East Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Polegate
Professional kitchen extract cleaning in and around Polegate, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Stale cooking odours from the system
- A smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
Kitchen extract cleaning in Polegate
Across Polegate, we clean kitchen extract systems to BESA TR19® Grease. We survey first and take grease readings, then clean the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. At the finish there’s a TR19 certificate and a before and after photo report. The work covers vertical risers, canopies and hoods and horizontal duct runs, and common reasons people get in touch are stale cooking odours from the system and fat running down the canopy edge. Most calls from Polegate come after an insurer, an EHO or a fire officer asks to see the last TR19 certificate. We handle the clean and the paperwork in one visit.
Most kitchens in Polegate fall into one of BESA’s three bands: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, adjusted by what the grease readings show.
For a smaller kitchen near Polegate, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Polegate (BN26)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Grease filters
Between TR19 cleans, filters still need regular cleaning, and a filter exchange service can take that off your hands. Keeping them clean helps the rest of the system stay cleaner.
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 with as little disruption as possible.
Do you need kitchen extract cleaning in Polegate?
Grease filters are the first line of defence, and they’re often the weak point. Damaged, missing or overloaded filters let grease straight past, and from there it travels on to the fan.
These are the problems we see most often:
- An inspection that picked up a dirty extract
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
If you cook for passing trade around Polegate station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether VAT is included
Polegate: your questions answered
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Polegate?
That is Wealden council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Polegate. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work at weekends in Polegate?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What accreditations do you hold?
Our work is to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, with certificates issued through the BESCA portal. We’ve been trading since 2009.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Leave it or put it right?
TR19® is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, which in a kitchen includes the grease in the extract. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. In a smaller place like Polegate, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- In business since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Clean the grease filters regularly between TR19 cleans
- Keep to the recommended cleaning interval
- Tell us when the extract starts to drip or smell
- File each certificate with the fire risk assessment
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, giving you before and after readings alongside the photos. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
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 the visit works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes one visit for most kitchens, while large or complex systems may need more than one. We plan the journey to Polegate and bring what the job is likely to need.
- First comes a survey of the whole system, by photos or a visit.
- Grease readings are taken at set points and you get a fixed quote.
- Once the kitchen has closed and the equipment has cooled, we sheet and protect the area.
- Canopy, plenum, filters, duct runs, risers, fan and discharge are all cleaned to TR19® Grease.
- We test again, photograph the result and issue your TR19 certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Polegate, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Kitchen extracts in Polegate
There are about 13 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 10 sandwich bars and takeaways across Polegate and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen in that count with a canopy has a full extract system, canopy to discharge, to keep clear of grease. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Polegate. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Kitchens in Polegate get their food hygiene inspections from Wealden council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Eastbourne District General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Polegate, about 2.5 miles south. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Polegate Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Polegate is about 3 miles south of Hailsham, in East Sussex. Anywhere in BN26, we can take on kitchen extract cleaning. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Polegate is one of them. Brighton is in our area too, about 17 miles from Polegate.
Work in BN26 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Station Road, High Street and Church Road and the roads around them. You’ll find Polegate on the A27 and A2270, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. If your site is just outside Polegate, we cover Wannock (1 mile south-west), Lower Willingdon (1 mile south), Willingdon (1 mile south), Filching (2 miles south-west) and Folkington (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (3 miles south-east), Hastings (14 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (10 miles east), Seaford (7 miles south-west), Lewes (11 miles west) and Hailsham (3 miles north).
Landmarks near Polegate
Typical jobs here are in premises near Horse & Groom pub and Willingdon Community School. Polegate has its own railway station: Polegate station. A little further out are Burlough Castle (3.4 miles west) and Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.5 miles south). Open spaces near Polegate include Combe Hill.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Polegate
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.