West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Crosspost, West Sussex
Kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites in Crosspost and across West Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
Questions from Crosspost
Do you cover smaller places like Crosspost?
Yes, Crosspost is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you work in Crosspost outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Crosspost can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Can you quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
What does TR19 mean?
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.
How long will the clean take?
A small kitchen with a short duct can be done in a few hours, but large systems may be spread over more than one visit. Your quote says how long to expect.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
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 kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before work begins.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Crosspost, done properly
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. Cleans are booked for evenings, overnight or weekends, or during holidays where a site closes for them. Equipment is switched off and left to cool, the area is sheeted, and the kitchen is handed back ready to cook. Common call-outs are for rancid smells from grease in the duct and a kitchen taken over without any extract records, across vertical risers, extract fans and plenums and filters. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Crosspost, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
Most kitchens in Crosspost fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Crosspost (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- Extraction that cannot cope with the cooking because of its design
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Crosspost
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
Why deal with it now?
If your kitchen in Crosspost is past its cleaning date, it’s worth booking now. The job takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and we fit around your opening hours. Waiting only adds grease and risk. It’s simpler to plan the work at Crosspost now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
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 book with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Trading since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- We’re fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Grease, kitchens and Crosspost
There are about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Crosspost, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council inspect food businesses in Crosspost. 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. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Crosspost. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Historic houses near Crosspost, such as Ockenden Manor about 3.1 miles north-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mary Magdalene's Church or elsewhere in Crosspost, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Bolney CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Crosspost is about 4 miles north-west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. We carry out kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Crosspost and the rest of West Sussex. Crosspost is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 11 miles away.
Here we cover the RH17 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. Whether your site is on Cowfold Road and Chapel Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Bolney (1 mile north-east), Twineham Green (1 mile south), Twineham (2 miles south), Wineham (2 miles south-west) and Kent Street (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Crawley (9 miles north), Horsham (7 miles north-west), Worthing (14 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (5 miles east), Burgess Hill (4 miles south-east) and East Grinstead (13 miles north-east).
Around Crosspost
For rail, the closest station is Wivelsfield station, about 4.2 miles east. Well-known places in the area include The Dene Hospital (2.5 miles south-east) and Cuckfield Museum (3.2 miles north-east). Open spaces near Crosspost include Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Crosspost
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Places near Crosspost
What else we do in Crosspost
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Crosspost
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- The scale of the work
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition we find in the survey
- Where the site is and how we reach it
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
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.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
What happens on the day
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 the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Visits to a village like Crosspost are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, and grease can collect there too. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
Grease filters
We clean the grease filters as part of the job, and put back so they seat correctly. Damaged ones are noted on the report.