West Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
Newpound Common ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning for Newpound Common, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A rancid smell from the extract duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
Your questions about ductwork cleaning in Newpound Common
Who inspects food businesses in Newpound Common?
The local authority for Newpound Common is Chichester council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is Newpound Common 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.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
BESA guidance sets minimum intervals by daily cooking hours: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate and 12-monthly for light use. Grease readings may show it needs doing sooner.
How much does ductwork cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before work begins.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Ductwork cleaning in Newpound Common
Duct cleaning is the hardest part of an extract clean, and the part most often skipped. Sections with no way in can go uncleaned for years. We open up every reachable section and record any we can’t reach, so you know exactly where you stand. Common call-outs are for a duct nobody has opened in years and an insurer asking for TR19 evidence, on vertical risers, bends and junctions and horizontal duct runs.
For a kitchen in or near Newpound Common, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Newpound Common (RH14)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Multi-storey and shared buildings
Ducts in taller or shared buildings often run past other occupiers. Access is planned with the building’s managers, so the clean is done safely and quietly.
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.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Store the certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Run the extract fan throughout service
- Get panels fitted where the duct couldn’t be cleaned
- Never cook with a filter missing
Grease readings are taken again at the same set points, giving you before and after readings. Photos of each section go alongside them.
Keep the fan on throughout service. When the air stops, grease settles in the duct, so switching off early adds to the build-up.
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Newpound Common?
A greasy duct is a fire path, in Newpound Common as anywhere. Once it lights, fire can spread along the duct and into other areas, which is why the responsible person needs it under control.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Proof of duct cleaning for the insurer
- Sections of duct with no access panels
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Wisborough Green Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What your quote should include
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What insurance they carry
- What paperwork you get at the end
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Nearby places to Newpound Common
What else we do in Newpound Common
Ductwork cleaning around Newpound Common
Look up Newpound Common on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 7 restaurants, cafés and canteens in Newpound Common and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they cook under a canopy, grease does not stop at the filters: it settles along the duct and up the riser. Fire safety in Newpound Common falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Newpound Common. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Peter Ad Vincula, or anywhere in Newpound Common, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Newpound Common is about 8 miles west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Anywhere in RH14, we can carry out ductwork cleaning at your premises. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Newpound Common is one of them. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 15 miles away.
All of RH14 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Ductwork cleaning is available to premises on Newpound and Newpound Lane and the roads around them. We also cover Billingshurst (2 miles south-east), Five Oaks (3 miles east), The Haven (3 miles north-east), Coneyhurst (3 miles south-east) and Tisman's Common (4 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (14 miles north-east), Horsham (8 miles east), Worthing (15 miles south), Littlehampton (15 miles south), Rustington (15 miles south) and Broadfield (13 miles east).
Around Newpound Common
Around Newpound Common, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Cricketers Arms Public House and The Weald School and the streets around them. Newpound Common’s nearest station is Billingshurst station, roughly 2.1 miles south-east. Open spaces near Newpound Common include The Mens.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Newpound Common.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- Set points along the runs are tested for grease.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- The duct is degreased with the method that suits the grease, from degreasers to hot water or steam.
- Post-clean readings and photos go into the report, with any unreachable section listed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
Fixed quotes for ductwork cleaning in Newpound Common
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The size of the system
- What state the system is in
- Parking and loading at the site
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any previous report or certificate
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or holed (that needs a ductwork contractor)
- Faulty fire dampers
- A duct that is too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Newpound Common
- Bends and junctions
- Access panels
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Multi-storey ducts