East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Sedlescombe
Canopy and hood cleaning for commercial sites in Sedlescombe and across East Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Fat running down the front of the hood
What canopy cleaning cannot fix
Canopy cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It will not put right:
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
About our canopy cleaning in Sedlescombe
Has the canopy started to drip or look neglected? Send us a photo of the hood and filters when you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and you’ll get a fixed price, typically within one working day. The work covers wall canopies, canopy light fittings and baffle filters, and the jobs we see most are canopy gutters full of old fat and a sticky, discoloured canopy.
In a small place like Sedlescombe, 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.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Sedlescombe (TN33)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Sedlescombe
What else we do in Sedlescombe
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Sedlescombe
Sedlescombe is about 48 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Food hygiene inspections in Sedlescombe are the job of Rother council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Sedlescombe CofE Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Parish Church of St John the Baptist or anywhere around Sedlescombe, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Sedlescombe is Conquest Hospital, about 3.8 miles south.
Sedlescombe is about 5 miles north of Hastings, in East Sussex. For canopy cleaning in and around Sedlescombe, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Our area covers London and the South East, including Sedlescombe. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, Sedlescombe among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 23 miles from Sedlescombe.
All of TN33 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include The Street, Orchard Way and Park Shaw, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Sedlescombe include Whatlington (1 mile west), Kent Street (2 miles south), Swaile's Green (2 miles north), Cripp's Corner (2 miles north) and Telham (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (15 miles south-west), Hastings (5 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (7 miles south-west), Hailsham (13 miles west), St Leonards (6 miles south) and Polegate (15 miles south-west).
What’s near Sedlescombe
Sedlescombe’s nearest station is Battle station, roughly 2.3 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Nortons Farm Museum (1.3 miles south) and Conquest Hospital (3.8 miles south). For a walk, there’s Senlac Hill and Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Photos of a clean canopy and plenum make the record easy to follow.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Air that keeps moving carries less grease onto the canopy.
How we price canopy cleaning
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The size of the system
- What state the system is in
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. The timing of a visit to Sedlescombe is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteen staff see the canopy, not the duct behind it. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Wall canopies
At the back of the canopy, behind the filters, grease builds up unseen. With the filters out we can get to it and degrease it properly.
Why act early in Sedlescombe
Drips from a dirty canopy land on the cooking line. It’s a food hygiene concern as much as a fire concern, and environmental health officers look at the cleanliness of equipment, extraction included. A fault that closes a site in a village like Sedlescombe affects everyone who depends on it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Sedlescombe
- Full insurance on every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Sedlescombe
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Sedlescombe?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Sedlescombe. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Sedlescombe?
In Sedlescombe, it’s Rother council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What accreditations do you have?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What information do you need?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.