West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Handcross
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Handcross, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
Anything worth knowing goes into the report: damaged filters, gaps around the housing or troughs that need emptying more often. It’s a short list of what to watch, not a sales pitch.
Keep the fan running throughout service and for a short while after. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.
Canopy cleaning in Handcross
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is typically in a worse state. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. If you have grease channels that no longer drain and grease dripping from the canopy edge, we can help.
Somewhere as small as Handcross, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Handcross (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition of the system
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease dripping from the hood can fall onto food, pans and worktops. It’s a food hygiene concern as much as a fire concern, and environmental health officers look at the cleanliness of equipment, extraction included. Planning a trip to Handcross ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Handcross
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Questions from Handcross
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Handcross in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Handcross. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Handcross?
That is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
A full trough, gaps around the filters or a coated plenum. We clean all three and point out anything that is causing it.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
The filters are removed, cleaned and put back. We check each one seats properly, because gaps let grease through.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
Common problems we fix in Handcross
Most canopies have troughs or channels that catch running grease. Left to fill up, they spill over, and grease ends up dripping from the canopy edge.
What we are most often called out for:
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Crawley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Handcross, about 4.3 miles north.
Comparing quotes
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What records you will receive afterwards
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the price is fixed
Different parts, different methods
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, which means grease settles on all four sides. We clean all of them, inside and out.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Lighter cooking still leaves grease on the canopy. BESA guidance still sets a minimum interval for the whole system, and the canopy is part of it.
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the canopy cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a few hours for most canopies. Visits to a village like Handcross are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Ask for a quote
If you need canopy cleaning in Handcross, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Kitchen extracts in Handcross
The FSA’s data shows about 4 pubs, bars and clubs registered in Handcross and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. The fire and rescue service for Handcross is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Handcross are the job of Mid Sussex council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Historic houses near Handcross, such as Tyes Place about 1.9 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. School kitchens, at schools like Handcross Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Handcross is about 4 miles south of Crawley, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Handcross or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Handcross is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for commercial clients. Brighton is in our area too, about 16 miles from Handcross.
Our technicians cover all of the RH17 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on High Street, London Road and Windmill Platt or a nearby road, we can help. Close by, we work in Slaugham (1 mile south), Plummers Plain (2 miles south-west), Colgate (3 miles north-west), Broadfield (3 miles north) and Lower Beeding (3 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Crawley (4 miles north), Horsham (5 miles west), Haywards Heath (6 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (7 miles south-east), East Grinstead (10 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (15 miles south).
What’s near Handcross
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Royal Oak Public House and Handcross Park School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Balcombe station, about 2.8 miles east. A little further out are Crawley Hospital (4.3 miles north). The countryside around Handcross includes Tilgate Lake and Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.