West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Rustington canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning in Rustington from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A hood coated in old grease
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Rustington
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. Being first in line, it collects grease on the inside surfaces, along the seams and in the troughs. We clean it inside and out, along with the plenum and filter housing behind it. If you have drips from the canopy onto the range and a filter housing caked in grease, we can help, from canopy light fittings, baffle filters and plenum chambers onwards.
Kitchens around a place like Rustington are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Rustington (BN16, BN17)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. We plan the journey to Rustington and bring what the job is likely to need.
- 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.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for canopy cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
A hotel or pub kitchen can rarely close for long. Canopy cleans are done late at night or early in the morning so the kitchen keeps trading.
Grease troughs and gutters
Many canopies have troughs or gutters around the edge to catch running grease. We empty and degrease them, so they can do their job again.
What canopy cleaning can’t fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Towns and villages near Rustington
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Signs you need canopy cleaning in Rustington
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A hood coated in old grease
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or anywhere around Rustington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the price is fixed
Rustington: your questions answered
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Rustington?
In Rustington, it’s Arun council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you cover smaller places like Rustington?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
Typically because the troughs or gutters are full, or the plenum is overloaded. With nowhere to collect, the grease overflows, and condensation can carry it too. Cleaning the canopy and plenum clears it.
Are the filters cleaned too?
We take them out, clean them and put them back. Between cleans, a filter exchange service can keep them in good order.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How we price canopy cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- How easy every part is to reach
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Canopy cleaning around Rustington
At about 1 mile from the coast, Rustington is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. The FSA’s data shows about 24 pubs and bars registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Rustington. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Rustington sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Zachary Merton Hospital is the nearest hospital to Rustington, about under half a mile south-east. If you run a café or takeaway near Angmering station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Rustington is about 5 miles west of Worthing, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Rustington, we can take on canopy cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Rustington is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for canopy cleaning. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 17 miles from Rustington.
All of BN16 and BN17 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Church Road, The Street and Station Road and nearby roads. Being close to the B2140, Rustington is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. If your site is just outside Rustington, we cover Littlehampton (1 mile west), Toddington (1 mile north-west), Poling (2 miles north), Wick (2 miles west) and Lyminster (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Worthing (5 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles west), Chichester (12 miles west), Selsey (13 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (11 miles east) and Lancing (8 miles east).
Around Rustington
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Littlehampton Academy, Littlehampton College and Mewsbrook Park. The nearest railway station is Angmering station, about 0.9 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Zachary Merton Hospital (within half a mile south-east) and Lyminster Siege Castle (3 miles north-west). The countryside around Rustington includes WWT Arundel and Highdown Hill.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Rustington
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.