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Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Lower Horncroft
Kitchen extract cleaning across Lower Horncroft and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
What happens if it’s left?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. The responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. If the system at a site near Lower Horncroft fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why Lower Horncroft businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We’re fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horncroft
The part of the system nobody sees is often the dirtiest. We reach horizontal runs and vertical risers through access panels, scraping heavy deposits by hand before degreasing. Any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted. Typical jobs include poor airflow at the canopy and grease drips onto cooking equipment, across vertical risers, discharge points and extract fans. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Lower Horncroft? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
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 Lower Horncroft goes.
Work in a small place like Lower Horncroft starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Lower Horncroft (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Busy restaurant and pub kitchens often cook for long hours, frying and grilling, so their cleaning interval is often 3 or 6 months under BESA guidance. We clean after close or before opening.
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.
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How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Lower Horncroft.
- First the diagnosis: a survey of the whole system and its access points.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- After the kitchen closes, we sheet the area and set up to contain grease and water.
- Heavy deposits are scraped by hand and the system degreased to TR19® Grease.
- Then the clean bill of health: readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next date.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Lower Horncroft
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The scale of the work
- What state the system is in
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horncroft: the local picture
It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Lower Horncroft. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Lower Horncroft. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Fittleworth CofE Village School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Agatha or elsewhere in Lower Horncroft, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Lower Horncroft is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. We provide kitchen extract cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Lower Horncroft and the rest of West Sussex. Lower Horncroft is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page, about 20 miles away.
Here we cover the RH20 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Lower Horncroft: Coates (1 mile west), Fittleworth (1 mile north), Watersfield (1 mile south), Coldwaltham (1 mile south-east) and Bedham (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (13 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (12 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (15 miles south-east).
Near you in Lower Horncroft
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Swan Hotel and Lodge Hill Residential Centre. The nearest railway station is Pulborough station, about 2.3 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Coates Castle (0.9 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.4 miles north-west). Not far away are Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve and Bignor Hill.
Questions from Lower Horncroft
Do you cover smaller places like Lower Horncroft?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Lower Horncroft is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Lower Horncroft out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Lower Horncroft, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
No law names TR19 directly, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 does require the responsible person to manage fire risk. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
Under BESA guidance, the minimum depends on how long you cook each day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and 12-monthly for light use. Measured grease levels set the real interval.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. The equipment is switched off and left to cool, and we hand the kitchen back ready for the next service.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- A grease trap that needs emptying
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- An undersized canopy or fan
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Lower Horncroft
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horncroft?
Hours of cooking are the biggest factor. 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. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
Historic houses near Lower Horncroft, such as Bignor Roman Villa about 2.2 miles south-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether a written report and photos are included