West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Colworth
Kitchen extract cleaning for Colworth, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Colworth
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Colworth?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Colworth. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Colworth in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 4 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Colworth. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
We clean while the kitchen is closed, working evenings, overnight or at weekends to suit you. We need the equipment switched off and cooled first.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Colworth
Across Colworth, 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. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. If you have missing paperwork after a change of operator and an extract that has never been cleaned to TR19, we can help. Kitchens in Colworth book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
A clean in Colworth covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
For a kitchen in or near Colworth, 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.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Colworth (PO20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many policies require cleaning to TR19, and an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof. A certificate in the file answers that question. A fault that closes a site in a village like Colworth affects everyone who depends on it.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Why Colworth businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fully insured
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
More services for Colworth
Kitchen extracts in Colworth
The coast is only about 3 miles from Colworth. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency records include about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within about 1.5 miles of central Colworth. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Colworth are the job of Chichester council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Bartons Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (about 2.2 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Colworth is about 2 miles north of Bognor Regis, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Colworth, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Colworth is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page (16 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in PO20 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Colworth: Merston (1 mile west), Oving (2 miles north-west), Lagness (2 miles south-west), Runcton (2 miles west) and Shopwyke (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Worthing (13 miles east), Chichester (4 miles north-west), Selsey (7 miles south-west), Littlehampton (8 miles east), Emsworth (10 miles west) and Rustington (9 miles east).
What’s near Colworth
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Regis School and The Brooks Local Nature Reserve and the streets around them. The closest station to Colworth is Bognor Regis station, roughly 2.5 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Bognor Regis Museum (2.7 miles south-east) and Tote Copse Castle (1.3 miles north-east).
When to call us in Colworth
What’s on the menu matters as much as how much is cooked. Frying, grilling and roasting send far more fat into the canopy than steaming or boiling, which is why grease readings matter more than the calendar.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Goodwood House is about 4 miles north-west), access may need planning.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Somewhere like Colworth, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, 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, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
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Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Run the extract fan throughout cooking
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That’s part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by kitchen extract cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A fan motor that has burnt out
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Some healthcare kitchens never fully close. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.