West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Southbourne
Specialist kitchen extract cleaning for Southbourne: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Missing paperwork after a change of operator
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
How we handle kitchen extract cleaning in Southbourne
We treat an extract system much as a doctor treats a patient: diagnose with a survey, treat with a thorough clean, then sign it off. That clean bill of health comes as a TR19 certificate and a photo report, issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If you’re dealing with a smoky, hot kitchen with weak extraction and a TR19 certificate needed for the insurer, we can put it right. Canopy cleaning, extract cleaning and duct cleaning are often used to mean the same thing, but in Southbourne, as everywhere, the insurer wants the full system cleaned, not just the hood.
BESA sets minimum intervals by hours of cooking a day: 3-monthly for heavy use, 6-monthly for moderate use and yearly for light use, with grease readings setting the real interval.
Kitchens around a place like Southbourne are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
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.
- Place
- Southbourne (PO10)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price kitchen extract cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition of the system
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Southbourne questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Southbourne?
That’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Does the sea air around Southbourne make a difference to kitchen extract cleaning?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, Southbourne gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Will the clean disrupt our service?
When the kitchen is closed, at whatever time suits you. We need the equipment cool, and we leave the kitchen ready to cook.
How often does a kitchen extract system need cleaning?
It depends on how many hours a day the kitchen cooks. 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.
Can you price the work without visiting?
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 long does a kitchen extract clean take?
It takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. We will confirm the time when we quote.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
How the visit works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Everything the job in Southbourne needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- We survey the system, from your pictures or on site, canopy to discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured and the price is fixed before work starts.
- The kitchen is closed, the equipment cooled and everything nearby protected.
- We work through the system from the canopy to the fan and discharge.
- We re-test, photograph and send your certificate and photo report.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Kitchen extracts in Southbourne
Southbourne is within about 1 mile of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up Southbourne on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 11 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Southbourne. Any of them cooking under a canopy is sending grease into its ductwork every service. Food hygiene inspections in Southbourne are the job of Chichester council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Southbourne is Havant War Memorial Hospital, about 3.5 miles west. School kitchens, at schools like Southbourne Junior School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Southbourne is about 4 miles east of Havant, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Southbourne or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Southbourne is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for kitchen extract cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page, about 8 miles away.
Every address in PO10 is within our area for kitchen extract cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as Lodgebury Close, Manor Road and Northcote Gardens, and we cover them all for kitchen extract cleaning. We also cover the places around Southbourne: Woodmancote (1 mile north), Lumley (1 mile west), Westbourne (1 mile north-west), Emsworth (1 mile west) and Thorney Island (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (11 miles south-east), Chichester (6 miles east), Selsey (10 miles south-east), Portfield (6 miles east), Yapton (13 miles east) and East Wittering (6 miles south).
Landmarks near Southbourne
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Traveller's Joy Public House, Eames Farm and Bourne Community College and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Southbourne itself: Southbourne station. Other landmarks nearby include Warblington Castle (2.5 miles west) and Emsworth Museum (1.3 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Stoke Down and Brook Meadow (Emsworth).
Also near Southbourne
Other services in Southbourne
Different parts, different methods
Restaurant and pub kitchens
Losing a service is not an option for most restaurants and pubs. Overnight and weekend cleans keep the kitchen trading, and hand back a clean kitchen ready to cook.
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. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned as part of the TR19 clean.
When to call us in Southbourne
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. They are minimums: measured grease levels set the real interval.
Clients typically contact us when they notice one of these:
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
- An extract that no longer clears the smoke
- Fat running down the canopy edge
- Extraction mentioned at an environmental health visit
If you cook for passing trade around Southbourne station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Questions to ask before booking
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- An undersized canopy or fan
- Ductwork that is corroded, split or leaking (that’s for a ductwork contractor)
- A fan motor or bearings that have failed (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Canopies and hoods
- Extract fans
- Vertical risers
- Discharge points
- Horizontal duct runs
- Plenums and filters