West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Bedham, West Sussex
Canopy and hood cleaning for commercial sites in Bedham and across West Sussex. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A hood coated in old grease
Different parts, different methods
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, so every face can collect grease. We clean all of them, inside and out.
Plenums and filter housings
Filter housings hold the filters in place, and their channels fill with grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Bedham
Canopy cleans are done out of hours: after service, overnight or at the weekend. The equipment underneath is switched off, left to cool and sheeted, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. If you are dealing with condensation and grease dripping together and grease dripping from the canopy edge, we can put it right, from canopy light fittings, grease gutters and plenum chambers onwards.
In a small place like Bedham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Bedham (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Bedham
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Bedham?
In Bedham, it’s Chichester council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Bedham?
Bedham is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Most drips come from overflowing troughs, damaged filters or a plenum thick with grease. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
How much does canopy cleaning cost in Bedham?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before any work starts.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Leave it or put it right?
For a kitchen in Bedham, a canopy that looks greasy can colour a whole inspection. Keeping it clean shows the rest of the kitchen is being looked after, and it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why Bedham businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We’re fully insured
- Each visit written up, with photos
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Bedham knowing what to expect.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Canopy cleaning around Bedham
About 42 miles out from central London, Bedham is part of the South East area we work across. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Bedham. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Bedham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. School kitchens, at schools like Fittleworth CofE Village School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Bedham is about 6 miles south-west of Billingshurst, in West Sussex. We carry out canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Bedham and the rest of West Sussex. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Bedham among them. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (19 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: RH20. We cover sites on Bedham Lane, Upper Street and Stretch Hill and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Bedham, we cover Fittleworth (1 mile south), Lower Horncroft (1 mile south), Coates (1 mile south-west), Pickhurst (2 miles east) and Hardham (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Horsham (12 miles north-east), Worthing (12 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (14 miles south-west), Chichester (13 miles south-west), Littlehampton (11 miles south) and Lancing (14 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Bedham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Swan Hotel and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Pulborough station, roughly 2.1 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Coates Castle (1.9 miles south-west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s The Mens and Bignor Hill.
How we price canopy cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How big the system is
- Parking and loading at the site
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Bedham
A canopy in Bedham picks up grease at much the same rate as one anywhere else with the same cooking: it comes down to how long the kitchen cooks and what’s on the menu. Frying and grilling load a canopy far faster than steaming or boiling.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Poor capture at the hood
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Bedham (Old Place Manor is about 2.2 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
- A light fitting that does not work
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings