Brighton and Hove · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Aldrington
We cover Aldrington for deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
What canopy cleaning looks like in Aldrington
Aldrington is within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency records include about 65 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 8 hotels and guest houses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Aldrington. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Food hygiene inspections in Aldrington are the job of Brighton and Hove council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Hove Junior School or anywhere near Aldrington, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Philip's Church or elsewhere in Aldrington, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Aldrington is about 1 mile south-west of Brighton and Hove, in Brighton and Hove. From the centre of Aldrington to the outskirts, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Aldrington is one of 30 places in Brighton and Hove where we work for canopy cleaning.
All of BN3, BN41 and BN42 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Wish Road, Saxon Road and Roman Road, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. If your site is just outside Aldrington, we cover Brighton and Hove (1 mile north-east), Hove (1 mile east), West Blatchington (1 mile north-east), Brunswick (2 miles east) and Prestonville (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Brighton (3 miles east), Carlton Hill (3 miles east), Hanover (3 miles east), Kemptown (3 miles east), Hollingdean (3 miles east) and Whitehawk (4 miles east).
Near you in Aldrington
Around Aldrington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Drive Prep School, The Gather Inn and Hove Park School and the streets around them. The closest station to Aldrington is Portslade station, roughly 0.6 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Montefiore Hospital (1.7 miles east) and British Engineerium (1.2 miles north-east). Not far away are Shoreham Beach and Thundersbarrow Hill.
Canopy cleaning in Aldrington, done properly
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. We scrape the heavy deposits, then degrease the surfaces with methods that suit the build-up, using hot water or steam where it helps. The work covers grease gutters, baffle filters and plenum chambers, and people most often call us about poor capture at the hood and heavy deposits behind the grease filters.
In a smaller place like Aldrington, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Aldrington (BN3, BN41, BN42)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Also near Aldrington
Other services in Aldrington
Part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
In a school or workplace canteen, the canopy is often the only part of the extract staff ever see. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Pub and hotel kitchens
In pubs and hotels, the kitchen may be busy for much of the day. Long hours mean the canopy collects grease fast, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
Where the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
Tell us if the canopy starts dripping or the filters clog sooner than usual. More drips or quicker clogging often mean the cleaning interval needs looking at, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
What affects the quote in Aldrington
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The condition of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- A single visit or a regular plan
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- 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 pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a few hours for most canopies. We plan the journey to Aldrington and bring what the job is likely to need.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
How to get a quote
If you need canopy cleaning in Aldrington, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Advice
When to call us in Aldrington
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Poor capture at the hood
- A hood coated in old grease
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Montefiore Hospital about 1.7 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Questions from Aldrington
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Aldrington out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 37 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Aldrington. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you cover smaller places like Aldrington?
Yes, Aldrington is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
A full trough, gaps around the filters or a coated plenum. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
Why it’s worth doing now in Aldrington
A greasy canopy is fuel directly above the flame. A flare-up can catch it and be drawn into the plenum and duct, where a fire is much harder to stop. Cleaning it removes that fuel. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.