West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Chilgrove
Canopy cleaning across Chilgrove and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A hood coated in old grease
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Grease filters blocking between washes
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Chilgrove
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the canopy, but a canopy can also need cleaning on its own, between full system cleans. In that case, the report makes clear what was and wasn’t cleaned, so your records stay accurate. If you’re dealing with a greasy hood noticed by an inspector and filters that clog soon after cleaning, we can help, from grease gutters, baffle filters and canopy light fittings onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Chilgrove, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Chilgrove (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Plenums and filter housings
Filter housings hold the filters in place, and their channels fill with grease. Clean housings let the filters seat properly and leave no gaps.
Island canopies
Island canopies often have filters on two sides. Both sides are taken apart and cleaned.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a few hours for most canopies. Visits to a village like Chilgrove are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- The canopy is checked from pictures or on a visit.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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What canopy cleaning can’t fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
Questions from Chilgrove
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Chilgrove?
Food hygiene inspections in Chilgrove are carried out by Chichester council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Will you come out to Chilgrove?
Yes, Chilgrove is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Wall and island canopies, long cooking-line hoods and small single hoods. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
The full canopy, inside and out, and the plenum behind it. Grease troughs and filter channels are emptied and degreased as part of the job.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. For a quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Does a canopy clean meet TR19?
Canopy cleaning is part of TR19, not the whole of it. Your report lists exactly what was cleaned, so your records stay accurate.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Chilgrove
Fire safety in Chilgrove falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Chilgrove, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Chichester council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (West Dean House is about 1.6 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Chilgrove is about 6 miles north of Chichester, in West Sussex. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Chilgrove and the rest of West Sussex. Chilgrove is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for canopy cleaning. We also work in Portsmouth, about 14 miles from Chilgrove.
Work in PO18 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If your site is just outside Chilgrove, we cover East Marden (2 miles west), Didling (3 miles north), Elsted (4 miles north), Compton (4 miles west) and Ingrams Green (4 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (10 miles south-east), Chichester (6 miles south), Selsey (13 miles south), Littlehampton (14 miles south-east), Emsworth (7 miles south-west) and Rustington (15 miles south-east).
Around Chilgrove
Well-known places in the area include Chichester Centre (5.2 miles south) and Museum of Gardening (1.7 miles south-east). The countryside around Chilgrove includes Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Bow Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Nearby places to Chilgrove
What else we do in Chilgrove
What affects the quote in Chilgrove
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- What state the system is in
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Chilgrove
Moisture in the air mixes with the grease on the canopy. Water vapour condenses on the cooler canopy surfaces and drips, carrying grease with it. The result is sticky streaks and drips onto the range.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Poor capture at the hood
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Fat running down the front of the hood
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Chichester Centre about 5.2 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Why deal with it now?
Drips from a dirty canopy land on the cooking line. That’s a hygiene problem as well as a fire one, and EHOs look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- A written report with pictures after every visit
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.