East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Crowhurst, East Sussex
Canopy cleaning for commercial sites in Crowhurst and across East Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
Crowhurst: your questions answered
Is Crowhurst within the area you cover?
Yes, Crowhurst is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Crowhurst?
That is Rother council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Crowhurst. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
Everything from the outer face to the plenum behind the filters. Grease troughs and filter channels are emptied and degreased as part of the job.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
A canopy only holds so much grease. When the gutters fill, it overflows onto the range, often mixed with condensation. Cleaning removes the cause.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Canopy cleaning in Crowhurst, done properly
Canopy cleaning is part of every full TR19® Grease clean, 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 have fat running down the front of the hood and a filter housing caked in grease, we can put it right, from plenum chambers, island canopies and grease gutters onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Crowhurst, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Crowhurst (TN33)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Crowhurst
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Crowhurst. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Crowhurst sits within the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Crowhurst are the job of Rother council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St George or anywhere around Crowhurst, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. School kitchens, at schools like Crowhurst CofE Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. A kitchen near Crowhurst station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Crowhurst is about 3 miles north-west of Hastings, in East Sussex. Across the TN33 area, we can take on canopy cleaning. Our area takes in 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (26 miles or so).
Here we cover the TN33 postcode area for canopy cleaning. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Station Road, Craig Close and Old Forewood Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Green Street (1 mile south-east), Hollington (2 miles south-east), Baldslow (2 miles east), Silverhill (3 miles south-east) and Bulverhythe (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (12 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (3 miles south-west), Hailsham (11 miles west), St Leonards (3 miles south-east), Polegate (12 miles west) and Hastings Old Town (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Crowhurst
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Plough Inn and Claverham Community College, among other places. Crowhurst has its own railway station: Crowhurst station. Other landmarks nearby include Hastings Castle (4.2 miles south-east) and Bexhill Hospital (2.8 miles south-west). Open spaces near Crowhurst include Church Wood and Robsack Wood and Senlac Hill.
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
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.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Overflowing troughs are the usual cause of drips onto the range, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
In pubs and hotels, the kitchen may be busy for much of the day. That’s a lot of grease on the canopy, and canopy cleans between full cleans can help.
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, which means grease settles on all four sides. Each face is cleaned inside and out.
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Crowhurst run smoothly.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The size of the system
- What state the system is in
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
- A few general shots of the system
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Also near Crowhurst
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Why deal with it now?
A canopy clean in Crowhurst now stops the grease spreading further. It takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several, done while the kitchen is closed. Left alone, grease keeps moving into the plenum and duct. With notice, the visit to Crowhurst can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Crowhurst
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
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