West Sussex · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Upperton, West Sussex
For ductwork cleaning in Upperton, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A duct nobody has opened in years
- Thick deposits at the bottom of a vertical duct
- High readings at a recent grease test
FAQs for Upperton
Which council inspects kitchens in Upperton?
In Upperton, it’s Chichester council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you get to a site in Upperton?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. 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.
How is kitchen extract ductwork cleaned?
We get into the duct through its access panels. Thick deposits are removed by hand before degreasing, such as degreasers, hot water or steam.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.
About our ductwork cleaning in Upperton
Not every duct has enough access panels. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. An honest report beats a guess. Common call-outs are for a duct clean needed for an insurer and grease pooling at the foot of the riser, across access panels, vertical risers and bends and junctions.
For a kitchen in or near Upperton, 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, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Upperton (GU28)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need ductwork cleaning in Upperton
Air cools as it moves away from the canopy. Cooling air drops its grease onto the inside of the duct, which is why ducts go on gathering grease well beyond the filters.
Look out for any of the following:
- Duct runs with no cleaning record
- High readings at a recent grease test
- Grease pooling at the foot of the riser
- An insurer asking for TR19 evidence
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Upperton (Petworth House is about 1.2 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care.
What your quote should include
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether they recommend a next date
Places near Upperton
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What affects the cost of ductwork cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The times the site is available
- The size of the system
- What state the system is in
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Part by part
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.
Access panels
After cleaning, every panel is closed and sealed, so grease and air stay inside the duct. We’ll tell you if any panel needs replacing.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Tell us if grease leaks from the ductwork
- Book the next clean before the recommended date
- Have the grease measured if cooking hours go up
- Keep the fan on while anything is cooking
The report gives a recommended next clean date, based on the readings and your daily cooking hours, in line with BESA guidance.
Watch for warning signs between cleans: grease leaking from duct joints, smells, or a fan that sounds rough. Testing will show whether any section has reached 500 microns.
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Ductwork cleaning around Upperton
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 9 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Upperton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever those kitchens cook under a canopy, the horizontal runs and risers need cleaning as well as the hood. Fire safety in Upperton falls to 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. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in Upperton. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Midhurst Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Upperton, about 4.3 miles west. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of All Hallows, or anywhere in Upperton, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Upperton is about 12 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. We provide ductwork cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Upperton and the rest of West Sussex. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Upperton among them. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page, about 18 miles away.
Work in GU28 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Neighbouring places we cover for ductwork cleaning include Tillington (1 mile south-east), Hampers Green (1 mile east), River (1 mile west), Petworth (1 mile south-east) and Rotherbridge (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Horsham (14 miles east), Bognor Regis (14 miles south), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (14 miles south), Rustington (14 miles south-east) and Storrington (10 miles south-east).
Around Upperton
A little further out are Midhurst Community Hospital (4.3 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.2 miles south). For a walk, there’s Graffham Common and Blackdown.
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® is not law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. The Fire Safety Order 2005 makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, including the grease inside the extract ductwork. In a place like Upperton, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Upperton
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
How it works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes from a few hours to more than one visit, depending on duct length and access, and we clear up before we go. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Upperton.
- Diagnosis: a survey of the duct’s route, size and access.
- A fixed quote follows, based on what we found.
- We clean section by section, working from panel to panel.
- Bends, risers and the base of each riser get extra attention.
- Readings, photos and a recommended next clean date complete the job.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for ductwork cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.