East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Stone Cross, East Sussex
Extract fan cleaning across Stone Cross and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
You get before and after pictures of the impeller and housing. It notes what was done and anything that couldn’t be reached, along with the recommended next clean date.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Extract fan cleaning in Stone Cross
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have a fan that no longer moves enough air and a heavily greased fan housing, we can help.
For a smaller kitchen near Stone Cross, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, 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.
- Place
- Stone Cross (BN24)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Stone Cross
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Stone Cross as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Luke's Church or elsewhere in Stone Cross, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Comparing quotes
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Proof of insurance
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for most single fans. Everything the job in Stone Cross needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
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Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Stone Cross
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- The scale of the work
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Any permits to work or inductions
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Grease, kitchens and Stone Cross
Stone Cross is within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 27 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 11 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Stone Cross, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. It’s Wealden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Stone Cross. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
For schools such as Stone Cross School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Stone Cross (Michelham Priory is about 4.8 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Stone Cross is about 2 miles north of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. Sites in Stone Cross 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. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Brighton, about 19 miles from Stone Cross.
Every address in BN24 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as Millers Keep, Geering Road and Nutley Mill Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Blackness (1 mile north-west), Hankham (1 mile north), Willingdon (2 miles south-west), Lower Willingdon (2 miles west) and Polegate (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Hastings (12 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles east), Seaford (9 miles west), Lewes (13 miles west), Hailsham (4 miles north-west) and St Leonards (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Stone Cross
In Stone Cross, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion pub and Causeway School. The closest station to Stone Cross is Pevensey & Westham station, roughly 1.3 miles east. A little further out are Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.4 miles south-west) and Pevensey Court House Museum And Gaol (1.6 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Combe Hill.
Stone Cross: your questions answered
Does being near the coast affect extract fan cleaning in Stone Cross?
Yes, to a degree: at about 3 miles from the coast, Stone Cross gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Do you cover smaller places like Stone Cross?
Yes. Stone Cross is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
It takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, if the fan needs it. We will often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan normally means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Different parts, different methods
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them, so the outlet area is checked too. Heavy staining is noted on the report.