East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Polegate, East Sussex
Canopy and hood cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Polegate. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Poor capture at the hood
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
What happens if it’s left?
Baked-on grease gets harder to shift the longer it stays. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. Light use slows the build-up but does not stop it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Polegate
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- We’re fully insured
How we handle canopy cleaning in Polegate
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. Common call-outs are for a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection and a filter housing caked in grease, on canopy light fittings, baffle filters and grease gutters.
In a smaller place like Polegate, 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. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Polegate (BN26)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Tell us when your site near Polegate is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by pictures or in person.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear loose items from the work area
How to get a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Polegate
However carefully a kitchen in Polegate is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
For kitchens close to Polegate station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What hours they’ll be on site
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
FAQs for Polegate
Which environmental health team covers Polegate?
Food hygiene inspections in Polegate are carried out by Wealden council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Polegate?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Polegate. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
All of it: the outer surfaces, the inner skin, the seams and the troughs. The plenum behind the filters is included because that is often the dirtiest part.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
What affects the quote in Polegate
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- A single visit or a regular plan
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Kitchen extracts in Polegate
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs, bars and clubs in and around Polegate, up to about a mile and a half out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in Polegate are the job of Wealden council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for Polegate is East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Eastbourne District General Hospital about 2.5 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St John's Church of England Church, or anywhere in Polegate, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Polegate is about 3 miles south of Hailsham, in East Sussex. We provide canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Polegate and the rest of East Sussex. Polegate is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 17 miles from Polegate.
Every address in BN26 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You’ll find streets such as Station Road, High Street and Church Road, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. Being close to the A27 and A2270, Polegate is simple for us to get to for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Polegate: Wannock (1 mile south-west), Lower Willingdon (1 mile south), Willingdon (1 mile south), Filching (2 miles south-west) and Folkington (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (3 miles south-east), Hastings (14 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (10 miles east), Seaford (7 miles south-west), Lewes (11 miles west) and Hailsham (3 miles north).
Around Polegate
Around Polegate, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Horse & Groom pub and Willingdon Community School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Polegate itself: Polegate station. Other landmarks nearby include Burlough Castle (3.4 miles west) and Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.5 miles south). Not far away are Combe Hill.
Towns and villages near Polegate
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What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Polegate
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers