Isle of Wight · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Colwell, Isle of Wight
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Colwell. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Colwell and across the Isle of Wight. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Canopy cleaning in Colwell
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. Common call-outs are for condensation running down the canopy and a sticky, discoloured canopy, across baffle filters, grease gutters and plenum chambers.
Work in a small place like Colwell starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
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
- Colwell (PO40, PO39)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Colwell
Who is the fire and rescue service for Colwell?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Colwell. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Does being near the coast affect canopy cleaning in Colwell?
It can, as Colwell is within about 1 mile of the sea, where salt in the air is hard on metal. A fan housing that’s rusting near the coast can fail sooner, so it’s worth catching early.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
A full trough, gaps around the filters or a coated plenum. We clean all three and point out anything that’s causing it.
Do you clean inside the canopy as well as outside?
We clean the canopy inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned as well.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log where an inspector can see it. Photos of a clean canopy and plenum make the record easy to follow.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Wash or exchange them regularly, and never cook with one missing. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
Nearby places to Colwell
Other services in Colwell
What we are called out for in Colwell
Grease does not build up any differently in Colwell: it comes down to how long the kitchen cooks and what’s on the menu. Frying and grilling load a canopy far faster than steaming or boiling.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A hood coated in old grease
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Lymington New Forest Hospital about 5.7 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- What insurance they carry
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Part by part
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.
Wall canopies
Long wall canopies often have several filter banks. We work along the canopy section by section, with photos for each.
What we do, step by step
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the canopy cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Colwell, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Canopy cleaning in Colwell: the local picture
Colwell lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency records include about 7 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Colwell. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. The fire and rescue service for Colwell is Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Where a hall near Christ Church, or anywhere in Colwell, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Bursars and site managers at schools such as All Saints Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Colwell is about 5 miles south of Lymington, in the Isle of Wight. Colwell gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Colwell is one of 125 towns, villages and districts in the Isle of Wight where we work for commercial clients. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby, about 17 miles away.
We work across PO40 and PO39 for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Colwell Chine Road, Heath Lane and Chine Close, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Colwell: Totland (1 mile south-west), Freshwater (1 mile south-east), Norton Green (1 mile north-east), Easton (1 mile south-east) and Afton (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Newport (10 miles east), Cowes (11 miles north-east), East Cowes (12 miles north-east), Barton (11 miles east), Hunny Hill (10 miles east) and Cross Lane (11 miles east). Island and remote sites take a little more planning, so please mention your location when you ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Near you in Colwell
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Colwell Bay Inn, among other places. Colwell’s nearest station is Lymington Pier station, roughly 4.9 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Lymington New Forest Hospital (5.7 miles north) and Ferguson Family Museum (1.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Tennyson Down and Lymington and Keyhaven Marshes Nature Reserve.
Why deal with it now?
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. It’s simpler to plan the work at Colwell now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Every job surveyed first