East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Barcombe Mills
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in Barcombe Mills and across East Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Kitchen extract cleaning in Barcombe Mills
Across Barcombe Mills, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. 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 grease drips onto cooking equipment and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, we can put it right. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Barcombe Mills start: a system that is clean inside, not just on the surface, and a certificate that proves it.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: grease readings at set points tell us where the heaviest deposits are, and readings afterwards go into your report.
For a kitchen in or near Barcombe Mills, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Barcombe Mills (BN8)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Barcombe Mills: your questions answered
Can you come to Barcombe Mills after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Barcombe Mills can fit around your hours. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Barcombe Mills?
Kitchens in Barcombe Mills are inspected by Lewes council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you cover Barcombe Mills?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Barcombe Mills included.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. TR19 is the industry benchmark for meeting that duty in a kitchen extract, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we’ll survey first.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What information do you need?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Barcombe Mills
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The scale of the work
- The times the site is available
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The condition of the system
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any previous report or certificate
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Barcombe Mills
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Filters that are bent, badly fitted, missing or left uncleaned let more fat into the plenum and duct, and from there it travels on to the fan.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Glyndebourne is about 3 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service isn’t an option for most restaurants and pubs. Overnight and weekend cleans keep the kitchen trading, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate goes straight into the site’s maintenance records.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Barcombe Mills: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 3 pubs and bars in Barcombe Mills and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Barcombe Mills are the job of Lewes council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Barcombe Mills is East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
For schools such as Barcombe Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Barcombe Mills, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Barcombe Mills is about 3 miles north-east of Lewes, in East Sussex. Wherever you are in the BN8 postcode area, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, Barcombe Mills among them. Brighton is in our area too, around 9 miles away.
Every address in BN8 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If your site is just outside Barcombe Mills, we cover Barcombe (1 mile west), Barcombe Cross (1 mile north-west), Upper Wellingham (1 mile south), Mount Pleasant (1 mile north) and Norlington (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (14 miles south-east), Seaford (10 miles south), Lewes (3 miles south-west), Hailsham (10 miles east), Crowborough (11 miles north-east) and Uckfield (5 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Barcombe Mills
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Anglers Rest pub and Ringmer Community College and Sixth Form and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Cooksbridge station, about 2 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Lewes Castle (3.2 miles south) and Museum of Agricultural Bygones (2.9 miles south-east). Not far away are Cliffe Hill and Malling Down.
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
Every clean ends with a photo report. Before and after pictures show each part of the system, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. A daily wipe isn’t a deep clean, but it helps between visits.
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. The timing of a visit to Barcombe Mills is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
Environmental health officers inspect food businesses, in Barcombe Mills as everywhere else, and a greasy canopy or dripping filters won’t go unnoticed. Keeping the extract clean helps the whole kitchen pass muster. If the system at a site near Barcombe Mills fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Barcombe Mills
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.