East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Ashton Green
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Ashton Green: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Ashton Green
The ducts are where most of the grease hides. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we can’t reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. If you’re dealing with grease smells coming from the extract and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, we can put it right. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Ashton Green, you get one team and one number for every site, wherever you are in East Sussex.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, which is why a TR19® clean in Ashton Green goes well beyond the canopy.
Work in a small place like Ashton Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
We have been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Ashton Green (BN8)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026

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Managing agents and facilities teams in Ashton Green
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
What we do, step by step
Your staff do not 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. The timing of a visit to Ashton Green is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- 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.
- Readings are repeated, photos taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
When it’s something else
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A damper that sticks or has a damaged link
- A duct that’s holed or coming apart
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Ashton Green
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
Kitchen extract cleaning in Ashton Green: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Ashton Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Environmental health officers from Lewes council inspect food businesses in Ashton Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Ashton Green is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Ashton Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Ashton Green is Lewes Victoria Hospital, about 3.8 miles west.
Ashton Green is about 3 miles east of Lewes, in East Sussex. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Ashton Green, please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Ashton Green included. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Ashton Green is one of them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (10 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in BN8 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Neaves Lane and Potato Lane and nearby roads. Other places close to Ashton Green include Ringmer (1 mile west), Glyndebourne (1 mile south-west), Glynde (2 miles south), Cliffe (3 miles south-west) and Firle (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (12 miles south-east), Seaford (8 miles south), Lewes (3 miles west), Hailsham (8 miles east), Crowborough (12 miles north) and Uckfield (6 miles north).
Local landmarks in Ashton Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Ringmer Community College and Sixth Form and The Green Man pub, among other places. Ashton Green’s nearest station is Glynde station, roughly 2.1 miles south of the centre. Nearby you will also find Museum of Agricultural Bygones (0.7 miles north-east) and Lewes Victoria Hospital (3.8 miles west). The countryside around Ashton Green includes Malling Down and Cliffe Hill.
FAQs for Ashton Green
Which council inspects kitchens in Ashton Green?
In Ashton Green, it’s Lewes 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.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Ashton Green in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Ashton Green, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we typically come back within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we will survey first.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 sit alongside that, and we are fully insured.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Ashton Green
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Ringmer Primary and Nursery School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before you book
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Why it’s worth doing now in Ashton Green
Putting it off simply moves the grease further down the duct. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, which is slower to clean. Staying on a regular cycle keeps each clean manageable. A fault that closes a site in a village like Ashton Green affects everyone who depends on it.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Ashton Green
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Photo reports with every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
See our cost guide and our accreditations.