East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Forest Row
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in Forest Row? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
Different parts, different methods
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning and we offer a filter exchange service for that. Clean filters slow the build-up further down the system.
Extract fan and discharge
The fan pulls the air through the whole system, and grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades. We isolate it, open it up and degrease it.
Kitchen extract cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Forest Row
Few kitchens can stop cooking for a day so the extract can be cleaned. We work evenings, overnight and at 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. The work covers extract fans, canopies and hoods and vertical risers, and the jobs we see most are ductwork thick with old, hardened grease and grease drips onto cooking equipment. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Forest Row it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Grease that collects out of sight, behind the filters and along the duct, is what insurers and fire officers worry about, so that is where most of the work in Forest Row goes.
Kitchens around a place like Forest Row 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.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Forest Row (RH18)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Forest Row
After a fire, one of the first questions is often when the extract was last cleaned. 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. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Forest Row
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We’re fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Also near Forest Row
Also in Forest Row
Managing agents and facilities teams in Forest Row
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Forest Row
Grease in an extract starts as 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. Filters catch some of it, but never all.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
School kitchens, at schools like Forest Row Church of England Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Forest Row questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Forest Row in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Forest Row, the Food Standards Agency lists about 5 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll fit the work in.
Which council inspects kitchens in Forest Row?
The local authority for Forest Row is Wealden council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19® itself is not law. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19 is the benchmark used to show extract grease is under control.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
Every part the air passes through, as far as access allows. Sections with no access are listed on the report, and extra panels can be fitted.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, if we can see what we need. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. Heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day calls for a clean at least every 3 months under BESA guidance, and lighter use less often. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before any work starts, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Forest Row.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, 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.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy that is too small or a system that was badly designed
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A fan motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
Forest Row kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 17 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Forest Row, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. Environmental health officers from Wealden council inspect food businesses in Forest Row. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Forest Row is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Forest Row, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Queen Victoria Hospital (about 3.2 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Forest Row is about 3 miles south-east of East Grinstead, in East Sussex. From the centre of Forest Row to the outskirts, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Forest Row is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Brighton page (19 miles or so).
Kitchen extract cleaning in RH18 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Evelyn Clark Square, Station Road and London Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Forest Row: Coleman's Hatch (1 mile east), Wych Cross (2 miles south), Upper Hartfield (2 miles east), Chelwood Gate (3 miles south) and Birchgrove (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Lewes (15 miles south), Crowborough (6 miles south-east), Uckfield (9 miles south), South Malling (15 miles south), Heathfield (13 miles south-east) and Southover (15 miles south).
Near you in Forest Row
In Forest Row, that means kitchens and buildings near Foresters Arms and Greenfields School. The nearest railway station is East Grinstead station, roughly 3.2 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include East Grinstead Museum (2.8 miles north-west) and Bolebroke Castle (3.6 miles north-east).
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
Every clean ends with a photo report. It shows the system before and after, part by part, alongside a list of what was cleaned, anything out of reach and the recommended next clean date.
Tell whoever looks after the system when something changes. Drips, odours and fan noise often mean grease is building, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.