East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Etchingwood
We cover Etchingwood for kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchen duct cleaning in Etchingwood
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in Etchingwood, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. The work covers extract fans, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters, and people most often call us about proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and grease drips onto cooking equipment. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Etchingwood, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in East Sussex.
Access decides how thorough a clean can be. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
In a small place like Etchingwood, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Etchingwood (TN22)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy that’s too small or a system that was badly designed
- Fire dampers that will not close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Discharge points
- Plenums and filters
Etchingwood: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Etchingwood?
Food hygiene inspections in Etchingwood are carried out by Wealden council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Etchingwood?
It’s East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Etchingwood. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. 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.
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Different parts, different methods
Grease filters
A filter that is missing or bent lets grease straight past. Each filter is checked as it goes back in, and flag any that do not.
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. Access panels along the riser let us clean it in sections.
When to call us in Etchingwood
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, and the layer grows a little with every meal cooked. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Etchingwood, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- What insurance they carry
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
What happens if it’s left?
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. With notice, the visit to Etchingwood can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A written report with pictures after every visit
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Etchingwood, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- With the kitchen closed and equipment off and cool, the area is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Etchingwood, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Keep the baffle filters clean
- Clean grease off the canopy surfaces regularly
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. That is part of an honest TR19 clean, not a failing, and we can fit access panels so it’s reached next time.
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.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Etchingwood kitchens: local notes
Etchingwood sits within the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. We cover Etchingwood, about 37 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Uckfield Community Hospital (about 2.2 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Uckfield College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Etchingwood is about 2 miles north-east of Uckfield, in East Sussex. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Etchingwood, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Etchingwood. Etchingwood is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 16 miles from Etchingwood.
Our technicians cover all of the TN22 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. Nearby, we also carry out kitchen extract cleaning in Potter's Green (1 mile north-west), Buxted (1 mile north-west), Framfield (1 mile south-west), Blackboys (1 mile south-east) and Hadlow Down (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Eastbourne (15 miles south-east), Seaford (14 miles south), Lewes (10 miles south-west), Hailsham (9 miles south-east), Crowborough (5 miles north) and Newhaven (14 miles south).
Around Etchingwood
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Buxted Inn. The nearest railway station is Buxted station, about 0.9 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Uckfield Community Hospital (2.2 miles south-west) and Tickerage Castle (0.9 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Selwyns Wood.