West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
West Stoke canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning in West Stoke from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Poor capture at the hood
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in West Stoke
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. Typical jobs include filters that clog soon after cleaning and fat running down the front of the hood, across baffle filters, island canopies and wall canopies.
Work in a small place like West Stoke starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- West Stoke (PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in West Stoke
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
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How the visit works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to West Stoke.
- We look at the canopy first, from pictures or on a visit.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and photos are taken.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
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 can diagnose it and quote.
Kitchen extracts in West Stoke
Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens across West Stoke and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in West Stoke. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. West Stoke sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
West Dean House, about 3.2 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near West Stoke; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Bishop Luffa School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
West Stoke is about 3 miles north-west of Chichester, in West Sussex. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in West Stoke and the rest of West Sussex. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby, about 12 miles away.
All of PO18 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Downs Road and Lye Lane and the roads around them. If your site is just outside West Stoke, we cover East Ashling (1 mile south-west), West Ashling (1 mile south-west), Funtington (2 miles west), Broadbridge (2 miles south-west) and Fishbourne (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (8 miles south-east), Chichester (3 miles south-east), Selsey (10 miles south), Littlehampton (13 miles east), Emsworth (5 miles west) and Rustington (14 miles east).
Local landmarks in West Stoke
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Horse And Groom Public House and the streets around them. West Stoke’s nearest station is Fishbourne station, roughly 2.2 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Chichester Castle (3 miles south-east) and Chichester Centre (2.8 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Stoke Down and Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
The report gives a recommended next clean date. It reflects how long the kitchen cooks and how much grease we removed, in line with BESA guidance.
Tell us if the canopy starts dripping or the filters clog sooner than usual. More drips or quicker clogging often mean the cleaning interval needs looking at, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
Do you need canopy cleaning in West Stoke?
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
What we are most often called out for:
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Chichester Centre about 2.8 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before you book anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What insurance they carry
Your questions about canopy cleaning in West Stoke
Which environmental health team covers West Stoke?
In West Stoke, it’s Chichester 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.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for West Stoke?
That is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Wall and island canopies, long cooking-line hoods and small single hoods. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
A full trough, gaps around the filters or a coated plenum. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
How the job changes from site to site
Grease troughs and gutters
Where a trough drains into a grease cup, we empty and clean that as well, and we will show staff where it is.
Plenums and filter housings
The rails and channels that hold the filters collect grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. A flare-up can catch it and be drawn into the plenum and duct, where a fire is much harder to stop. A clean canopy takes that fuel away. Planning a trip to West Stoke ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What you get with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Full insurance on every job
- We diagnose before we treat
- Trading since 2009
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