Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Basted, Kent
Canopy cleaning in Basted from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Basted run smoothly.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is 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.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Canopy cleaning in Basted, done properly
A greasy canopy tells an inspector a lot before they’ve opened anything. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is normally in a worse state. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. If you are dealing with fat running down the front of the hood and a plenum thick with grease behind the filters, we can help.
In a small place like Basted, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Basted (TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
We point out anything we noticed while the canopy was apart: bent or poorly fitting filters, a light cover that is cracked, or troughs that fill too quickly. It’s a short list of what to watch, not a sales pitch.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Basted
Do you work in villages like Basted?
Yes. Basted is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Basted?
In Basted, it’s Tonbridge and Malling council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
When do you clean the canopy?
We clean when the kitchen is closed: after service, overnight or before opening. The range must be switched off and cooled first.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Does a canopy clean meet TR19?
A canopy-only clean is possible, but it isn’t a full TR19 clean. For TR19, the whole system needs cleaning, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Towns and villages near Basted
Other services in Basted
Canopy cleaning around Basted
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 sandwich bars and takeaways in Basted and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. In Basted, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Basted. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Borough Green Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church of the Good Shepherd or anywhere around Basted, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Basted is about 5 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Wherever you are in the TN15 postcode area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Basted is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for canopy cleaning. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 10 miles away.
Here we cover the TN15 postcode area for canopy cleaning. We cover sites on Basted Mill and Plough Hill and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Basted, we cover Claygate Cross (1 mile south-east), Crouch (1 mile south-east), Borough Green (1 mile north), Platt (1 mile north-east) and Plaxtol (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (5 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
Landmarks near Basted
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Plough Public House, Wrotham School and Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve. The nearest railway station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, roughly 0.9 miles north. A little further out are Ightham Court (1.3 miles north-west) and Sevenoaks Hospital (4.8 miles west).
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- How big the system is
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
When to call us in Basted
Any canopy in Basted that is used for cooking will gather grease in the end. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
A hospital like Sevenoaks Hospital, about 4.8 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Different parts, different methods
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, which makes a canopy clean easy to schedule. Holidays and weekends work well.
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.