duct sealed behind fixed ceilings or walls
- A damper stuck open in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Vertical risers
- Access panels
- Attenuators
When to call us in Lions Green
Damaged or poorly fitted filters let more grease into the duct. The duct then takes grease that the filters should have stopped and it fills faster.
Look out for any of the following:
- Thick crusts of old grease along the duct
- Duct runs that can’t be reached
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- High readings at a recent grease test
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Horselunges Manor is about 4 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a shift or more, depending on the length of the runs and the number of access points. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Lions Green.
- First we diagnose: the route, the access and the grease levels.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- We take extra care at bends and at the foot of risers.
- Readings, pictures and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Leave it or put it right?
A fire in a greasy duct is hard to reach and hard to stop. It can travel through the ductwork to other parts of the building, so cleaning the duct is as important as cleaning the hood. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Lions Green is calmer for everyone.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why book with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A written report with photos after each visit
- We diagnose before we treat
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Ductwork cleaning in Lions Green: the local picture
There are about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in Lions Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Lions Green. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Food hygiene inspections in Lions Green are the job of Wealden council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Hellingly Hospital Railway is the nearest hospital to Lions Green, about 4.1 miles south-east. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of All Saints or anywhere around Lions Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Lions Green is about 5 miles east of Uckfield, in East Sussex. Wherever you are in the TN21 postcode area, we cover ductwork cleaning for commercial sites. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Lions Green is one of them. We also work in Brighton, about 17 miles from Lions Green.
We work across the TN21 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Lions Green: Waldron (1 mile north-west), Burlow (1 mile south-east), Horam (1 mile south-east), Maynard's Green (2 miles east) and Roser's Cross (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (11 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (13 miles south-east), Seaford (12 miles south), Lewes (10 miles south-west), Hailsham (6 miles south) and Crowborough (8 miles north).
Landmarks near Lions Green
Around Lions Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Star Inn. Other landmarks nearby include Tickerage Castle (3.6 miles north-west) and Sussex Farm Museum (1.2 miles east). The countryside around Lions Green includes Selwyns Wood.