East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Filching
Kitchen extract cleaning for Filching and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Filching
A closed kitchen isn’t earning, so the timing of a clean matters. 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. Common call-outs are for an inspection that picked up a dirty extract and cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey, across extract fans, discharge points and plenums and filters. Most calls from Filching come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
A clean in Filching covers the canopy, plenum, filters, ductwork, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
For a kitchen in or near Filching, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Filching (BN26)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Horizontal duct runs
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system. The timing of a visit to Filching is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- Grease readings set the baseline, and a fixed quote follows.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Filching questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Filching out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Filching. You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Can the work in Filching be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Filching needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Is Filching in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Filching included.
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.
How long does a kitchen extract 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.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
Places near Filching
More services for Filching
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. File it with the fire risk assessment and the maintenance log, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Wipe the canopy down regularly and empty grease troughs or collection points. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Filching: the local picture
There are about 11 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 10 takeaways and sandwich shops in Filching and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Fire safety in Filching falls to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Filching get their food hygiene inspections from Wealden council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hospital like Eastbourne District General Hospital, about 2.3 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of Saint Peter or anywhere around Filching, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Filching is about 3 miles north-west of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Filching, kitchen extract cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Filching is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (16 miles or so).
We cover every part of BN26 for kitchen extract cleaning and the roads nearby. If your site is just outside Filching, we cover Wannock (1 mile north-east), Folkington (1 mile north-west), Lower Willingdon (1 mile east), Willingdon (1 mile east) and Polegate (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (3 miles south-east), Hastings (15 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (11 miles east), Seaford (5 miles west), Lewes (11 miles north-west) and Hailsham (4 miles north).
What’s near Filching
Around Filching, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Eight Bells Inn and Willingdon Community School. For rail, the closest station is Polegate station, roughly 1.5 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Burlough Castle (2.5 miles west) and Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.3 miles south-east). Open spaces near Filching include Combe Hill.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Filching
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The size of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
The cost 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 work begins, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Filching?
Cooking fat leaves the pan as a fine vapour. Once it cools inside the ductwork, it condenses onto every surface it touches, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease smells coming from the extract
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Alfriston Clergy House is about 2.9 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What your quote should include
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
Canopies vary from a single hood to long runs over several appliances, every section is cleaned and recorded in the photo report before and after.
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 with as little disruption as possible.