West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Norton, West Sussex
We cover Norton for canopy and hood cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- A hood coated in old grease
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Norton kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Norton and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Fire safety in Norton falls to West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Norton are the job of Arun council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Ormiston Six Villages Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Norton is St Richard's Hospital, about 3.9 miles west.
Norton is about 4 miles north of Bognor Regis, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Norton or further out, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 18 miles from Norton.
Canopy cleaning in PO20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Norton include Crockerhill (1 mile north-west), East Hampnett (1 mile west), Nyton (1 mile south-east), Aldingbourne (1 mile south) and Westergate (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (12 miles east), Bognor Regis (4 miles south), Chichester (4 miles west), Selsey (9 miles south-west), Littlehampton (7 miles east) and Emsworth (11 miles west).
What’s near Norton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Winterton Arms Public House and Eastergate CofE Primary School. For rail, the closest station is Barnham station, about 2.3 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include St Richard's Hospital (3.9 miles west) and Tote Copse Castle (1.1 miles south).
Canopy cleaning in Norton
A greasy canopy tells an inspector a lot before they’ve opened anything. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is usually in a worse state. We clean both, so the canopy is clean where it shows and where it does not. If you have a plenum thick with grease behind the filters and a hood coated in old grease, we can help.
In a small place like Norton, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Norton (PO20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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. After that, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. The timing of a visit to Norton is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- 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
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Norton: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Norton?
In Norton, it’s Arun council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Norton?
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Norton. 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.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Wall and island canopies, long cooking-line hoods and small single hoods. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
We clean the canopy inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
Other services in Norton
When to call us in Norton
Air straight off the range hits the canopy first. Grease from the vapour lands on the canopy’s inner surfaces, its joints and its filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Grease channels that no longer drain
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Norton (Goodwood House is about 2.9 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
How we price canopy cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How big the system is
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site rules, permits and inductions
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos 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 we start.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Do not scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
We recommend when the canopy, or the whole system, should next be cleaned. It reflects how long the kitchen cooks and how much grease we removed, in line with BESA guidance.
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.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
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.
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.