West Berkshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Ashmore Green canopy cleaning
Our technicians work in Ashmore Green on canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Poor capture at the hood
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteen staff see the canopy, not the duct behind it. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Island canopies
Island canopies hang over cooking in the middle of the kitchen, so every face can collect grease. We clean all of them, inside and out.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Ashmore Green
Canopy cleans are done out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. If you have canopy gutters full of old fat and a hood coated in old grease, we can help, from grease gutters, baffle filters and plenum chambers onwards.
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.
A written report with photos follows each visit, 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
- Ashmore Green (RG18)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Ashmore Green questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Ashmore Green?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ashmore Green. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work at weekends in Ashmore Green?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Ashmore Green keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
How long is a canopy clean?
Size and build-up decide it. As a guide, it takes a few hours for most canopies.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What happens to the waste?
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.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Places near Ashmore Green
Other services in Ashmore Green
What canopy cleaning looks like in Ashmore Green
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Ashmore Green. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Ashmore Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Berkshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Ashmore Green. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Where a hall near St. Mark's Church, or anywhere in Ashmore Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. For schools such as Cold Ash St Mark's C.E. School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Ashmore Green is about 2 miles north-west of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Ashmore Green and the rest of West Berkshire. Ashmore Green is one of 155 places in West Berkshire where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Reading, about 13 miles away.
Here we cover the RG18 postcode area for canopy cleaning. You will find streets such as Ash Terrace, Ashmore Green Road and Stoney Lane, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Ashmore Green: Cold Ash (1 mile north-east), Stone Copse (1 mile west), Benham Hill (1 mile south-west), Thatcham (2 miles south-east) and Longlane (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Newbury (3 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (9 miles east), Hungerford (11 miles west), Spencers Wood (13 miles east), Calcot (10 miles east) and Lambourn (12 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Ashmore Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Kennet School and the streets around them. Ashmore Green’s nearest station is Newbury Racecourse station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.4 miles south-west) and Donnington Castle (2.8 miles west). Not far away are Nature Discovery Centre.
When something else is needed
Canopy cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Keep the fan on through service
File the report alongside your fire risk assessment where an inspector can see it. Photos of a clean canopy and plenum make the record easy to follow.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Wash or exchange them regularly, and make sure they’re all in place before cooking. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Ashmore Green.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
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.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Ashmore Green
A canopy in Ashmore Green picks up grease at much the same rate as one anywhere else with the same cooking: the hours and the type of cooking decide how fast. High-heat cooking coats it fastest.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Shaw House is about 2 miles west), access may need planning.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify