West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Halnaker, West Sussex
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Halnaker, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Don’t let the canopy gutters overflow
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
The certificate records when the clean was done, where and by whom. Keep it in the maintenance log with your fire risk assessment, so it’s to hand when an insurer, fire officer or EHO asks.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Halnaker
Cooking sends fat-laden vapour into the canopy with every service. As it cools, it clings to the inside of the ductwork and keeps building. That layer will burn, and a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. Common call-outs are for poor airflow at the canopy and stale cooking odours from the system, across discharge points, horizontal duct runs and plenums and filters. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Halnaker it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a village or hamlet like Halnaker, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Halnaker (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Halnaker: your questions answered
Can you get to a site in Halnaker?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Halnaker is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who inspects food businesses in Halnaker?
The local authority for Halnaker is Chichester 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.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
How much 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 any work starts.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
Are you a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, and certificates go through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. We’ve been trading since 2009.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Halnaker: the local picture
Look up Halnaker on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 7 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Halnaker and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. Kitchens in Halnaker get their food hygiene inspections from Chichester council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Halnaker sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Chichester Centre about 2.9 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Priory Church of St Mary and St Blaize, or anywhere in Halnaker, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Halnaker is about 3 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Anywhere in PO18, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for commercial sites. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Halnaker among them. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, about 16 miles away.
Every address in PO18 is covered for kitchen extract cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on The Street, Stame Road and Oakford Park and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Boxgrove (1 mile south), Waterbeach (1 mile west), Tangmere (1 mile south), Strettington (1 mile south-west) and Westerton (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (14 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south), Chichester (3 miles south-west), Selsey (10 miles south), Littlehampton (9 miles south-east) and Emsworth (10 miles west).
What’s near Halnaker
Halnaker’s nearest station is Chichester station, roughly 3.8 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Chichester Centre (2.9 miles south-west) and The Chichester City Museum (3.4 miles south-west). Open spaces near Halnaker include Levin Down.
Places near Halnaker
What else we do in Halnaker
What happens if it’s left?
A clogged extract doesn’t only raise the fire risk. Blocked filters and narrowed ducts slow the airflow, leaving the kitchen hot and smoky and the fan strains to keep up. Grease drips, smells and condensation are common next. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why book with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Halnaker
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
When to call us in Halnaker
A lot of duct grease gets there because the filters let it through. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Boxgrove CofE Primary School or anywhere near Halnaker, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What paperwork you get at the end
What we do, step by step
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Halnaker.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- We measure the grease at set points along the system, then give you a fixed price.
- On the day, cooking equipment is switched off and left to cool, and everything nearby is sheeted.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Finally the system is re-tested and photographed, and the certificate and report follow.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Where the site is and how we reach it
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.