West Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Poynings, West Sussex
Ductwork cleaning for Poynings, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- Years of grease along the duct floor
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
Ductwork cleaning in Poynings
Once air leaves the canopy, it travels through ductwork that most people never see. Grease settles along every metre of it, and that is where a kitchen fire can travel. Our ductwork cleaning reaches inside the runs and risers through access panels, to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers vertical risers, access panels and attenuators, and people most often call us about grease leaking from duct joints and readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test.
In a village or hamlet like Poynings, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every 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 to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Poynings (BN45)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Nearby places to Poynings
What else we do in Poynings
Do you need ductwork cleaning in Poynings?
Ducts in Poynings gather grease for the same reasons as ducts anywhere: daily cooking hours, the menu and the state of the filters. Under BESA guidance, the minimum interval is 3, 6 or 12 months, by daily cooking hours.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A duct clean needed for an insurer
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- Years of grease along the duct floor
Historic houses near Poynings, such as Portslade Manor about 3.7 miles south, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a survey comes first
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The postcode and the type of business
- A few general shots of the system
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Grease, kitchens and Poynings
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Poynings, up to about a mile and a half out. Behind every canopy among them is a run of ductwork that collects grease out of sight. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Poynings. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Poynings, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church of the Holy Trinity or anywhere around Poynings, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Southlands Hospital is the nearest hospital to Poynings, about 4.4 miles south-west.
Poynings is about 4 miles north of Brighton and Hove, in West Sussex. Sites in Poynings get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Poynings is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for ductwork cleaning.
We cover every part of the BN45 postcode area for ductwork cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on The Street and Cora's Walk or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Fulking (1 mile south-west), Hangleton (3 miles south), Portslade (4 miles south), Castle Town (4 miles west) and Kingston by Sea (4 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (15 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Worthing (10 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (5 miles north-east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Poynings
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Royal Oak pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Poynings is Hassocks station, roughly 3.3 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are The Budding Foundation Museum of Gardening (2.9 miles north-east) and Southlands Hospital (4.4 miles south-west). Not far away are Wolstonbury Hill and Woods Mill.
Questions from Poynings
Which council inspects kitchens in Poynings?
The local authority for Poynings is Mid Sussex council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Poynings?
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Poynings. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
How can I tell if my extract ducts are dirty?
Drips, smells and weak extraction are clues, but the only sure way is to measure. A WFTT or DTT reading gives a clear answer.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
It follows the same interval as the whole extract, ranging from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Readings tell you if it needs to be more often.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do we have to stop cooking while the ducts are cleaned?
Only while we’re working, and we work around you. Most kitchens book overnight or weekend cleans, so no service is lost.
What if part of the duct can’t be reached?
Every reachable section is cleaned and the rest recorded. Fitting extra access panels is the usual answer, and we can do that for you.
Part by part
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.
Bends and transitions
A bend can hold far more grease than a straight run of the same length. It’s scraped out and degreased, and readings are taken there before and after.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes anything from a few hours to several visits, depending on the length of duct. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Poynings.
- We start by working out how the duct runs and where it can be opened.
- Grease readings are taken at set points along the duct.
- Through the access panels, thick grease is removed by hand first.
- Horizontal runs and risers are then degreased by the method that suits the deposit.
- Readings and pictures are repeated and any section we couldn’t reach is recorded.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Advice
What ductwork cleaning can’t fix
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Parts of the duct with no way in
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Poynings
- Multi-storey ducts
- Bends and junctions
- Attenuators
- Access panels
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs