Brighton and Hove · Canopy and hood cleaning
Rottingdean canopy cleaning
For canopy and hood cleaning in Rottingdean, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Rottingdean questions
Will you come out to Rottingdean?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can a school canteen extract in Rottingdean be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 21 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Rottingdean. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you clean inside the canopy as well as outside?
Inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
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. A thorough clean stops it.
Can you clean the canopy outside our opening hours?
The clean is done out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Equipment under the canopy needs to be off and cool.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Rottingdean
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. We scrape the heavy deposits, then degrease the surfaces with methods that suit the build-up, using hot water or steam where it helps. If you have condensation running down the canopy and grease filters blocking between washes, we can put it right, from island canopies, plenum chambers and grease gutters onwards.
In a small place like Rottingdean, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Rottingdean (BN2)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Also in Rottingdean
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
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. If the job covers only the canopy, the paperwork reflects that.
Tell us if the canopy starts dripping or the filters clog sooner than usual. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
Grease, kitchens and Rottingdean
Rottingdean lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. Food Standards Agency records list about 24 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways across Rottingdean 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. Food hygiene inspections in Rottingdean are the job of Brighton and Hove council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Royal Pavilion, about 3.2 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Rottingdean; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. School kitchens, at schools like Longhill High School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Rottingdean is about 3 miles west of Telscombe, in Brighton and Hove. Whatever kind of site you run in Rottingdean, we can take on canopy cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Rottingdean is one of 30 towns, villages and districts in Brighton and Hove where we work for commercial clients.
We cover every part of BN2 for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on Longhill Road, New Barn Road and Court Ord Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Ovingdean (1 mile west), Roedean (1 mile west), Saltdean (1 mile south-east), East Saltdean (2 miles south-east) and Telscombe (3 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Brighton (3 miles north-west), Brighton and Hove (6 miles west), Hove (5 miles west), Carlton Hill (3 miles west), Hanover (3 miles west) and West Hill (4 miles west).
Landmarks near Rottingdean
Typical jobs here are in premises near Ovingdean Hall School, Our Lady of Lourdes RC School and Beacon Hill. The closest station to Rottingdean is Moulsecoomb station, about 3.2 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Churchill Square (3.6 miles west) and French Convalescent Home (1.9 miles west). For a walk, there’s Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve and Newmarket Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What a clean won’t put right
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
Different parts, different methods
Island canopies
The underside of an island canopy is in full view, so the finish matters. We degrease it thoroughly and photograph the result.
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. It catches whatever gets past the filters, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Do you need canopy cleaning in Rottingdean?
Steam and condensation make canopy grease harder to deal with. As the canopy cools, condensation forms, carrying grease with it. Drips onto the cooking line are a common result.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Wulfran's Church, or anywhere in Rottingdean, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What records you will receive afterwards
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
What we do, step by step
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Rottingdean before we set off.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
Related advice
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The size of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.