West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Ashington, West Sussex
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Ashington? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Ashington
Any kitchen we clean in Ashington gets exactly the same specification as everywhere else we work. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. If you are dealing with stale cooking odours from the system and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, we can put it right. When a restaurant in Ashington asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that is exactly what we do: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Somewhere as small as Ashington, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Ashington (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Ashington
The type of cooking changes the amount of grease. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, so two kitchens with the same hours can need very different intervals.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
Church and community hall kitchens, near Ashington Methodist Church or anywhere around Ashington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Questions to ask before you book
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Grease, kitchens and Ashington
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Ashington. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Kitchens in Ashington get their food hygiene inspections from Horsham council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Ashington falls to 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 look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Ashington CofE Primary School or anywhere near Ashington, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Parham House, about 4.5 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Ashington; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Ashington is about 8 miles north of Worthing, in West Sussex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Ashington and the rest of West Sussex. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Ashington is one of them. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 13 miles from Ashington.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: RH20. Streets in the area include London Road, The Sands and Hillcrest Drive, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Ashington: Wiston (1 mile south-east), Dial Post (3 miles north-east), Ashurst (3 miles east), Broomer's Corner (3 miles north) and Whitehall (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (15 miles north-east), Horsham (10 miles north), Worthing (8 miles south), Haywards Heath (14 miles east), Burgess Hill (12 miles east) and Littlehampton (10 miles south-west).
Around Ashington
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Rydon Community College. Well-known places in the area include The Storrington And District Museum (2.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Chanctonbury Hill and Knepp Wildland.
What we do, step by step
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. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Ashington.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Ashington, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Advice
Also in Ashington
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
Grease meets the system first at the canopy and the plenum behind the filters. Both are scraped and degreased inside and out, including the filter housing.
Grease filters
Filters need cleaning far more often than the duct, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Common questions in Ashington
Is Ashington within the area you cover?
Yes. Ashington is within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who inspects food businesses in Ashington?
In Ashington, it’s Horsham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we will quote them together.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
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 insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Many policies require TR19 cleaning, and insurers often ask to see the certificate. An insurer may refuse or reduce a claim if there’s no evidence, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
What accreditations do you hold?
As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, our work sits within an independently audited scheme. We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 too, and we’re fully insured.
Why deal with it now?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A certificate in the file answers that question. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- In business since 2009
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise right away
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
You leave with a date for the next clean, based on your cooking hours and the grease we measured. A 3, 6 or 12-monthly maintenance plan keeps it on track, so the date isn’t missed.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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 kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Ductwork that’s corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters