Brighton and Hove · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extraction cleaning in West Hill
Looking for kitchen extract cleaning in West Hill? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A system with no record of a TR19 clean
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A TR19 certificate needed for the insurer
Grease, kitchens and West Hill
West Hill lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency records list about 736 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 141 takeaways across West Hill and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Those that fry, grill or roast under a canopy need their extracts cleaned at intervals set by how long they cook. The fire and rescue service for West Hill is East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Galeed Strict Baptist Chapel or elsewhere in West Hill, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you run a café or takeaway near Brighton station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
West Hill is about 1 mile west of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. Whether your site is in the middle of West Hill or further out, we cover kitchen extract cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Brighton and Hove coverage runs to 30 places, West Hill among them.
Here we cover the BN1, BN3 and BN2 postcode area for kitchen extract cleaning. That includes premises on Powis Road, North Road and York Avenue and nearby roads. West Hill sits on or near the A2010, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover Seven Dials (1 mile north-west), Brunswick (1 mile south-west), Prestonville (1 mile north-west), Brighton (1 mile east) and Carlton Hill (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Hangleton (3 miles north-west), Saltdean (5 miles east), East Saltdean (5 miles east), Rottingdean (4 miles east) and Ovingdean (3 miles east). As one of the bigger places in Brighton and Hove, West Hill has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for kitchen extract cleaning.
Around West Hill
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Brighton Girls, The Cow pub and Academy of Creative Training and the streets around them. West Hill has its own railway station: Brighton station. A little further out are Churchill Square (0.5 miles south) and Montefiore Hospital (0.5 miles west). The countryside around West Hill includes Whitehawk Hill and Newmarket Hill.
Kitchen duct cleaning in West Hill
The canopy over the range is only the start of a kitchen extract system. Beyond the filters run the plenum, the ducts and risers, the fan and the point where air leaves the building, and each part collects grease. Our clean follows the air from canopy to discharge, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. If you’re dealing with proof of cleaning requested by an insurer and years of baked-on grease in the ducts, we can put it right, from canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and discharge points onwards. Whether you call it kitchen extract cleaning, TR19 cleaning or kitchen duct cleaning, it’s the job we do every week across Brighton and Hove.
We clean every reachable part of the system in West Hill: canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, risers and fan, then record anything that couldn’t be reached.
Around a smaller place like West Hill, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- West Hill (BN1, BN3, BN2)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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.
West Hill: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in West Hill?
The local authority for West Hill is Brighton and Hove council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who is the fire and rescue service for West Hill?
Fire safety enforcement in West Hill is handled by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
The minimum is set by BESA guidance on daily use, from 3-monthly to 12-monthly. Kitchens that fry or grill a lot may need cleaning sooner, which grease thickness testing will show.
Will my insurer ask for a TR19 certificate?
Many insurers ask for proof of regular cleaning to TR19, and many policies require it. Without proof, a claim can be refused or reduced, so it’s worth checking your policy wording.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we usually come back within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we will survey first.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Fixed quotes for kitchen extract cleaning in West Hill
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition we find in the survey
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The scale of the work
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Problems your staff have spotted
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
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.
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School kitchens can look lightly used but still need a TR19 clean at least every 12 months under BESA guidance. School holidays are an easy time to do it.
Common problems we fix in West Hill
Grease in an extract starts as vapour. As the air cools on its way through the duct, the fat condenses and sticks, building a layer that gets thicker with every service. The grease filters stop some, never all of it.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Proof of cleaning requested by an insurer
- An extract that has never been cleaned to TR19
- Stale cooking odours from the system
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Paul's CofE Primary School and Nursery or anywhere near West Hill, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Leave it or put it right?
There’s no law that names TR19, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still applies. It puts a duty on the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping extract grease under control. Cleaning to TR19 is the recognised way to show you’ve done it. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in West Hill
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- A written report with photos after each visit
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes as long as the system needs, from a few hours to several planned visits. Everything the job in West Hill needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- We survey the system, from your photos or on site, canopy to discharge.
- We take grease readings at set points and give you a fixed quote.
- On the night, the equipment is off and cool and the kitchen is sheeted.
- Filters, canopy and plenum are cleaned, then the ducts, risers, fan and discharge.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.