West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Hardham canopy cleaning
We cover Hardham for canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hardham
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. A dirty canopy passes more grease further into the system. We start the check-up there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. If you’re dealing with smoke hanging around the canopy during service and an EHO comment about the canopy, we can put it right, from grease gutters, wall canopies and island canopies onwards.
In a small place like Hardham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Hardham (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
A daily wipe of the hood keeps fresh grease from baking on. It will not replace a professional clean, but it slows the build-up you can see.
Part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, which makes a canopy clean easy to schedule. Holidays and weekends work well.
Wall canopies
A long wall canopy may hold several sections of filters. We work along the canopy section by section, with pictures for each.
Canopy cleaning around Hardham
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 8 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Hardham, up to about a mile and a half out. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Kitchens in Hardham get their food hygiene inspections from Horsham council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Hardham. 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Botolph's Church, or anywhere in Hardham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A kitchen near Pulborough station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Old Place Manor is about 1 mile north-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Hardham is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Hardham or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Hardham among them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby (19 miles or so).
All of RH20 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Hardham: Coldwaltham (1 mile south-west), Pulborough (1 mile north-east), Watersfield (2 miles south-west), Fittleworth (2 miles north-west) and Lower Horncroft (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (12 miles north-east), Worthing (10 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (13 miles south-west), Chichester (13 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Hardham
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Hart Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Pulborough station, about 0.7 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Amberley Museum (3.6 miles south) and Coates Castle (2.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Bignor Hill and Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
Towns and villages near Hardham
What else we do in Hardham
Hardham: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hardham?
Hardham is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Who inspects food businesses in Hardham?
The local authority for Hardham is Horsham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Do we need to close the kitchen for a canopy clean?
We clean when you are not cooking, so most kitchens don’t lose a service. Evenings, overnight and weekends are all possible.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where necessary. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
We clean canopies in commercial kitchens of every kind. The routine stays the same whatever the kitchen, with the equipment off and cool.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
How we price canopy cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The number of sites or systems
- The size of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
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. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. The timing of a visit to Hardham is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- 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
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Why act early in Hardham
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. Flames from the range can ignite it and be pulled further into the system, where a fire is much harder to stop. A clean canopy takes that fuel away. Planning a trip to Hardham ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hardham
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
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