West Sussex · Kitchen extract cleaning
Kitchen extract cleaning in Worth, West Sussex
Kitchen extract cleaning for Worth and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- A kitchen with no current TR19 certificate
- An overdue clean flagged by an EHO or fire officer
Questions from Worth
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Worth?
In Worth, it’s Crawley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire service covers Worth?
Fire safety enforcement in Worth is handled by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What do I get after the clean?
A TR19 certificate and a photo report. Certificates are issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, and the report includes before and after photos, grease readings and the recommended next clean date.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How often should a kitchen extract be cleaned?
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 set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
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.
Kitchen duct cleaning in Worth
Insurers often want evidence of regular TR19 cleaning, and some may refuse or reduce a claim when it’s missing. For a kitchen in Worth, our certificate and photo report give you that record, ready for the fire risk assessment file. We are often asked to deal with a system with no record of a TR19 clean and stale cooking odours from the system, on canopies and hoods, plenums and filters and vertical risers. For TR19 kitchen extract cleaning in Worth, one call covers the survey, the clean and the paperwork, wherever you are in West Sussex.
What can be cleaned depends on what can be reached. Where a duct run has no panels, we say so on the report and can fit new ones.
In a smaller place like Worth, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later 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 pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Worth (RH10)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of kitchen extract cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition of the system
- The scale of the work
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any previous report or certificate
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
The process
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a few hours for a small kitchen, longer for a large system. Everything the job in Worth 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.
- Readings are repeated, pictures taken, and your TR19 certificate and photo report issued.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
For kitchen extract cleaning in Worth, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What kitchen extract cleaning cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Damaged duct sections that need replacing
- A fan motor that has burnt out
- Blocked drains from a neglected grease trap (a separate service)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Plenums and filters
- Discharge points
- Canopies and hoods
- Vertical risers
- Extract fans
- Horizontal duct runs
Towns and villages near Worth
Also in Worth
Kitchen extract cleaning in Worth: the local picture
There are about 31 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 16 sandwich bars and takeaways in Worth and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each one that cooks under a canopy has an extract system that collects grease and needs regular cleaning. It’s Crawley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Worth. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Worth is West 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.
Where a hall near St Nicholas' Church, or anywhere in Worth, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Maidenbower Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Worth is about 2 miles east of Crawley, in West Sussex. Sites in Worth get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 19 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for kitchen extract cleaning: RH10. Whether your site is on Worth Road, Banks Road and Saxon Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Pound Hill (1 mile north), Maidenbower (1 mile south), Three Bridges (1 mile north-west), Tilgate (1 mile south-west) and Forge Wood (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Horsham (8 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (8 miles south), Burgess Hill (11 miles south), East Grinstead (6 miles east), Broadfield (3 miles south-west) and Billingshurst (15 miles south-west).
Near you in Worth
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Oriel High School, Worth Park Gardens and Dem Shish pub. The closest station to Worth is Three Bridges station, roughly 0.7 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Crawley Hospital (2.2 miles west) and County Mall (1.6 miles west). The countryside around Worth includes Tilgate Lake.
Signs you need kitchen extract cleaning in Worth
Grease in the extract matters because it burns. Flames from a pan or grill can be pulled into the canopy by the fan, and once grease in the duct catches, fire can spread through the building’s ductwork. That’s why controlling extract grease belongs in the fire risk assessment.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- Rancid smells from grease in the duct
- Grease drips onto cooking equipment
- Cleaning needed before an insurance renewal or survey
If you run a café or takeaway near Three Bridges station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Questions to ask before booking
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Book the next clean before the date on the report
- Make sure every filter is fitted before cooking
- Flag any change in how the extract sounds or works
- Give the canopy a daily wipe
After cleaning, we re-test the same points we measured at the start, so you can see the difference in numbers as well as pictures. Your TR19 certificate is then issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Report drips, smells or a noisy fan early. Grease dripping from the canopy, a burning smell or a fan that sounds rough are all signs of build-up, and a grease thickness test can confirm it.
Why deal with it now?
TR19® isn’t law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is. 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. TR19 is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Trading since 2009
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.