West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Portfield
We cover Portfield for canopy and hood cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
Canopy cleaning in Portfield
We clean canopies in Portfield when the kitchen is not cooking: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. The work covers grease gutters, plenum chambers and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are a filter housing caked in grease and a sticky, discoloured canopy.
Kitchens around a place like Portfield are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Portfield (PO19, PO20, PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in Portfield
However carefully a kitchen in Portfield is run, the canopy still collects grease. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Poor capture at the hood
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as St Richard's Hospital (about 0.5 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What your quote should include
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
How the visit works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Portfield can normally be finished without a second trip.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
If you need canopy cleaning in Portfield, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
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Canopy cleaning in Portfield: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 30 pubs and bars and about 9 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Portfield. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. The fire and rescue service for Portfield is 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. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in Portfield. 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.
If you cook for passing trade around Chichester station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Portfield Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Portfield is about 1 mile east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Portfield, we can take on canopy cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Portfield is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Portsmouth page (14 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: PO19, PO20 and PO18. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Kent Road, York Road and Spur Road or anywhere close by, we can help. With the A259 and A285 close by, Portfield is simple for us to get to for canopy cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Chichester (1 mile west), Westhampnett (1 mile north-east), Shopwyke (1 mile east), Maudlin (1 mile north-east) and North Mundham (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (7 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west), Rustington (11 miles east) and Storrington (15 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Portfield
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Prebendal School, The East Gate Public House and Chichester High School For Girls and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Chichester station, roughly 0.9 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Chichester City Museum (0.6 miles west) and Chichester Castle (0.6 miles west). The countryside around Portfield includes Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Stoke Down.
Towns and villages near Portfield
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How we price canopy cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Portfield
Can you come to Portfield after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Portfield needn’t be disturbed. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Which council inspects kitchens in Portfield?
The local authority for Portfield is Chichester 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.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
A canopy-only clean is possible, but it is not a full TR19 clean. For TR19, the whole system needs cleaning, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
How long is a canopy clean?
Size and build-up decide it. As a guide, it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What a clean won’t put right
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. Long hours mean the canopy collects grease fast, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
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.
Why deal with it now?
In Portfield, as elsewhere, a greasy canopy is one of the first things an inspector sees. A clean hood is a sign the kitchen is cared for, and it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. A quieter site near Portfield still needs its system looked after.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line