East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horsebridge
One call covers kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horsebridge, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history
About our kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horsebridge
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. The certificate and photo report from each clean in Lower Horsebridge give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. If you have a new tenancy or takeover with no cleaning history and grease dripping from the canopy or filters, we can put it right. When a restaurant in Lower Horsebridge asks for duct cleaning, it’s nearly always the kitchen extract they mean, and that’s our main job: canopy to fan, to TR19® Grease.
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.
For a kitchen in or near Lower Horsebridge, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
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.
- Place
- Lower Horsebridge (BN27)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Lower Horsebridge: your questions answered
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Lower Horsebridge out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Lower Horsebridge, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Lower Horsebridge?
That’s East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do we have to close the kitchen for the clean?
Cleans are timed to avoid service. Most kitchens book us overnight or at weekends and the kitchen is ready to cook when we leave.
Do you clean the whole extract system or just the canopy?
The whole system: canopy inside and out, plenum, grease filters, ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, plus attenuators where fitted. Anything we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
Will I get a certificate after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Because a dirty extract can spread a fire through a building. Many insurers require TR19 cleaning, and may refuse or reduce a claim without proof, so keep every certificate.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
TR19 isn’t written into law, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19 as the standard, and many policies require it.
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Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horsebridge
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The scale of the work
- What state the system is in
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a single shift for most kitchens, with long duct runs and tall risers needing more time. In a small place like Lower Horsebridge, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
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.
Advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire and the extract hasn’t been cleaned, the paperwork becomes the problem. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and may reduce or refuse a claim without it. A current certificate is far easier to produce than an explanation. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Lower Horsebridge rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why Lower Horsebridge businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Kitchen extract cleaning in Lower Horsebridge: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Lower Horsebridge, up to about a mile and a half out. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. In Lower Horsebridge, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Wealden council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Lower Horsebridge 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Hellingly Community Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Horselunges Manor, about 0.6 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Lower Horsebridge; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. A hospital like Hellingly Hospital Railway, about 1.1 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Lower Horsebridge is about 1 mile north-west of Hailsham, in East Sussex. For kitchen extract cleaning in and around Lower Horsebridge, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Lower Horsebridge. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Lower Horsebridge is one of them. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 16 miles away.
Work in BN27 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover Tile Hurst (1 mile south), Upper Horsebridge (1 mile east), Lower Dicker (1 mile west), Hellingly (1 mile east) and Hailsham (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (7 miles south), Hastings (14 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (10 miles east), Seaford (9 miles south-west), Lewes (10 miles west) and Crowborough (12 miles north).
Landmarks near Lower Horsebridge
Around Lower Horsebridge, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Hailsham Community College. For rail, the closest station is Polegate station, roughly 4.1 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Herstmonceux Castle (4.5 miles east) and Hellingly Hospital Railway (1.1 miles north-east).
What a clean will not put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A duct that is holed or coming apart
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Lower Horsebridge
- Canopies and hoods
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Horizontal duct runs
- Extract fans
- Plenums and filters
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In a care home or hospital, the kitchen may cook every day of the year. We plan the clean around meal times and work in a contained, tidy way, so residents and patients aren’t disturbed.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum is out of sight behind the filters, so it’s easy to forget. We take the filters out and clean the plenum and housing thoroughly.