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How much does kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Perth?

By The WTD Editorial Team · Last reviewed November 2026 · Methodology

Updated November 2026·Independently researched·10 min read

Kitchen exhaust cleaning in Perth 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 Napoleon Street Cottesloe cafe with one hood over its grill and toaster pays $200–$350 for a canopy and filter clean, with $272 typical. A Fremantle fish and chip shop with a row of fryers under a long canopy and a short duct to the roof is the standard clean at $400–$900.

+4.1% Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning costs in Perth are up around 4.1% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026. Year on year

Typical standard restaurant exhaust clean in Perth

$450

per clean of the canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct, Perth 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

Perth quotes for kitchen exhaust cleaning turn on scope. 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 carries on to the exhaust fan and roof discharge point $900–$2,000. A quote that names none of those should be asked which one it is.

Two kitchens of the same size can land in different bands because of the building. An Elizabeth Quay or Hay Street Mall restaurant vents through a tower to a fan on the plant deck and is cleaned after close; a Beaufort Street Mount Lawley bistro in a single-storey shopfront has a short duct and a fan reached from the rear. When a run takes longer than the scope assumes, the extra is billed at $50–$80 per hour, typically $60.

Fan work is billed as technician time. A weekday exhaust technician for fan repair, servicing and installation runs $85–$120 per hour. Filter exchange programs, access panel installation and fan belts carry no published price on this page, so a Perth quote should show each as its own line.

Quick answerKitchen exhaust cleaning in Perth 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 Perth quotes →

Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Prices in Perth 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. Perth metro, November 2026.

What does kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Perth?$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 Perth?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 — Perth

Perth examples priced from this page's rows: a Northbridge Korean barbecue, a Fremantle fish and chip shop and a Canning Vale bakery. Each line names the row it draws on; the quote you receive prices your own canopy, duct and fan.

Northbridge Korean barbecue. A table-grill restaurant with a ducted hood over every table, all running to fans on the roof, pays the full system band of $900–$2,000 per clean ($1,200 typical), because the crew cleans each drop, the main duct, the fans and the discharge points after the last sitting.
Fremantle fish and chip shop. A harbourside takeaway with a bank of fryers under one long canopy books the standard clean at $400–$900 ($450 typical) on a weekday morning before lunch service, with any extra time on a grease-heavy plenum at $50–$80 per hour.
Canning Vale bakery. A wholesale bakery and pie maker in a Canning Vale unit has its canopy over the deck ovens and fryers cleaned in the standard band, and books a technician at $85–$120 per hour on the same weekday to replace a worn fan bearing, with the part quoted on its own line.

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Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs by Sector in Perth

Perth's exhaust cleaning runs from the restaurants of the CBD, Hay Street Mall and Elizabeth Quay, through Northbridge, Fremantle and Scarborough and the strips of Beaufort Street Mount Lawley, Oxford Street Leederville, Rokeby Road Subiaco and Napoleon Street Cottesloe, to the food courts at Garden City Booragoon, Karrinyup and Westfield Carousel and the bakeries, caterers and food producers of Welshpool, Kewdale, Malaga and Canning Vale.

City and quay restaurants: CBD, Hay Street Mall, Elizabeth Quay - Tower kitchens with fans on a plant deck, usually priced as a full system clean at $900–$2,000; the dock booking and the after-close window are the lines to check.
Night-time strips: Northbridge, Oxford Street Leederville, Beaufort Street Mount Lawley - Grill, barbecue and late-night kitchens in the standard band of $400–$900, or the full system band where many hoods run to roof fans.
Coastal cafes and takeaways: Cottesloe, Scarborough, Fremantle - Beach and harbour cafes with a single hood in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350, and fryer-heavy takeaways in the standard band.
Food courts: Garden City Booragoon, Karrinyup, Westfield Carousel - Tenancy canopies feeding a centre-run exhaust, priced at $400–$900 for the tenancy's own canopy, plenum and reachable duct; ask the centre who cleans the riser and fan.
Bakeries and food producers: Welshpool, Kewdale, Malaga, Canning Vale - Production canopies on single-storey roofs in the standard band, with fan servicing at the technician rate of $85–$120 per hour on a weekday.

What Perth Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Jobs Actually Cost

Strip and coastal kitchens are the everyday Perth job. A Rokeby Road Subiaco or Cottesloe cafe with one hood lands at $200–$350, typically $272; a Leederville bistro or a Fremantle takeaway with a canopy, plenum and short duct lands in the standard band of $400–$900, closer to $900 when the fryers or grill load the plenum heavily.

The full system band of $900–$2,000, with $1,200 typical, is where Elizabeth Quay and CBD tower kitchens sit, along with Northbridge barbecue restaurants whose many table hoods run to roof fans. Producers in Welshpool and Malaga usually have big canopies on a single-storey roof, so they land in the standard band and add a technician at $85–$120 per hour when a fan needs a part.

What Affects Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Perth

Table hoods, tower ducts, fryer load and the trading window move a Perth exhaust clean around the bands more than floor area does.

Table-grill restaurants - A Northbridge Korean or Japanese barbecue with a hood over every table has many short drops into a main duct, which turns the job into a full system clean at $900–$2,000.
Tower ducts - An Elizabeth Quay or Hay Street Mall kitchen venting to a plant deck adds the riser and the roof, plus the dock and lift booking that comes with a tower.
Fremantle and Scarborough fryers - A Fremantle or Scarborough fish and chip shop puts a lot of grease into the plenum, so its clean sits higher in the standard band and runs into labour at $50–$80 per hour more often.
Clean-out points along the duct - A duct that was built without ways in along its length cannot be reached without access panels, and panels have no published price on this page; the quote should say whether any are needed.
Booragoon and Carousel food courts - A Garden City Booragoon or Westfield Carousel tenancy may share a centre-run exhaust, so the tenancy's scope ends at its own canopy and duct.
Fan wear - A worn bearing or a slipping belt is technician work at $85–$120 per hour; fan belts and parts have no row here and are quoted separately.

How to Control Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Perth

Perth buyers keep exhaust costs down by naming the scope, booking outside trade, and having one visit cover the clean and the fan.

A Cottesloe or Subiaco cafe with a single hood should ask for the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350 rather than a standard clean.
Fremantle and Scarborough takeaways can have staff wash or swap filters between visits, so less of the clean runs over into labour at $50–$80 per hour.
Northbridge barbecue restaurants should ask the cleaner to count every table hood on the quote, so two full system quotes are pricing the same number of drops.
Producers in Kewdale or Canning Vale can book the technician at $85–$120 per hour on the cleaning day, so a fan fault is fixed while the roof is already open.

What a Compliant Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Quote Includes — Cost in Perth

Before comparing Perth 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 Perth: barbecue restaurants, coastal takeaways and bakeries

Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Perth has three per-clean scopes: $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). The scope line is the first thing to line up across Perth quotes.

The hourly rates cover what a scope does not: cleaning labour at $50–$80 per hour for extra time on a long or heavily loaded run, and a weekday technician at $85–$120 per hour for fan repair, servicing and installation. An Elizabeth Quay tower kitchen adds the riser and roof, a Northbridge barbecue adds its table hoods, and filter exchange, access panels and fan belts come as separate 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. Two Perth councils publish kitchen exhaust guidance: the City of Cockburn's advisory notice on kitchen exhaust hoods says the internal surfaces of the exhaust ductwork shall be cleaned on at least a six-monthly basis, and that accessible, grease tight cleanouts shall be provided every 3m and near each elbow, angle or duct junction of all horizontal sections of ductwork; the City of Gosnells' guideline says all filters, hoods and ducts must receive regular cleaning and maintenance and be kept in a clean condition at all times. Ask a Perth cleaner to note on the quote whether any part of the duct cannot be reached, and to leave dated photos of each section that was cleaned.

Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost by kitchen size and system in Perth

Quick answerPerth pricing steps by scope: a Cottesloe or Subiaco cafe hood sits at $200–$350, a Leederville or Fremantle kitchen to the accessible duct at $400–$900, and an Elizabeth Quay tower kitchen or a Northbridge barbecue to the roof fans at $900–$2,000 per clean.

A Perth exhaust price climbs in steps as the clean reaches further: $200–$350 for a small cafe canopy and filters, $400–$900 once the plenum and reachable duct are included, and $900–$2,000 once the fan and roof discharge point are in. The last step is mostly roof time, so a compact kitchen in a tower can price above a large one on a single-storey roof.

Inside each band, layout does the work. A Karrinyup food court tenancy with a short duct sits low; a Mount Lawley bistro with bends in a long horizontal run adds time at $50–$80 per hour; and a Welshpool producer with an ageing fan adds a technician at $85–$120 per hour. Access panels for a duct with no way in are quoted on their own line.

Frequently Asked Questions — Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost in Perth

What is the price of kitchen exhaust cleaning in Perth?

From our Perth 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 Perth?

A canopy and filter clean for a small cafe costs $200–$350 per clean in Perth, with $272 typical; it covers the canopy and its filters rather than the duct and fan. Cafes on Napoleon Street Cottesloe, Rokeby Road Subiaco and Oxford Street Leederville are the usual Perth buyers of this clean, mostly booked before opening.

What does a full exhaust system clean with the fan cost in Perth?

Going by our Perth 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. Elizabeth Quay and CBD tower kitchens and Northbridge table-grill restaurants are the usual Perth jobs in this band, because their fans and many drops all have to be reached.

What is the hourly rate for kitchen exhaust cleaning in Perth?

Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour is $50–$80 per hour on our Perth 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 Perth?

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. Two Perth councils publish kitchen exhaust guidance: the City of Cockburn's advisory notice on kitchen exhaust hoods says the internal surfaces of the exhaust ductwork shall be cleaned on at least a six-monthly basis, and that accessible, grease tight cleanouts shall be provided every 3m and near each elbow, angle or duct junction of all horizontal sections of ductwork; the City of Gosnells' guideline says all filters, hoods and ducts must receive regular cleaning and maintenance and be kept in a clean condition at all times. In Perth, ask the cleaner to write the next recommended clean on the service report, so a Fremantle takeaway or an Osborne Park canteen books it from the report rather than from memory.

What is the difference between a standard clean and a full system clean in Perth?

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 Perth quote to name its scope in those terms before comparing prices.

Why do two Perth 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. In Perth the building adds its own lines: a tower dock and lift on Hay Street Mall, a hood over every table in Northbridge, or a centre-run riser at Garden City Booragoon.

Does kitchen exhaust cleaning include filter exchange, access panels or fan belts in Perth?

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 Perth 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. Perth food court tenants 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 Perth 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. In Perth, ask for the report to list each hood and fan by location, so a Northbridge restaurant with many table hoods can see every one was done.