East Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Swaile's Green canopy cleaning
Need canopy cleaning in Swaile's Green? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- An EHO comment about the canopy
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.
Grease troughs and gutters
Grease channels around the canopy collect what runs down the inside. They’re emptied and cleaned during the job, so they can do their job again.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Swaile's Green
We’ve been cleaning kitchen canopies since we started trading in 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, we treat the canopy as one part of a whole system, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers grease gutters, island canopies and canopy light fittings, and people most often call us about grease filters blocking between washes and overflowing grease troughs and gutters.
For a kitchen in or near Swaile's Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are 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.
- Place
- Swaile's Green (TN32)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
What a clean will not put right
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Swaile's Green
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
What happens if it’s left?
Drips from a dirty canopy land on the cooking line. It’s a food hygiene concern as much as a fire concern, and EHOs look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment. In a place like Swaile's Green, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why Swaile's Green businesses choose us
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Fully insured
- In business since 2009
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FAQs for Swaile's Green
Which fire authority looks after Swaile's Green?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Swaile's Green. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you come to Swaile's Green after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Swaile's Green keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. 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 for most canopies. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Swaile's Green.
- The canopy is checked from pictures or on a visit.
- 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.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
For canopy cleaning in Swaile's Green, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
When to call us in Swaile's Green
A canopy in Swaile's Green picks up grease at much the same rate as one anywhere else with the same cooking: the hours and the type of cooking decide how fast. High-heat cooking coats it fastest.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Condensation running down the canopy
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Staplecross Methodist Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What paperwork you get at the end
Grease, kitchens and Swaile's Green
In Swaile's Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Rother council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Swaile's Green is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Durhamford Manor is about 1.2 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Marks Staplecross, or anywhere in Swaile's Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Swaile's Green is about 7 miles north of Hastings, in East Sussex. Wherever you are in the TN32 postcode area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Swaile's Green is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex where we work for canopy cleaning. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 21 miles away.
All of TN32 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Cripp's Corner (1 mile north), Staplecross (1 mile north-east), Whatlington (2 miles south-west), Sedlescombe (2 miles south) and Snagshall (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Hastings (7 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles south), Hailsham (13 miles south-west), St Leonards (7 miles south), Polegate (15 miles south-west) and Hastings Old Town (8 miles south).
Around Swaile's Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Hart pub and Vinehall School. Swaile's Green’s nearest station is Robertsbridge station, about 3.1 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Conquest Hospital (5.4 miles south) and Nortons Farm Museum (3 miles south). The countryside around Swaile's Green includes Senlac Hill.