West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in West Barnham, West Sussex
Need canopy cleaning in West Barnham? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Poor capture at the hood
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
Canopy cleaning in West Barnham, done properly
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. We start the check-up there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. The work covers plenum chambers, grease gutters and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are smoke hanging around the canopy during service and a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- West Barnham (PO22)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in West Barnham and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
West Barnham questions
Which council inspects kitchens in West Barnham?
Kitchens in West Barnham are inspected by Arun council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire authority looks after West Barnham?
That is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
Everything from the outer face to the plenum behind the filters. Troughs, gutters and filter housings are cleaned too.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
When do you clean the canopy?
We clean out of hours as a matter of course, at night, early in the morning or at weekends. The kitchen is handed back ready to cook.
What do you do to protect the area?
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.
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.
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, along with a quote to put access in.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in West Barnham
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What canopy cleaning can’t fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- A light fitting that does not work
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Places near West Barnham
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West Barnham kitchens: local notes
Look up West Barnham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 5 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of West Barnham. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Fire safety in West Barnham falls to West 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. Kitchens in West Barnham get their food hygiene inspections from Arun council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Mary or elsewhere in West Barnham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. School kitchens, at schools like Barnham Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
West Barnham is about 4 miles north-east of Bognor Regis, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in West Barnham, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (19 miles or so).
Here we cover the PO22 postcode area for canopy cleaning. Whether your site is on Woodside, Orchard Way and Paddocks or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find West Barnham on the B2233, so it’s easy for us to get to for canopy cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Barnham (1 mile south-east), Eastergate (1 mile north-west), Walberton (1 mile north-east), Westergate (1 mile west) and Fontwell (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Worthing (11 miles east), Bognor Regis (4 miles south-west), Chichester (6 miles west), Selsey (9 miles south-west), Littlehampton (5 miles east) and Lancing (14 miles east).
Around West Barnham
Around West Barnham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near St Philip Howard Catholic High School and The Murrell Arms. There’s a railway station in West Barnham itself: Barnham station. A little further out are Tote Copse Castle (2.2 miles west) and Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (3.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include WWT Arundel.
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes a few hours for most canopies. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to West Barnham can be planned properly.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
What the work involves, part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
In a school or workplace canteen, the canopy is often the only part of the extract staff ever see. We clean it and the plenum behind the filters, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Plenums and filter housings
Behind neglected filters, the plenum can be heavily coated. We remove thick grease by hand, then degrease.
What we are called out for in West Barnham
However carefully a kitchen in West Barnham is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, which is why a flare-up near a dirty canopy is so dangerous.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
A hospital like Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital, about 3.3 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What your quote should include
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether they recommend a next date