East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Chiltington, East Sussex
Kitchen extract cleaning across Chiltington and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Chiltington questions
Do you work at weekends in Chiltington?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Chiltington needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Do you cover smaller places like Chiltington?
Yes. Chiltington is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
Every clean comes with a TR19 certificate and a photo report. They belong in the maintenance log, ready for your insurer or an inspection.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Chiltington
Think of it as a health check for the kitchen’s airways: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. The sign-off is a TR19 certificate with a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. The work covers vertical risers, horizontal duct runs and extract fans, and people most often call us about a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19. Some call it canopy cleaning, others extract cleaning or duct cleaning, but a proper TR19® clean in Chiltington covers all of it, from the hood to the fan.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and readings afterwards go into your report.
In a small place like Chiltington, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Chiltington (BN7)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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:
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How big the system is
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Chiltington
We often find duct sections that haven’t been cleaned since they were installed. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so nobody could get to them. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Chiltington (Anne of Cleves House is about 3.7 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the figure could change on the day
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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.
What happens on the day
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 as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Chiltington.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Leave it or put it right?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. A fault that closes a site in a village like Chiltington affects everyone who depends on it.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Chiltington
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Kitchen extracts in Chiltington
Chiltington is about 40 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. Environmental health officers from Lewes council inspect food businesses in Chiltington. 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.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Chailey School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church or anywhere around Chiltington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Chiltington is about 3 miles north-west of Lewes, in East Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Chiltington, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, and Chiltington is one of them. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 7 miles from Chiltington.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: BN7. Other places close to Chiltington include East Chiltington (1 mile west), Cooksbridge (1 mile south-east), South Chailey (1 mile north), Plumpton (2 miles south-west) and Plumpton Green (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Seaford (12 miles south-east), Lewes (3 miles south-east), Hailsham (13 miles east), Crowborough (12 miles north-east), Uckfield (7 miles north-east) and Newhaven (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Chiltington
Chiltington’s nearest station is Cooksbridge station, roughly 1.3 miles south-east. Nearby you’ll also find Lewes Castle (3.5 miles south-east) and Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft (3.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Blackcap and Malling Down.