West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Castle Town
Kitchen extract cleaning for Castle Town and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Stale cooking odours from the system
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The times the site is available
- What state the system is in
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- 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
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any previous report or certificate
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Castle Town
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. We’re often asked to deal with fat running down the canopy edge and an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer, across horizontal duct runs, discharge points and extract fans. Kitchens in Castle Town book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Castle Town (BN44)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Castle Town
There are about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Castle Town, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. Food hygiene inspections in Castle Town are the job of Horsham council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Castle Town is West 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Upper Beeding Primary School or anywhere near Castle Town, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Historic houses near Castle Town, such as Portslade Manor about 4.2 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Where a hall near St Botolph's Church, or anywhere in Castle Town, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Castle Town is about 3 miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Sites in Castle Town get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Castle Town is one of them. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 8 miles from Castle Town.
Here we cover the BN44 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Henfield Road, The Bostal and Shoreham Road or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover the places around Castle Town: Adur (2 miles south), Old Shoreham (3 miles south), Shoreham-by-Sea (3 miles south), Fulking (3 miles east) and Kingston by Sea (4 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Horsham (13 miles north), Worthing (6 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (12 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (9 miles north-east), Littlehampton (11 miles south-west) and Lancing (4 miles south).
Local landmarks in Castle Town
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Steyning Grammar School and Hillside Park (parke sa Hiniusang Gingharian). For rail, the closest station is Shoreham-By-Sea station, roughly 3.2 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Southlands Hospital (3.1 miles south-east) and Steyning Museum (1.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Mill Hill and Truleigh Hill.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, and lists what was cleaned, any areas we couldn’t reach and the date the next clean is due.
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.
The process
We’re used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Castle Town knowing what to expect.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by pictures or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- The whole route is cleaned, from the canopy through the ductwork to the fan and the discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Want a quote for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
Restaurant and pub kitchens
High-heat cooking loads the extract with grease, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Why act early in Castle Town
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It’s simpler to plan the work at Castle Town now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Castle Town businesses choose us
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem 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’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
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Castle Town: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Castle Town?
The local authority for Castle Town is Horsham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Castle Town?
Castle Town is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
The whole system: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost in Castle Town?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before work begins.