East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Heathfield, East Sussex
Our technicians work in Heathfield on kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Stale cooking odours from the system
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Heathfield
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 cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. The work covers vertical risers, extract fans and discharge points, and common reasons people get in touch are an overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer and missing paperwork after a change of operator. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, in Heathfield it means the same thing to us: the whole system, cleaned and certificated.
Most kitchens in Heathfield fall into one of BESA’s three bands: every 3 months for 12–16 hours, every 6 months for 6–12 hours and every 12 months for 2–6 hours, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Around a smaller place like Heathfield, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Heathfield (TN21)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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Why act early in Heathfield
Leaving the clean until the next refit doesn’t make the grease go away. Fat that was soft and easy to remove hardens with heat and time, which is slower to clean. Regular cleans keep each visit shorter. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fully insured
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Institutional kitchens tend to cook to set hours, so cleans can be planned for holidays or quiet times. The certificate and report suit estates and compliance files.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge is where air leaves the building, and grease can collect there too. We clean it where it can be safely reached, and any limits are recorded.
What we do, step by step
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 the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. For a place like Heathfield, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- You send pictures or we visit, and the system is surveyed from canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and send you a fixed quote.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Heathfield
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Heathfield. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Heathfield is covered by 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. Environmental health officers from Wealden council inspect food businesses in Heathfield. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Where a hall near St Richards Church, or anywhere in Heathfield, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Parkside Community Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Heathfield is about 7 miles north of Hailsham, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Heathfield or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, Heathfield among them. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 19 miles from Heathfield.
Every address in TN21 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Upper Station Road, Station Road and High Street, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. With the A265 and A267 close by, Heathfield is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. We also cover the places around Heathfield: Sandy Cross (1 mile south), Old Heathfield (1 mile east), Cade Street (1 mile east), Maynard's Green (1 mile south) and Broad Oak (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (12 miles south), Hastings (15 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (12 miles south-east), Seaford (15 miles south-west), Lewes (12 miles south-west) and Hailsham (7 miles south).
Near you in Heathfield
In Heathfield, that means kitchens and buildings near Heathfield Community College and Runt-in-Tun pub. Other landmarks nearby include Sussex Farm Museum (2.3 miles south) and Old Castle (4.5 miles east). Not far away are Selwyns Wood.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what kitchen extract cleaning won’t do:
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that is for a ductwork contractor)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Heathfield?
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. BESA guidance sets minimum cleaning intervals of every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours, and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Clients typically contact us after spotting something like this:
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- Grease dripping from the canopy or filters
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Heathfield is Hellingly Hospital, about 5.3 miles south.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the price is fixed
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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, and that is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Heathfield: your questions answered
Will you come out to Heathfield?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who inspects food businesses in Heathfield?
In Heathfield, it’s Wealden council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which parts of the extract do you clean?
All of it, from the canopy through to the discharge. Where there are not enough access panels to reach a section, it’s recorded, and we can fit new ones.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
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.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours, 6 months for 6 to 12 hours and 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Grease readings can show a shorter interval is needed.
Can you quote from photos?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we usually come back within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.