West Sussex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Wivelsfield Green
Canopy cleaning in Wivelsfield Green, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Common questions in Wivelsfield Green
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Wivelsfield Green?
Fire safety enforcement in Wivelsfield Green is handled by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you come to Wivelsfield Green after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Which accreditations do you hold?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Do you cover Wivelsfield Green?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Wivelsfield Green included.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few pictures, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
About our canopy cleaning in Wivelsfield Green
Of the whole extract system, the canopy is the bit on show. It’s also the first place cooking vapour meets, so grease gathers on its inner skin, seams and gutters. Our canopy clean covers the shell inside and out, plus the plenum and the filter housing. The work covers island canopies, grease gutters and canopy light fittings, and people most often call us about condensation running down the canopy and poor capture at the hood.
Somewhere as small as Wivelsfield Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Wivelsfield Green (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A greasy canopy is fuel directly above the flame. A flare-up can catch it and be drawn into the plenum and duct, where a fire is much harder to stop. Cleaning it removes that fuel. It’s simpler to plan the work at Wivelsfield Green now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the quote in Wivelsfield Green
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition of the system
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The postcode and the type of business
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Wivelsfield Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by photos or in person.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- Filters come out and the plenum behind them is scraped and degreased.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
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Signs you need canopy cleaning in Wivelsfield Green
Grease does not build up any differently in Wivelsfield Green: it comes down to how long the kitchen cooks and what’s on the menu. High-heat cooking coats it fastest.
What we are most often called out for:
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Poor capture at the hood
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Ockenden Manor is about 4.3 miles north-west), access may need planning.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
Managing agents and facilities teams in Wivelsfield Green
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A hood that does not cover the cooking line
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
How the job changes from site to site
Island canopies
Island canopies hang over cooking in the middle of the kitchen, so every face can collect grease. Each face is cleaned inside and out.
Plenums and filter housings
A plenum that hasn’t been cleaned for a long time can hold a thick layer of grease. Heavy deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing.
Canopy cleaning around Wivelsfield Green
Look up Wivelsfield Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Wivelsfield Green. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Fire safety in Wivelsfield Green 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 Wivelsfield Green get their food hygiene inspections from Lewes council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Wivelsfield Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Ote Hall Chapel or elsewhere in Wivelsfield Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Wivelsfield Green is about 2 miles east of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Wherever you are in the RH17 postcode area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Wivelsfield Green is one of them. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 9 miles away.
Canopy cleaning in RH17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Downsview Drive, Allwood Crescent and Farncombe Close or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Wivelsfield (1 mile west), Ditchling Common (2 miles south-west), Plumpton Green (2 miles south), Scaynes Hill (2 miles north) and North Chailey (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (11 miles north-west), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Haywards Heath (3 miles north-west), East Grinstead (12 miles north), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles south-west) and Lancing (14 miles south-west).
Around Wivelsfield Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Cock Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Wivelsfield Green is Wivelsfield station, roughly 2.1 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Burgess Hill Museum (2.5 miles west) and Clayton Castle (4.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Wivelsfield Green includes Ditchling Beacon and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.