Surrey · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Cobham, Surrey
Our technicians work in Cobham on canopy and hood cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Condensation running down the canopy
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
What the work involves, part by part
Island canopies
With filters on more than one side, an island canopy has more plenum to clean. We work round the canopy, cleaning each filter bank and plenum.
School and staff canteen kitchens
A canteen canopy may cook fewer hours, but it still collects grease. BESA guidance still sets a minimum interval for the whole system, and the canopy is part of it.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Cobham
For canopies and hoods in Cobham, the work follows the same careful routine: we remove the filters, clean the plenum and housing, then degrease the canopy shell. You get pictures of the canopy before and after. Common call-outs are for canopy gutters full of old fat and a sticky, discoloured canopy, across island canopies, canopy light fittings and grease gutters.
Kitchens around a place like Cobham are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Cobham (KT11)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Cobham kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 11 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered in Cobham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Cobham get their food hygiene inspections from Elmbridge council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Cobham is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital (about 3.9 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Andrew or anywhere around Cobham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. The Homewood, about 1.2 miles north, is one of the historic houses near Cobham; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Cobham is about 6 miles west of Epsom, in Surrey. Anywhere in KT11, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Cobham is one of 395 places in Surrey where we work for commercial clients. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 10 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: KT11. Whether your site is on High Street, Summerhays and Fairfield Park or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Stoke D'Abernon (1 mile south-east), Oxshott (2 miles east), West End (2 miles north), Pachesham Park (3 miles east) and Esher (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (10 miles south-west), Woking (8 miles west), Camberley (14 miles west), Epsom (6 miles east), Horley (15 miles south-east) and Redhill (12 miles south-east).
What’s near Cobham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Running Mare pub and West End Common. For rail, the closest station is Cobham & Stoke Dabernon station, roughly 1.1 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Elmbridge Museum (3 miles north-east) and Chessington Castle Hill (4.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Jubilee Wood and Claremont Lake.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the canopy cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Tell us when your site near Cobham is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- We refit the filters, clear up and photograph the finished canopy.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. Flames from the range can ignite it and be pulled further into the system, where a fire is much harder to stop. Cleaning it removes that fuel. A site near Cobham that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why Cobham businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- In business since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Cobham questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Cobham?
That’s Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can school kitchens in Cobham be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 8 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Cobham. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
What happens to the filters during the clean?
We remove the filters to reach the plenum, and they’re cleaned before going back in. We’ll tell you if any need replacing.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
TR19® Grease is about the whole extract, from canopy to discharge. A canopy clean helps between full cleans, but the ducts and fan still need doing, and the report will say what was covered.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How much does canopy cleaning cost in Cobham?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll typically reply within one working day.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan that cannot pull enough air because it’s worn out
- Bent or broken filters
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
Where the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
Keep the fan running throughout service and for a short while after. Air that keeps moving carries less grease onto the canopy.