West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in East Lavington, West Sussex
Need canopy cleaning in East Lavington? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Grease channels that no longer drain
What the work involves, part by part
Grease troughs and gutters
Some troughs drain to a cup or drawer, that’s emptied and cleaned too, and we’ll show staff where it is.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Lighter cooking still leaves grease on the canopy. The whole system still needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance, and the canopy is part of it.
Canopy cleaning in East Lavington, done properly
Every canopy we clean in East Lavington gets the same treatment: filters out, plenum scraped and degreased, then the canopy cleaned inside and out. Before and after photos go into your report. The work covers wall canopies, island canopies and baffle filters, and common reasons people get in touch are drips from the canopy onto the range and a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection.
Work in a small place like East Lavington starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- East Lavington (GU28)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from East Lavington
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in East Lavington?
Fire safety enforcement in East Lavington is handled by West 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 East Lavington in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 3 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of East Lavington. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
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.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
Most drips come from overflowing troughs, damaged filters or a plenum thick with grease. We clean all three and point out anything that’s causing it.
Canopy cleaning around East Lavington
Look up East Lavington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of East Lavington. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. The fire and rescue service for East Lavington is 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. Food hygiene inspections in East Lavington are the job of Chichester council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Peter or anywhere around East Lavington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to East Lavington is Midhurst Community Hospital, about 5.1 miles north-west. Bignor Roman Villa, about 2.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near East Lavington; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
East Lavington is about 9 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. East Lavington gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Portsmouth, about 20 miles from East Lavington.
Our technicians cover all of GU28 for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. We also cover Duncton (1 mile north-east), Graffham (1 mile north-west), Sutton (2 miles south-east), Rotherbridge (3 miles north-east) and Selham (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Worthing (14 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (10 miles south), Chichester (9 miles south-west), Selsey (15 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles south-east) and Emsworth (14 miles south-west).
Landmarks near East Lavington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Parish Church of St Giles and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.6 miles north-east) and Midhurst Community Hospital (5.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Bignor Hill and Graffham Common.
What canopy cleaning can’t fix
Canopy cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Bent or broken filters
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
We point out anything we noticed while the canopy was apart: bent or poorly fitting filters, a light cover that is cracked, or troughs that fill too quickly. We keep it to what matters.
Do not let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
How it works
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, 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, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to East Lavington run smoothly.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Why it’s worth doing now in East Lavington
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Over months, the heat hardens it into a stubborn coating, so the longer it’s left, the longer the clean takes. In a place like East Lavington, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why East Lavington businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Trading since 2009
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.