East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Fairlight
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Fairlight, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A hood coated in old grease
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Canopy cleaning in Fairlight, done properly
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. Typical jobs include a sticky, discoloured canopy and condensation running down the canopy, on wall canopies, island canopies and baffle filters.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Fairlight (TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Fairlight
The canopy takes the hottest, wettest air in the kitchen. Fat in that air settles on the inside of the hood, in its seams and on the filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Conquest Hospital about 3.4 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What the work involves, part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteens and school kitchens tend to run to a timetable, so the canopy can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed. Holidays and weekends work well.
Wall canopies
At the back of the canopy, behind the filters, grease builds up unseen. With the filters out we can get to it and degrease it properly.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours for most canopies. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Fairlight 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.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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Questions from Fairlight
Will you come out to Fairlight?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Fairlight included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which fire service covers Fairlight?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Fairlight. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Most commercial kitchen canopies, from one small hood to a long run of canopies. We work out the approach when we survey, from photos or a visit.
What affects the quote in Fairlight
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The size of the system
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
What else we do in Fairlight
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Fairlight
The coast is only about 1 mile from Fairlight. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. There are about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 6 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Fairlight, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Fairlight. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Andrew or elsewhere in Fairlight, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Hastings Academy, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Fairlight is about 4 miles east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Fairlight, we can take on canopy cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our area takes in 289 places across East Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 27 miles away.
We cover every part of the TN35 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Hill Road, The Close and Lower Coastguard Lane and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Fairlight Cove (1 mile east), Friar's Hill (1 mile north), Guestling (1 mile north-west), Bachelor's Bump (1 mile west) and Guestling Green (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Hastings (4 miles west), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles west), St Leonards (4 miles west), Hastings Old Town (3 miles south-west), Belmont (3 miles south-west) and Langney (15 miles west).
Landmarks near Fairlight
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Speckled Wood, among other places. The closest station to Fairlight is Three Oaks station, about 2.2 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Hastings Old Town Hall Museum (2.7 miles south-west) and Conquest Hospital (3.4 miles west). Not far away are Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
What canopy cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies