East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in Peacehaven
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Peacehaven: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- A kitchen taken over without any extract records
- Fat running down the canopy edge
Kitchen duct cleaning in Peacehaven
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 a proper clean removes it before it becomes a fire risk. The work covers horizontal duct runs, plenums and filters and canopies and hoods, and people most often call us about a kitchen taken over without any extract records and years of baked-on grease in the ducts. Searching for commercial kitchen extraction cleaning in Peacehaven? We have been cleaning kitchen extracts across the South East since 2009, with a certificate and photo report after every clean.
Each job starts with a look at where grease has built up: wet film or deposit thickness readings show which parts of the duct need the most attention, and readings afterwards go into your report.
In a smaller place like Peacehaven, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Peacehaven (BN10, BN9)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Ductwork and risers
Risers take the extract up through floors to roof level, and grease runs down their walls and pools at the base. They’re cleaned through access points along their height.
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. Cleans are done after close, overnight or before opening.
Your questions about kitchen extract cleaning in Peacehaven
Can a school canteen extract in Peacehaven be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Peacehaven. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Peacehaven?
The local authority for Peacehaven is Lewes council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What’s the right cleaning interval for a kitchen extract?
BESA guidance sets minimums by daily cooking hours: 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.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Grease-filled ducts can carry fire well beyond the kitchen. Many policies say the extract must be cleaned to TR19, and a claim may be reduced without proof, so keep every certificate.
Does the law say I must clean to TR19?
No law names TR19 directly, but the responsible person still has a legal duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005. TR19 is the standard insurers and fire officers expect, and many policies require it.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
- The number of sites or systems
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Places near Peacehaven
Also in Peacehaven
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Extraction that can’t cope with the cooking because of its design
- Fat blocking the kitchen drains
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Vertical risers
- Plenums and filters
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Diarise the next clean as soon as you get the certificate
- Never cook with filters missing or out of place
- Keep the TR19 certificate and photo report in the maintenance log
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
When the clean is finished, grease readings are taken again at the same points, giving you before and after readings alongside the photos. A TR19 certificate follows, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Regular filter cleaning is the simplest thing a kitchen can do. A filter that’s clean and seated properly stops more grease getting into the plenum, so the ductwork stays cleaner for longer.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Peacehaven
How fast grease builds up depends mostly on how long the kitchen cooks each day. Under BESA guidance, heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day means a clean at least every 3 months, moderate use every 6 months and light use every 12. Those are minimums, and grease readings can show a kitchen needs cleaning sooner.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Ductwork thick with old, hardened grease
- Grease smells coming from the extract
Historic houses near Peacehaven, such as Monk's House about 2.9 miles north, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
What your quote should include
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Managing agents and facilities teams in Peacehaven
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Peacehaven kitchens: local notes
Peacehaven is within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The Food Standards Agency lists about 5 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses in Peacehaven and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Peacehaven falls to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
School kitchens, at schools like Peacehaven Community School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital is the nearest hospital to Peacehaven, about 2.9 miles east.
Peacehaven is about 5 miles west of Seaford, in East Sussex. If you need kitchen extract cleaning in Peacehaven, please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Peacehaven included. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, Peacehaven among them. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 6 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of BN10 and BN9 for kitchen extract cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Starling Drive, Bramber Close and Greenfinch Road, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. With the A259 close by, Peacehaven is simple for us to get to for kitchen extract cleaning. If your site is just outside Peacehaven, we cover Telscombe Cliffs (1 mile west), Telscombe (1 mile north-west), Piddinghoe (2 miles north-east), East Saltdean (2 miles west) and Newhaven (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (12 miles east), Seaford (5 miles east), Lewes (6 miles north), Hailsham (12 miles north-east), Uckfield (13 miles north) and Polegate (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Peacehaven
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Peacehaven Heights Primary School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Newhaven Town station, roughly 2.1 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Planet Earth Museum (2.1 miles east) and Chailey Heritage Marine Hospital (2.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Itford Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. For a site near Peacehaven, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We survey the system first, from your photos and details or on a site visit.
- Set points are tested for grease thickness and the quote is fixed before any work starts.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- We clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.