Updated November 2026·Independently researched·10 min read
Kitchen exhaust cleaning in Byron Bay runs $400–$900 per clean
for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct, as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides - small cafe canopies, full systems with the exhaust fan and hourly rates below
A Brunswick Heads cafe with one small hood over its grill pays $200–$350 for a canopy and filter clean, with $272 typical. A Jonson Street restaurant cooking over a wood-fired grill under one canopy is the standard clean to the accessible duct at $400–$900, usually in the upper half of that band.
+4.7%Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning costs in Byron Bay are up around 4.7% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026.Year on year
Typical standard restaurant exhaust clean in Byron Bay
$450
per clean of the canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct, Byron Bay 2026, as published
Canopy and filter clean, small cafe
$200-$350
Kitchen exhaust clean, standard restaurant (canopy, filters, plenum, accessible duct)
$400-$900
Full exhaust system clean including exhaust fan and roof discharge point
$900-$2,000
$400$450$900
Around Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers, a kitchen exhaust clean is priced by how much of the system is done. The canopy and filters of a small cafe are $200–$350 per clean; a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct $400–$900; and a full system clean that includes the exhaust fan and roof discharge point $900–$2,000. Each quote should name its scope before its price.
Much of the region's work is spread across towns rather than packed into one centre. A Jonson Street or Lawson Street kitchen, a Bangalow pub on Byron Street, a Mullumbimby cafe on Burringbar Street and a Ballina restaurant on River Street may all be on one cleaner's run, so travel and grouping matter as much as the canopy. Time beyond the scope is billed at $50–$80 per hour, typically $60.
Fan repairs and servicing are technician work at $85–$120 per hour on a weekday. Filter exchange programs, access panel installation and fan belts have no published price on this page, so a Northern Rivers quote should list each one on its own, with any travel line shown.
Quick answerKitchen exhaust cleaning in Byron Bay runs $400–$900 per clean for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct in 2026, $200–$350 for a small cafe canopy and filter clean and $900–$2,000 for a full system clean including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point. Hourly work runs $50–$80 per hour for cleaning labour and $85–$120 per hour for a weekday exhaust technician. Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. Get free Byron Bay quotes →
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Prices in Byron Bay 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates
Service
Low
Typical
High
Kitchen exhaust clean, standard restaurant (canopy, filters, plenum, accessible duct)
$400per clean
$450
$900
Canopy and filter clean, small cafe
$200per clean
$272
$350
Full exhaust system clean including exhaust fan and roof discharge point
$900per clean
$1,200
$2,000
Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour
$50per hour
$60
$80
Kitchen exhaust technician labour, weekday (fan repair, servicing and installation)
$85per hour
$100
$120
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Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers, November 2026.
What does kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Byron Bay?$400–$900 per clean for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct, $450 typical. A small cafe canopy and filter clean is $200–$350 and a full system clean including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point $900–$2,000, typically $1,200.
What hourly rates apply to kitchen exhaust work in Byron Bay?Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour runs $50–$80 per hour, $60 typical, and weekday technician labour for fan repair, servicing and installation $85–$120 per hour, $100 typical. Hourly rates price the time a per-clean figure does not cover.
Worked Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost Scenarios — Byron Bay
Byron Bay examples priced from this page's rows: a Jonson Street wood-fired restaurant, a Bangalow pub kitchen and an Arts and Industry Estate brewery kitchen. Each line names the row it draws on; the quote you receive prices your own canopy, duct, roof and travel.
Jonson Street wood-fired restaurant. A restaurant cooking over a wood-fired grill and a gas range under one canopy books a standard clean at $400–$900 ($450 typical) on a weekday morning, and pays $50–$80 per hour for the extra time a soot- and grease-loaded plenum takes.
Bangalow pub kitchen. A country pub on Byron Street with its duct running up the back of the building to a roof fan pays the full system band of $900–$2,000 per clean ($1,200 typical), booked on a quiet weekday so the crew can reach the fan and discharge point by ladder.
Arts and Industry Estate brewery kitchen. A brewery bar and kitchen in the Arts and Industry Estate has its canopy over the fryers and flat-top cleaned in the standard band, and books a technician at $85–$120 per hour on the same weekday to service a fan on the shed roof.
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Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. Byron Bay and the Northern Rivers, November 2026.
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs by Sector in Byron Bay
Byron Bay exhaust work runs from the restaurants and cafes of Jonson Street and Lawson Street, through Bangalow's Byron Street, Mullumbimby's Burringbar Street, Brunswick Heads and Ballina's River Street, to the food tenancies at Mercato on Byron and Ballina Fair and the breweries, producers and caterers of the Arts and Industry Estate, Ballina's Southern Cross estate and South Lismore.
Town-centre dining: Jonson Street, Lawson Street - Wood-fired, grill and small-plates kitchens in the standard band of $400–$900, with extra time on soot and grease at $50–$80 per hour.
Village pubs and cafes: Bangalow, Mullumbimby, Brunswick Heads - Pub kitchens with a roof fan in the full system band of $900–$2,000, and cafes with one small hood in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350.
River-town restaurants: Ballina's River Street - Restaurants and takeaways in shopfronts in the standard band, which can be grouped with other Ballina kitchens on one visit.
Centre tenancies: Mercato on Byron, Ballina Fair - Food tenancies on a centre-run exhaust, priced at $400–$900 for the tenancy's own canopy, plenum and reachable duct; ask the centre who cleans the shared riser.
Breweries and producers: Arts and Industry Estate, Southern Cross estate, South Lismore - Production canopies on shed roofs in the standard band, with fan servicing at the technician rate of $85–$120 per hour.
What Byron Bay Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Jobs Actually Cost
Restaurants and cafes in the town centres are most of the Byron Bay work. A Brunswick Heads or Mullumbimby cafe with one hood lands at $200–$350, typically $272; a Jonson Street or River Street restaurant with a canopy, plenum and short duct lands in the standard band of $400–$900, closer to $900 when a wood-fired grill or fryers load the plenum.
The full system band of $900–$2,000, with $1,200 typical, is where an old Bangalow or Mullumbimby pub lands when its roof fan is cleaned with the duct. Breweries and producers in the Arts and Industry Estate and South Lismore usually vent through a shed roof, so they stay in the standard band and add a technician at $85–$120 per hour when a fan needs servicing.
What Affects Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Byron Bay
Travel between towns, wood-fired cooking, old pub buildings and the holiday trade decide where a Byron Bay kitchen lands in the bands.
Travel between towns - A crew driving down from over the Queensland border or across from Lismore may price the travel; ask whether it sits inside the per-clean figure or as its own line.
Wood-fired and grill cooking - A Jonson Street wood-fired grill puts soot as well as grease into the plenum, so its clean sits high in $400–$900 and runs into labour at $50–$80 per hour more often.
Old pub buildings - A Bangalow or Mullumbimby pub with a duct up the back wall and a fan reached by ladder is a full system clean at $900–$2,000, with set-up time that a newer shopfront does not need.
Summer and holiday peaks - A Byron Bay kitchen that cooks flat out through summer and the school holidays loads its canopy faster in those weeks, so a clean after the peak is worth booking ahead.
Clean-outs in converted sheds - An Arts and Industry Estate kitchen fitted into a converted shed may have a duct without clean-out points, which needs access panels before it can be cleaned; panels have no published price on this page and are quoted separately.
Brewery fans in the estates - A brewery or producer fan that needs servicing is technician work at $85–$120 per hour on a weekday; belts and parts come as their own lines.
How to Control Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Byron Bay
Northern Rivers kitchens save mostly on travel and timing: group the visits, book after the peak, and let one trip cover the clean and the fan.
Ask the cleaner whether other kitchens in Bangalow, Brunswick Heads or Ballina are booked on the same run, and book alongside them to share the travel.
A Brunswick Heads or Mullumbimby cafe with one small hood should ask for the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350 rather than a standard clean.
Wood-fired and grill kitchens can have staff wash or swap filters between visits, so less of each clean goes on labour at $50–$80 per hour.
Arts and Industry Estate breweries can have the technician service the fan at $85–$120 per hour on the cleaning day, rather than pay for a second trip.
What a Compliant Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Quote Includes — Cost in Byron Bay
Before comparing Byron Bay quotes, check each one names the same scope - canopy and filters only, canopy to accessible duct, or the full system to the roof fan - prices any extra time at a stated hourly rate, and lists the work that has no row on this page as its own line with the GST basis stated.
The scope priced against the rows: a small cafe canopy and filter clean at $200–$350, a standard canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct clean at $400–$900, or a full system clean to the exhaust fan and roof discharge point at $900–$2,000 per clean
How far along the duct the clean goes, and which bends, risers or sections are left because there is no way in to reach them
Whether the exhaust fan and roof discharge point are in the price, and how the crew will reach the roof
The cleaning labour rate for extra time at $50–$80 per hour, typically $60, and when it starts to apply
The weekday technician rate for fan repair or servicing at $85–$120 per hour, typically $100, kept separate from the cleaning price
Filter exchange, access panel installation and fan belt work as separate quoted lines - none of them has a published price on this page
The booking window - after the last service or before opening - and any after-hours loading shown as its own line
A dated service report with before-and-after photos of the canopy, duct and fan, and the next clean the company recommends
A single GST basis across every line, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Byron Bay: town-centre restaurants, village pubs and breweries
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Byron Bay is priced per clean by scope: $200–$350 for a small cafe canopy and filters (typically $272), $400–$900 for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct (typically $450) and $900–$2,000 for a full system including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point (typically $1,200). Compare Northern Rivers quotes scope against scope.
Two hourly rates sit beside the scopes: cleaning labour at $50–$80 per hour for extra time, and a weekday technician at $85–$120 per hour for fan repair, servicing and installation. A Bangalow pub adds the ladder to the roof, a Jonson Street wood-fired grill adds soot, a trip between towns may add travel, and filter exchange, access panels and fan belts are quoted on their own lines because none has a published price on this page.
The Australian Building Codes Board's guide to the National Construction Code says the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions require exhaust hoods to comply with both AS 1668.1 and AS 1668.2. In New South Wales, Camden Council's food premises cleaning chart lists cleaning the ventilation filters and wiping down the canopy weekly or more often as required, and cleaning inside exhaust hoods and all extraction ventilation grilles every 4-6 weeks or more often as required, and notes that mechanical ventilation and exhaust hoods may require individual cleaning programs. Ask a Northern Rivers cleaner to set out on the quote what is cleaned and any travel charged, and to leave a dated report with photos for the business to keep.
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost by kitchen size and system in Byron Bay
Quick answerByron Bay pricing steps by scope: a Brunswick Heads or Mullumbimby cafe hood sits at $200–$350, a Jonson Street or River Street kitchen to the accessible duct at $400–$900, and a Bangalow pub to the roof fan at $900–$2,000 per clean.
A Byron Bay exhaust price rises with the scope, not the size of the room. The canopy and filters of a small cafe are $200–$350; with the plenum and reachable duct, $400–$900; with the fan and roof discharge point, $900–$2,000. An old pub with a small kitchen and a ladder to the roof fan can price above a large brewery canopy that stops at the duct.
Within a band, grease load and layout decide. A Mercato on Byron tenancy with a short duct into the centre riser sits low; a Jonson Street wood-fired grill with a caked plenum adds time at $50–$80 per hour; a South Lismore producer with a worn fan adds a technician at $85–$120 per hour. Panels for a run with no way in are quoted as a separate line.
Frequently Asked Questions — Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost in Byron Bay
What is the price of kitchen exhaust cleaning in Byron Bay?
From our Byron Bay table: $400–$900 per clean for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct (typically $450); $200–$350 for a small cafe canopy and filter clean (typically $272); $900–$2,000 for a full system clean including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point (typically $1,200).
How much does a small cafe canopy and filter clean cost in Byron Bay?
A canopy and filter clean for a small cafe costs $200–$350 per clean in Byron Bay, with $272 typical; it covers the canopy and its filters rather than the duct and fan. Cafes in Brunswick Heads, on Mullumbimby's Burringbar Street and around Lawson Street are the usual Byron Bay buyers of this clean, booked before the breakfast trade.
What does a full exhaust system clean with the fan cost in Byron Bay?
Going by our Byron Bay table, a full system clean including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point is $900–$2,000 per clean, typically $1,200, against $400–$900 for a standard clean that stops at the accessible duct. Village pubs in Bangalow and Mullumbimby are the usual Byron Bay jobs in this band, because their roof fans are reached by ladder and cleaned with the duct.
What is the hourly rate for kitchen exhaust cleaning in Byron Bay?
Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour is $50–$80 per hour on our Byron Bay table, with $60 typical, and weekday technician labour for fan repair, servicing and installation $85–$120 per hour, with $100 typical. Ask which rate applies to which part of the job, and when the clock starts.
How often does a commercial kitchen exhaust need cleaning in Byron Bay?
The Australian Building Codes Board's guide to the National Construction Code says the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions require exhaust hoods to comply with both AS 1668.1 and AS 1668.2. In New South Wales, Camden Council's food premises cleaning chart lists cleaning the ventilation filters and wiping down the canopy weekly or more often as required, and cleaning inside exhaust hoods and all extraction ventilation grilles every 4-6 weeks or more often as required, and notes that mechanical ventilation and exhaust hoods may require individual cleaning programs. Around Byron Bay, ask the cleaner to write the next recommended clean on the service report, so a Jonson Street restaurant or a Ballina takeaway books it in time to share a run with nearby kitchens.
What is the difference between a standard clean and a full system clean in Byron Bay?
A standard restaurant clean at $400–$900 covers the canopy, filters, plenum and the duct that can be reached; a full system clean at $900–$2,000 carries on to the exhaust fan and the roof discharge point. A small cafe canopy and filter clean at $200–$350 stops at the canopy. Ask each Byron Bay quote to name its scope in those terms before comparing prices.
Why do two Byron Bay kitchen exhaust cleaning quotes differ?
Scope, duct length, roof access and booking hours move the price most: one quote may stop at the accessible duct at $400–$900 while another runs to the fan at $900–$2,000, and extra time is billed at $50–$80 per hour. Around Byron Bay the site adds its own lines: travel between Ballina, Lismore and the coast, a ladder to an old pub roof in Bangalow, or soot from a wood-fired grill on Jonson Street.
Does kitchen exhaust cleaning include filter exchange, access panels or fan belts in Byron Bay?
WTD found no published Australian price for a filter exchange program, access panel installation or fan belt servicing, so none of them is a row on this page. Ask for each as its own quoted line; where it is labour, the weekday technician rate on our Byron Bay table is $85–$120 per hour. Grease trap pump-outs are a different business, run by liquid-waste contractors, and are priced on WTD's Commercial Plumbing pages rather than here. Tenants at Mercato on Byron or Ballina Fair should also ask the centre which parts of the shared exhaust it cleans, so the quote covers only the tenancy's own canopy and duct.
What should a Byron Bay kitchen exhaust cleaner leave behind after the clean?
A dated service report naming the canopy, filters, duct sections and fan that were cleaned, with before-and-after photos, so the scope can be checked against the $400–$900 or $900–$2,000 price that was paid. If a section has to be redone, ask whether the return visit is free or billed at the cleaning labour rate of $50–$80 per hour. Around Byron Bay, ask for the report to show the travel line apart from the clean, so the invoice can be checked against the scope that was quoted.
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