West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Lancing canopy cleaning
One call covers canopy cleaning in Lancing: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Grease channels that no longer drain
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A hood that does not cover the cooking line
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Lancing
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
How we handle canopy cleaning in Lancing
For canopies and hoods in Lancing, the work follows the same careful routine: we remove the filters, clean the plenum and housing, then degrease the canopy shell. You get pictures of the canopy before and after. If you are dealing with a sticky, discoloured canopy and heavy deposits behind the grease filters, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like Lancing, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Lancing (BN15)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Lancing kitchens: local notes
Lancing is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Look up Lancing on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 21 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 35 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Lancing. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Environmental health officers from Adur council inspect food businesses in Lancing. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St. Michael & All Angels or elsewhere in Lancing, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Worthing Hospital is the nearest hospital to Lancing, about 2 miles south-west. If you run a café or takeaway near Lancing station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Lancing is about 3 miles east of Worthing, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Lancing or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Lancing is one of them. We also work in Brighton, about 8 miles from Lancing.
Here we cover the BN15 postcode area for canopy cleaning. We cover sites on North Road, North Farm Road and Addison Close and nearby roads. Main roads around Lancing include the A2025, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Lancing, we cover Sompting (1 mile west), East Worthing (2 miles south-west), Broadwater (2 miles west), Offington (3 miles west) and Botolphs (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Worthing (3 miles west), Haywards Heath (15 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (12 miles north-east), Littlehampton (9 miles west), Rustington (8 miles west) and Storrington (8 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Lancing
Around Lancing, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Brooklands Park, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School and The Railway pub and the streets around them. Lancing has its own railway station: Lancing station. Well-known places in the area include Worthing Hospital (2 miles south-west) and Old Castle (3.1 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Lancing Ring and Widewater Lagoon.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Leave it or put it right?
In Lancing, as elsewhere, a greasy canopy is one of the first things an inspector sees. Keeping it clean shows the rest of the kitchen is being looked after, and it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. When a site near Lancing shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What you get with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Lancing: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Lancing?
The local authority for Lancing is Adur council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Lancing out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 5 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Lancing. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
When do you clean the canopy?
We clean when you’re not cooking, so most kitchens don’t lose a service. We work evenings, nights and weekends.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
Full gutters and a heavily coated plenum are the common causes. With nowhere to collect, the grease overflows, and condensation can carry it too. Cleaning the canopy and plenum clears it.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How it works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. For a site near Lancing, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- 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.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
For canopy cleaning in Lancing, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Lancing
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The number of sites or systems
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Run the extract the whole time you’re cooking
The report gives a recommended next clean date. That date is based on your cooking hours and what we found, in line with BESA guidance.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Wash or exchange them regularly, and make sure they’re all in place before cooking. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.