East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Birchett's Green
Kitchen extract cleaning across Birchett's Green and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
What affects the quote in Birchett's Green
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Birchett's Green
Across Birchett's Green, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. The job starts with a survey and grease readings, then works through canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, fan and discharge. You get a TR19 certificate and a photo report at the end. If you have poor airflow at the canopy and grease drips onto cooking equipment, we can put it right. Extraction cleaning, hood cleaning and TR19 duct cleaning all end up in the same place: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
Before we clean, we look at where the grease is: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and readings afterwards go into your report.
For a kitchen in or near Birchett's Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Birchett's Green (TN5)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Wash or exchange the filters often
Any section without access is marked on the report. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It won’t replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why Birchett's Green businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Every job surveyed first
Kitchen extracts in Birchett's Green
Look up Birchett's Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Birchett's Green. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. It’s Wealden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Birchett's Green. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Birchett's Green is East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Wadhurst Castle is about 2 miles west), access may need planning. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Ticehurst House Hospital is the nearest hospital to Birchett's Green, about 1.1 miles south-east.
Birchett's Green is about 7 miles south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in East Sussex. From the centre of Birchett's Green to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, and Birchett's Green is one of them. Maidstone is in our area too, around 16 miles away.
Kitchen extract cleaning in TN5 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Wallcrouch (1 mile south), Shover's Green (1 mile south-west), Cousley Wood (2 miles north-west), Pell Green (2 miles north-west) and Stonegate (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Hastings (15 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (15 miles south), Hailsham (14 miles south), Crowborough (9 miles west), Uckfield (13 miles south-west) and Heathfield (8 miles south-west).
Around Birchett's Green
The closest station to Birchett's Green is Stonegate station, roughly 2.6 miles south. A little further out are Finchcocks Musical Museum (3.8 miles north-east) and Ticehurst House Hospital (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Bewl Water.
Common questions in Birchett's Green
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Birchett's Green?
It’s East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Birchett's Green. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Birchett's Green?
Food hygiene inspections in Birchett's Green are carried out by Wealden council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
We work around your hours. Overnight, weekend and between-service cleans are all possible, so you don’t lose a service.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® itself is not law. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
At the end of the system is the discharge, and grease can collect there too. It’s cleaned as far as safe access allows, and any limits are recorded.
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, each section is cleaned and photographed before and after.
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Birchett's Green and turn up when the site is quiet.
- You send photos or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
When to call us in Birchett's Green
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That is why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Fat running down the canopy edge
For schools such as Uplands Community College, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Proof of insurance