West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in East Ashling
Canopy and hood cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in East Ashling. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Poor capture at the hood
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- A filter housing caked in grease
Questions from East Ashling
Can you come to East Ashling after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in East Ashling keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you work in villages like East Ashling?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What information do you need?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Do you provide photos of the cleaned canopy?
A photo report, with before and after pictures of the canopy and plenum. The report includes a recommended next clean date.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
You can have the canopy cleaned on its own, but it will not cover the ductwork or fan. TR19 Grease covers everything the grease travels through, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Canopy cleaning in East Ashling
Canopy cleans are done out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered so the kitchen is ready when we go. We are often asked to deal with canopy gutters full of old fat and wet, greasy drips from the hood, across island canopies, baffle filters and plenum chambers.
In a village or hamlet like East Ashling, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically 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.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- East Ashling (PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, so the canopy can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed. We often clean them in holidays or at weekends.
Grease troughs and gutters
Some troughs drain to a cup or drawer, that is emptied and cleaned too, and we will show staff where it is.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- A light fitting that does not work
- Bent or broken filters
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
Managing agents and facilities teams in East Ashling
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
How we price canopy cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The scale of the work
- How many systems or sites are involved
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Leave it or put it right?
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, so the longer it’s left, the longer the clean takes. It’s simpler to plan the work at East Ashling now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
East Ashling kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across East Ashling and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. Fire safety in East Ashling falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In East Ashling, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Chichester council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
For schools such as Funtington Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. West Dean House, about 4 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near East Ashling; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Chichester Centre is the nearest hospital to East Ashling, about 3 miles east.
East Ashling is about 3 miles north-west of Chichester, in West Sussex. We carry out canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in East Ashling and the rest of West Sussex. East Ashling is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Portsmouth, about 11 miles from East Ashling.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: PO18. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include West Ashling (1 mile west), West Stoke (1 mile north-east), Funtington (1 mile north-west), Broadbridge (2 miles south) and Hambrook (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (8 miles south-east), Chichester (3 miles south-east), Selsey (9 miles south), Littlehampton (14 miles east), Emsworth (4 miles west) and Rustington (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in East Ashling
Typical jobs here are in premises near Bishop Luffa School and The Horse And Groom Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Bosham station, about 1.4 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Novium Museum (3 miles south-east) and Chichester Castle (3.1 miles south-east). The countryside around East Ashling includes Stoke Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
What we do, step by step
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. For a village or hamlet like East Ashling, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We look at the canopy first, from pictures or on a visit.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and photos are taken.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.