West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Offington
We cover Offington for kitchen extract cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Keep the extract on whenever the range is lit
- Wipe the canopy down at the end of each day
- Do not let the canopy gutters overflow
If we couldn’t get into part of the duct, the report says so plainly. A TR19 report should record what wasn’t cleaned as well as what was, and new access panels can be fitted so the next clean covers it.
Keep the fan on throughout service. Switching it off early leaves vapour to settle on the canopy and plenum, and the next clean has more to do.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Offington
Every time food is cooked, warm vapour carries fat up into the extract. It cools inside the duct and settles as a sticky film that thickens month by month. That film is fuel, and cleaning the whole system is how you keep it under control. Typical jobs include a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit, on discharge points, horizontal duct runs and vertical risers. Hood cleaning is where most enquiries from Offington start: a clean that goes past the canopy into the duct and fan, backed by a certificate.
The fire risk in a kitchen extract sits in the parts nobody sees: the plenum, the duct and the fan, so that’s where most of the work in Offington goes.
Somewhere as small as Offington, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Offington (BN14, BN13)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Offington.
- We start with a survey, so we know every part of the system before we quote.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Offington, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Advice
Places near Offington
What else we do in Offington
Part by part
Ductwork and risers
Vertical risers carry the air up through the building, and grease often collects at the bottom of them. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Grills, fryers and woks send a lot of fat into the extract, so grease readings help set the right interval.
Kitchen extracts in Offington
The coast is only about 2 miles from Offington. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. There are about 62 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 53 takeaways in and around Offington, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever food is cooked under a canopy, the extract above it gathers grease and needs cleaning on a schedule. It’s Worthing council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Offington. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Offington (Ecclesden Manor is about 3.6 miles west), fitting access panels needs care. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Worthing Hospital about 1.6 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Offington is about 1 mile north-east of Worthing, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Offington or further out, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Offington is one of them. Brighton is in our area too, about 11 miles from Offington.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: BN14 and BN13. Whether your site is on Rogate Road, Warren Road and Hall Avenue or anywhere close by, we can help. Offington is on the A24 and A27, so it’s easy for us to get to for kitchen extract cleaning. Other places close to Offington include Salvington (1 mile west), Broadwater (1 mile south-east), Worthing (1 mile south-west), Findon Valley (1 mile north) and Sompting (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Bognor Regis (13 miles west), Burgess Hill (14 miles north-east), Littlehampton (6 miles west), Shoreham-by-Sea (5 miles east), Lancing (3 miles east) and Rustington (5 miles west).
Near you in Offington
Around Offington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Thomas A Becket First School, The Thomas a Becket pub and Durrington Minature Railway and the streets around them. Offington’s nearest station is West Worthing station, roughly 1.1 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Old Castle (0.6 miles south) and Museum of Sussex Folklore (0.6 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Widewater Lagoon and Steep Down.
Why it’s worth doing now in Offington
An overdue clean in Offington is best dealt with now rather than after the next inspection. It takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system, and we work evenings, overnight and weekends so you do not lose a service. Waiting only adds grease and risk. With notice, the visit to Offington can be fitted around your bookings and events.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Offington questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Offington out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Offington. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which environmental health team covers Offington?
In Offington, it’s Worthing council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Strictly, the legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, not from TR19. In practice, TR19 is how kitchens show they’re managing grease, and many insurers ask for proof of it.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Often, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
That comes down mainly to daily cooking hours. BESA’s minimums run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Your report gives a recommended next clean date.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
How long does a kitchen extract clean take?
That depends on the size of the system, the amount of grease and the number of access points. As a guide, it takes anything from a few hours to a full night, depending on the size of the system.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Offington and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
What we’re called out for in Offington
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. A flare-up on the range can be drawn up into the canopy and duct, where burning grease can carry a fire along the ducts and into other parts of the building. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Heavy grease build-up inside the duct runs
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
For schools such as Thomas A Becket Junior School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos