West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Alfold Bars, West Sussex
Kitchen extract cleaning in Alfold Bars from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Kitchen extract cleaning in Alfold Bars
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers plenums and filters, vertical risers and extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey and an inspection that picked up a dirty extract. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across West Sussex.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Alfold Bars (RH14)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Alfold Bars
Grease that’s left only gets thicker. Under BESA guidance, grease shouldn’t exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere reaching 500 microns or more needs a spot clean right away. The longer it’s left, the bigger the job becomes. It’s simpler to plan the work at Alfold Bars now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Also near Alfold Bars
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Alfold Bars questions
Do you work overnight in Alfold Bars?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which environmental health team covers Alfold Bars?
Kitchens in Alfold Bars are inspected by Chichester council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
The whole system: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. We will confirm the time when we quote.
What should I send you?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
Common problems we fix in Alfold Bars
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and it does not stop until it reaches the fan.
What we are most often called out for:
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Loxwood Primary School or anywhere near Alfold Bars, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- What insurance they carry
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- If they look at the system before pricing
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition we find in the survey
- Parking and loading at the site
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Alfold Bars.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures 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.
Advice
Alfold Bars kitchens: local notes
About 34 miles out from central London, Alfold Bars is part of the South East area we work across. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you. The fire and rescue service for Alfold Bars is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Alfold Bars, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Alfold Bars is about 9 miles west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Alfold Bars gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Alfold Bars among them. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 11 miles away.
Here we cover the RH14 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Pigbush Lane and Oakhurst Lane and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for kitchen extract cleaning include Alfold (1 mile north), Loxwood (1 mile south), Ifold (2 miles south-west), Plaistow (2 miles south-west) and Durfold Wood (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (14 miles east), Horsham (9 miles east), Broadfield (14 miles east), Storrington (12 miles south), Billingshurst (6 miles south-east) and Bewbush (13 miles east).
Near you in Alfold Bars
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Crown pub and Fir Tree Copse and the streets around them. Not far away are Shillinglee Lake.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.