East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town, East Sussex
For kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town
Has the extract gone a while without a clean, or has the paperwork gone missing? Send a few pictures of the canopy and filters when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and you’ll have a fixed quote for kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town, normally within one working day. If you have grease drips onto cooking equipment and proof of cleaning requested by an insurer, we can help, from plenums and filters, canopies and hoods and vertical risers onwards. Kitchens in Old Town book us for TR19 cleaning for three reasons: the insurer asked, the EHO asked, or the canopy is dripping. Either way, the answer is the same: a proper clean and the paperwork to match.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Sections without access panels are recorded on the report, and new panels can be fitted so they’re cleaned next time.
Kitchens around a place like Old Town are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Old Town (BN21, BN20, BN22)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Grease builds up most where the duct turns. We test at points like these before and after cleaning, so the report shows the difference.
Canopy and plenum
Grease meets the system first at the canopy and the plenum behind the filters. Both are scraped and degreased inside and out, including the filter housing.
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Other services in Old Town
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Switch the fan on before cooking starts
- Empty any grease troughs or cups on the canopy
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Keep the cleaning records where you can find them
We hand the kitchen back clean, with the sheeting removed and waste taken away. Grease and dirty water are collected and taken off site, so you can start cooking as normal.
Clean the grease filters often, not just on clean day. Clean, well-fitted filters catch more fat before it reaches the duct, which slows build-up further down the system.
What kitchen extract cleaning looks like in Old Town
Old Town lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 31 pubs and bars and about 26 hotels and B&Bs within about 1.5 miles of central Old Town. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Environmental health officers from Eastbourne council inspect food businesses in Old Town. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Old Town, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Eastbourne District General Hospital (about 1 mile north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Old Town is about 1 mile south-west of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. From the centre of Old Town to the outskirts, kitchen extract cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, Old Town among them. We also work in Brighton, about 18 miles from Old Town.
We work across BN21, BN20 and BN22 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Kitchen extract cleaning is available to premises on Love Lane, Mill Road and Greys Road and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Old Town: Upperton (1 mile east), Meads (1 mile south), Eastbourne (1 mile north-east), Holywell (1 mile south) and Ratton Village (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Hastings (15 miles north-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (10 miles north-east), Seaford (7 miles west), Lewes (13 miles north-west), Hailsham (6 miles north) and St Leonards (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Old Town
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Motcombe Infants' School, Gildrege Park and WMG Academy for Young Engineers and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Eastbourne station, roughly 0.7 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Eastbourne District General Hospital (1 mile north) and Pevensey Castle (4.4 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Combe Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
What we are called out for in Old Town
It’s common for parts of a duct to have been missed for years. The usual reason is a lack of access panels, so those sections were never reached. That hidden grease keeps building where nobody looks.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Years of baked-on grease in the ducts
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
A kitchen near Eastbourne station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Old Town questions
Does coastal air change anything about kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town?
Yes, to a degree: at about 2 miles from the coast, Old Town gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Who inspects food businesses in Old Town?
That’s Eastbourne council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Old Town. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We record them on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What paperwork comes with a kitchen extract clean?
You receive a TR19 certificate and a photo report. The certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report shows before and after pictures, readings, any areas not reached and the next clean date.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
How much does kitchen extract cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before work begins.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
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. Grease readings can show a shorter interval is needed.
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. For a place like Old Town, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- Diagnosis comes first, with a survey of the system and how it’s reached.
- We record grease levels at set points, then fix the price.
- We arrive after close, protect the area and contain the waste.
- The treatment: heavy grease scraped out, then every part 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
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Advice
What a clean will not put right
Kitchen extract cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- Faulty fire dampers in the duct
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A broken extract fan that won’t run
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Old Town
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Extract fans
- Canopies and hoods
- Horizontal duct runs