Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Croydon canopy cleaning
One call covers deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Croydon, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep the fan on through service
- Check filters are not leaving gaps
- Empty the grease troughs before they fill
- Do not scrape the canopy with metal tools
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If the job covers only the canopy, the paperwork reflects that.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.
Canopy cleaning in Croydon
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. A dirty canopy passes more grease further into the system. We start the check-up there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. The work covers canopy light fittings, wall canopies and plenum chambers, and the jobs we see most are grease channels that no longer drain and poor capture at the hood.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in Croydon is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Croydon (CR0, CR2, CR9, CR8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
School and staff canteen kitchens
In a school or workplace canteen, the canopy is often the only part of the extract staff ever see. We clean it and the plenum behind the filters, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Grease troughs and gutters
A blocked or full trough is the usual cause of grease dripping from the canopy. We clean it out so the grease has somewhere to go.
Canopy cleaning in Croydon: the local picture
Look up Croydon on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 246 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 160 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Croydon. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Environmental health officers from Croydon council inspect food businesses in Croydon. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Heathfield Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Croydon is Croydon University Hospital, about 1.7 miles north.
Croydon is about 9 miles south of London, in Greater London. Croydon 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 pictures. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small. There’s also a page for London, roughly 9 miles from Croydon.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: CR0, CR2, CR9 and CR8. You’ll find streets such as High Street, Church Road and Ruskin Square, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Croydon is on the A235 and B243, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include South Croydon (1 mile south), Coombe (1 mile east), Addiscombe (2 miles north-east), Ashburton (2 miles north-east) and Woodside (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles north), City of Westminster (10 miles north), Marylebone (11 miles north), Kensington (10 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
What’s near Croydon
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Cambridge Tutors College, Rutherford School and Keg & Grill pub. Croydon has its own railway station: South Croydon station. Nearby you’ll also find Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1.2 miles south-west) and Croydon University Hospital (1.7 miles north). For a walk, there’s Roundshaw Downs and Duppas Hill.
What we’re called out for in Croydon
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Poor capture at the hood
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Andrew's or elsewhere in Croydon, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the price is fixed
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Croydon questions
Does London parking affect a job in Croydon?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit typically gets round them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Croydon?
Fire safety enforcement in Croydon is handled by London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you provide pictures of the cleaned canopy?
Photos of the canopy and plenum before and after. The report includes a recommended next clean date.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
Do we need to close the kitchen for a canopy clean?
The clean is done out of hours: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The range must be switched off and cooled first.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Is Croydon in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Croydon included.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Nearby places to Croydon
What else we do in Croydon
What happens if it’s left?
A canopy clean in Croydon now stops the grease spreading further. The work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up, done while the kitchen is closed. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why us?
- Trading since 2009
- Each visit written up, with photos
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Croydon.
- We look at the canopy first, from pictures or on a visit.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- Filters come out and the plenum behind them is scraped and degreased.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- We refit the filters, clear up and photograph the finished canopy.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.