Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Charcott, Kent
Canopy cleaning for Charcott, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Poor capture at the hood
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
Charcott questions
Can the work in Charcott be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Charcott?
Food hygiene inspections in Charcott are carried out by Sevenoaks council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Are the filters cleaned too?
They’re taken out, cleaned and refitted. We check each one seats properly, because gaps let grease through.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we are there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Do you clean inside the canopy as well as outside?
All of it: the outer surfaces, the inner skin, the seams and the troughs. We also remove the filters and clean the plenum and housing behind them, since that’s where grease hides.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
Normally because the troughs or gutters are full, or the plenum is overloaded. Grease has nowhere else to go, so it runs down and drips, and condensation can carry it too. A canopy clean sorts it out.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Charcott
Every canopy we clean in Charcott gets the same treatment: we remove the filters, clean the plenum and housing, then degrease the canopy shell. You get photos of the canopy before and after. The work covers plenum chambers, wall canopies and grease gutters, and common reasons people get in touch are heavy deposits behind the grease filters and poor capture at the hood.
Work in a small place like Charcott starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Charcott (TN11)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Charcott
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 pubs, bars and clubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Charcott. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Charcott are the job of Sevenoaks council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Charcott is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Charcott (Chiddingstone Castle is about 1.9 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. A kitchen near Penshurst station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Charcott is about 4 miles west of Tonbridge, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Charcott or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Charcott among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 16 miles from Charcott.
Canopy cleaning in TN11 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Close by, we work in Hall's Green (1 mile north), Woodhatch (2 miles north-east), Bough Beech (2 miles west), Sevenoaks Weald (2 miles north) and Goathurst Common (4 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Sevenoaks (5 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (6 miles south-east), Tonbridge (4 miles east), Swanley (13 miles north), Kings Hill (11 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (9 miles east).
Around Charcott
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Chiddingstone Castle Park and Gardens and The Greyhound pub. The closest station to Charcott is Penshurst station, about 0.5 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Chiddingstone Castle (1.9 miles south-west) and Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (4.5 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Barden Lake.
Towns and villages near Charcott
What else we do in Charcott
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
We recommend when the canopy, or the whole system, should next be cleaned. That date is based on your cooking hours and what we found, in line with BESA guidance.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. More drips or quicker clogging often mean the cleaning interval needs looking at, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
What affects the quote in Charcott
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- The size of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Parking and loading at the site
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Why act early in Charcott
A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier while the fan strains. Cleaning restores the path the air should take. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Trading since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Charcott, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- The canopy is checked from pictures or on a visit.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. 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.
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What we’re called out for in Charcott
Filters that are missing, damaged or badly seated leave gaps. The plenum and housing behind them then take far more grease than they should, which shows up as heavy deposits when the filters come out.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Poor capture at the hood
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Charcott is Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 4.5 miles south-east.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed