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TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Copthorne
Kitchen extract cleaning in Copthorne from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
How the visit works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In a place like Copthorne, we fit the visit around your hours.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a 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.
- Readings and pictures are taken again, and you receive a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Copthorne, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
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Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Copthorne
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, or between services where the kitchen has a gap. With the equipment off and cool and the area sheeted, we clean and hand the kitchen back ready for the next service. The work covers vertical risers, plenums and filters and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are missing paperwork after a change of operator and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning, extraction cleaning: whatever you call it, it’s the job we do every week across West Sussex.
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.
Kitchens around a place like Copthorne are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
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 and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Copthorne (RH10, RH6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Copthorne
Can you work in Copthorne outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Copthorne needn’t be disturbed. When you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Copthorne in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 2 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Copthorne, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Do I have to clean my extract to TR19 by law?
TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve dealt with extract grease.
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.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
We’re members of Vent Hygiene Elite, the scheme run by BESCA, and we clean to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
Everything from canopy to discharge: the canopy, the plenum behind the filters, the filters, horizontal ducts, vertical risers, the fan and the discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance gives minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months, depending on daily cooking hours. Heavy frying and grilling can mean shorter intervals, and readings will tell you.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
Short systems are done in a few hours, while long runs and tall risers take longer and may need more than one visit. We’ll tell you how long when we quote.
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Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Report grease drips, smells or fan noise straight away
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the pictures. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
What affects the quote in Copthorne
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How big the system is
- The condition we find in the survey
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Kitchen extracts in Copthorne
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 8 pubs, bars and clubs and about 4 hotels and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Copthorne. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Copthorne is covered by 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. In Copthorne, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Langley Green Hospital (about 2.8 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St John's Church or elsewhere in Copthorne, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Copthorne is about 3 miles north-east of Crawley, in West Sussex. Across the RH10 area, we can carry out kitchen extract cleaning at your premises. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Copthorne among them. For sites nearby, see our Brighton page (21 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in RH10 and RH6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Church Road, Brookside and Bridgelands, all of which we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. Copthorne sits on or near the A264, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. We also cover Shipley Bridge (1 mile north-west), Forge Wood (1 mile west), Tinsley Green (1 mile west), Burstow (1 mile north) and Keeper's Corner (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (3 miles south-west), Horsham (10 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (10 miles south), Burgess Hill (12 miles south), East Grinstead (5 miles east) and Broadfield (4 miles south-west).
Around Copthorne
Typical jobs here are in premises near Worth Park Gardens, The Cherry Tree pub and Hazelwick School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Gatwick Airport station, roughly 2 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Effingham Park Motor Museum (1.6 miles east) and County Mall (3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Hedgecourt Lake.
What happens if it’s left?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why us?
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Trading since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
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Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Some systems have attenuators to cut noise, and they hold grease. We clean what can be reached and note anything that cannot.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. Cleans are planned between meals or overnight, so residents and patients are not disturbed.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Copthorne
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Poor airflow at the canopy
School kitchens, at schools like Fairway Infant School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before booking anyone
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What staff can safely do
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.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.