East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Battle, East Sussex
Need canopy cleaning in Battle? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A hood coated in old grease
- A filter housing caked in grease
- An EHO comment about the canopy
Canopy cleaning in Battle
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. The work covers plenum chambers, wall canopies and baffle filters, and common reasons people get in touch are a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection and grease dripping from the canopy edge.
For a smaller kitchen near Battle, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
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.
- Place
- Battle (TN33)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
How we price canopy cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Kitchen extracts in Battle
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 pubs, bars and clubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Battle. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Battle is covered by East 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. Kitchens in Battle get their food hygiene inspections from Rother council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Battle, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Mary or anywhere around Battle, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Battle is about 5 miles north of Bexhill-on-Sea, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Battle or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. Maidstone is in our area too, about 24 miles from Battle.
We cover every part of the TN33 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. You will find streets such as High Street, Market Road and Station Road, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Main roads around Battle include the A271 and A2100, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Close by, we work in Steven's Crouch (2 miles west), Netherfield (2 miles north-west), Mountfield (2 miles north), John's Cross (3 miles north) and Penhurst (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Eastbourne (12 miles south-west), Hastings (5 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (5 miles south), Hailsham (11 miles west), St Leonards (5 miles south-east) and Polegate (12 miles south-west).
Near you in Battle
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Claverham Community College and The Abbey Hotel, among other places. The closest station to Battle is Battle station, about 0.6 miles south-east. Nearby you’ll also find Battle Museum of Local History (within half a mile north) and Conquest Hospital (4.3 miles south-east). Open spaces near Battle include Church Wood and Robsack Wood and Senlac Hill.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. In a place like Battle, we fit the visit around your hours.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after pictures go into your report.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
What else we do in Battle
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Battle
Air straight off the range hits the canopy first. Grease from the vapour lands on the canopy’s inner surfaces, its joints and its filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
Commuter trade near Battle station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Battle questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Battle?
Battle is in the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Battle in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 5 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Battle. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
A canopy only holds so much grease. When the gutters fill, it overflows onto the range, often mixed with condensation. A thorough clean stops it.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Part by part
Plenums and filter housings
Behind neglected filters, the plenum can be heavily coated. We remove thick grease by hand, then degrease.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Few pubs and hotels can shut the kitchen for a day. Canopy cleans are done late at night or early in the morning so the kitchen keeps trading.
Leave it or put it right?
If the canopy waits for the next full clean, grease keeps adding up. In a busy kitchen, the canopy and plenum can need attention between TR19 cleans, and readings or a look behind the filters will show it. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
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 are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Trading since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
See our cost guide or our accreditations.