London and the South East

Kitchen Extract Cleaning in East Sussex

Kitchen extract cleaning in all 289 towns and villages of East Sussex, done evenings, overnight or at weekends, with a fixed quote before we start and a report with photos afterwards.

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Where we work in East Sussex

TR19 Grease cleaning of complete kitchen extract systems, from canopy to discharge. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, and get in touch for a quick quote.

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How kitchen extract cleaning works in East Sussex

Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in East Sussex, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. We’re often asked to deal with a system with no record of a TR19 clean and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, across vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and discharge points.

Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows.

First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.

What you will pay

When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is 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

Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Each visit written up, with photos
In business since 2009
Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line

Getting a quote

Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.

Local landmarks in Eastbourne

We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around St Andrew, Princes Park and Stafford Junior School and the streets around them. Also close by are The King's Arms Public House (0.9 miles south-east), WMG Academy for Young Engineers (1.5 miles south-west) and Ratton School (1.1 miles west). The nearest railway station is Hampden Park station, about 0.7 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Pevensey Castle (3 miles north-east) and Royal Sussex Regimental Museum (1 mile south-east). Not far away are Combe Hill.

Kitchen extracts across East Sussex

Across East Sussex, from Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea outwards, kitchens range from town-centre restaurants and takeaways to pubs, hotels, schools and care homes. Every one gets the same full TR19® clean, from the canopy to the discharge.

From central London kitchens to coastal hotels and country pubs, London and the South East have every kind of site. The same TR19® standard applies to all of them, in East Sussex and beyond. In the coastal parts of East Sussex, salt air and damp are hard on ductwork, fans and dampers, which is worth knowing when systems are inspected.

Eastbourne: If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Andrew or elsewhere in Eastbourne, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Stafford Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.

How we price kitchen extract cleaning

Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:

Any permits to work or inductions
A single visit or a regular plan
How big the system is
What state the system is in

What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.

Helping us quote

You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:

Any access panels or hatches you can see
The times we could work without disrupting the site
The site address and the type of premises
Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks

We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.

Different parts, different methods

Restaurant and pub kitchens

Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.

Extract fan and discharge

The discharge is where air leaves the building, which can collect grease and stain the surface around it. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.

Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning

It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. Grease in those sections keeps building out of sight.

Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:

Missing paperwork after a change of operator
An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Fat running down the canopy edge
Stale cooking odours from the system

Keeping the system healthy

Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:

Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
Give the canopy a daily wipe
Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works

After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.

Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.

For landlords and multi-site operators

We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.

Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.

FAQs for East Sussex

Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?

Cleans are timed to avoid service. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible, so you don’t lose a service.

Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?

TR19 is not written into law, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.

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. Any part without access is noted.

How long does it take to clean a kitchen extract system?

That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one.

Is there a survey before the work?

Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.

What do you do to protect the area?

With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.

What if parts of the system cannot be reached?

They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.