West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Maidenbower
Need kitchen extract cleaning in Maidenbower? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
Kitchen extract cleaning in Maidenbower, done properly
A kitchen extract system is far more than the canopy you can see. Behind it sit the plenum and grease filters, then the ductwork, risers, extract fan and discharge, and grease settles in every one of them. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The work covers vertical risers, extract fans and horizontal duct runs, and the jobs we see most are rancid smells from grease in the duct and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. If you need a kitchen extract clean in Maidenbower, you get one team and one number for every site.
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 smaller place like Maidenbower, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later 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 are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Maidenbower (RH10)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why Maidenbower businesses choose us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Waste grease and water are contained and removed, and equipment can be switched back on once we’ve gone.
Keep the outside of the canopy wiped and any grease cups emptied. It will not replace a TR19 clean, but it slows what reaches the duct.
Part by part
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.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Restaurants and pubs tend to cook long hours with plenty of frying and grilling, which can put them in BESA’s 3 or 6-monthly bands. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the kitchen extract cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Visits to a place like Maidenbower are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- 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.
- The sign-off: post-clean readings, a TR19 certificate and a photo report with the next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
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. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What affects the quote in Maidenbower
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The size of the system
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
- The postcode and the type of business
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Need a price for kitchen extract cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Maidenbower
Do you work in villages like Maidenbower?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Maidenbower is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Maidenbower?
In Maidenbower, it’s Crawley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do insurers need proof of extract cleaning?
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 do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
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. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
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.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Fire dampers that won’t close (that needs damper testing and remedials)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Plenums and filters
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
Kitchen extract cleaning in Maidenbower: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 13 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels and guest houses in Maidenbower and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Kitchens in Maidenbower get their food hygiene inspections from Crawley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Maidenbower is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Crawley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Maidenbower, about 2.3 miles north-west. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Nicholas' Church or anywhere around Maidenbower, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. School kitchens, at schools like Brook Infant School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Maidenbower is about 2 miles east of Crawley, in West Sussex. Anywhere in RH10, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Maidenbower is one of them. Brighton is in our area too, around 19 miles away.
Work in RH10 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need kitchen extract cleaning at premises on Holder Road, Palmer Road and Casher Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Maidenbower, we cover Worth (1 mile north), Three Bridges (1 mile north-west), Tilgate (1 mile west), Pound Hill (1 mile north) and Crawley (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Horsham (8 miles west), Haywards Heath (8 miles south), Burgess Hill (10 miles south), East Grinstead (6 miles east), Broadfield (3 miles west) and Billingshurst (14 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Maidenbower
In Maidenbower, that means kitchens and buildings near Oriel High School, Tilgate Park and The Charcoal Burner pub. The nearest railway station is Three Bridges station, about 1.1 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Crawley Museum (2 miles north-west) and Crawley Hospital (2.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Tilgate Lake.