West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Kent Street, West Sussex
Canopy cleaning for Kent Street and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
Part by part
Island canopies
The underside of an island canopy is in full view, so the finish matters. It’s degreased and photographed for your report.
Wall canopies
A wall-mounted canopy runs along the back of the range. Grease often collects where the canopy meets the wall, and we clean that join along with the inside of the hood.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Kent Street
If the canopy in Kent Street is dripping, sticky or overdue a clean? A photo of the canopy and filters is a good start when you ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will send you a fixed quote for canopy cleaning, usually within one working day. If you are dealing with grease filters blocking between washes and a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection, we can put it right.
Work in a small place like Kent Street 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Kent Street (RH13)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Kent Street
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How easy every part is to reach
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us 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. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
What happens if it’s left?
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Kent Street businesses choose us
- We are fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for most canopies. Visits to a village like Kent Street are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Kent Street: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Kent Street?
The local authority for Kent Street is Horsham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work overnight in Kent Street?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Kent Street does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What should I send you?
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 phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We do not leave it behind.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Grease that builds up inside the canopy has to go somewhere. Once the troughs and plenum are full, it runs down and drips, often mixed with condensation. Cleaning removes the cause.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Canopy cleaning around Kent Street
Environmental health officers from Horsham council inspect food businesses in Kent Street. 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. Kent Street is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Around Kent Street, as anywhere, we clean the parts you can’t see as well as the canopy you can.
Kent Street is about 5 miles west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Kent Street, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Kent Street among them. We also work in Brighton, about 11 miles from Kent Street.
Our technicians cover all of the RH13 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Wineham (1 mile south-east), Cowfold (1 mile north-west), Twineham Green (2 miles east), Shermanbury (2 miles south-west) and Twineham (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (10 miles north), Horsham (7 miles north-west), Worthing (12 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (7 miles east), Burgess Hill (5 miles east) and East Grinstead (15 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Kent Street
Other landmarks nearby include The Dene Hospital (3.8 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Knepp Wildland.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Kent Street
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; The Dene Hospital is the nearest hospital to Kent Street, about 3.8 miles east.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
Where the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Overflowing troughs are the usual cause of drips onto the range, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.