West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Dragons Green
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Dragons Green? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Dragons Green
Many insurers ask for proof that the extract has been cleaned to TR19, and a claim can be refused or reduced without it. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Dragons Green give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. If you’re dealing with fat running down the canopy edge and a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history, we can put it right, from discharge points, plenums and filters and vertical risers onwards. When a restaurant in Dragons Green asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s our main job: the whole run from hood to roof, cleaned to TR19® Grease.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that is where most of the work in Dragons Green goes.
For a kitchen in or near Dragons Green, 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Dragons Green (RH13)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Dragons Green
Can you work in Dragons Green outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Dragons Green can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Dragons Green?
Kitchens in Dragons Green are inspected by Horsham council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote typically follows within one working day. If photos are not enough, we will survey first.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What does a TR19 kitchen extract clean include?
Everything from canopy to discharge: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Any part without access is noted.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Dragons Green
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses across Dragons Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Food hygiene inspections in Dragons Green are the job of Horsham council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Dragons Green. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Dragons Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Horsham Hospital is the nearest hospital to Dragons Green, about 5.4 miles north-east.
Dragons Green is about 5 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. From the centre of Dragons Green to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Dragons Green is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for commercial clients. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (16 miles or so).
All of RH13 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Dragons Lane and Dragons Green Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Dragons Green include Shipley (1 mile south), Whitehall (1 mile south), Broomer's Corner (2 miles south-west), Dial Post (3 miles south) and West Grinstead (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Crawley (11 miles north-east), Horsham (5 miles north-east), Worthing (12 miles south), Haywards Heath (12 miles east), Burgess Hill (11 miles east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south-west).
What’s near Dragons Green
Dragons Green’s nearest station is Billingshurst station, roughly 3.4 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Horsham Hospital (5.4 miles north-east) and Christs Hospital School Museum (3.2 miles north). Not far away are Knepp Wildland.
Nearby places to Dragons Green
What else we do in Dragons Green
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
- Vertical risers
Why deal with it now?
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. Somewhere as small as Dragons Green, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why Dragons Green businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- In business since 2009
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Keep grease collection points emptied
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Run the extract whenever the kitchen is cooking. Cooking with the extract off lets grease and heat settle in the canopy, and the next clean has more to do.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Somewhere as small as Dragons Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What we’re called out for in Dragons Green
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. For a kitchen in Dragons Green, keeping that fuel under control is part of the fire risk assessment.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Fat running down the canopy edge
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Shipley CofE Primary School or anywhere near Dragons Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before booking anyone
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.