Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Earl's Court canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning in Earl's Court, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
Canopy cleaning in Earl's Court
Grease troughs, seams and the inside edge of the canopy are the spots a daily wipe misses. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. The work covers wall canopies, canopy light fittings and plenum chambers, and people most often call us about grease channels that no longer drain and condensation running down the canopy.
In a London area like Earl's Court, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
A written report with pictures follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Earl's Court (W14, W8, SW5)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Earl's Court
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Earl's Court?
The local authority for Earl's Court is Kensington and Chelsea council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire service covers Earl's Court?
Fire safety enforcement in Earl's Court is handled by London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do we need to close the kitchen for a canopy clean?
We clean out of hours as a matter of course, at night, early in the morning or at weekends. The kitchen is handed back ready to cook.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
How much does canopy cleaning cost in Earl's Court?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Earl's Court
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- The scale of the work
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Earl's Court kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 1,299 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 136 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Earl's Court. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. The fire and rescue service for Earl's Court is London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Cuthbert with St Matthias CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Earl's Court is Princess Beatrice Hospital, about under half a mile south-east. If you run a café or takeaway near West Brompton station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Earl's Court is about 1 mile south-east of Kensington, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the W14 postcode area, we can take on canopy cleaning. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Every address in W14, W8 and SW5 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Sun Road, Star Road and Rich Lane and the roads around them. Earl's Court sits on or near the A3218 and A3220, which makes travel easy for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Earl's Court: West Brompton (1 mile south), South Kensington (1 mile east), Little Chelsea (1 mile south-east), World's End (1 mile south-east) and Walham Green (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover London (4 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (4 miles north-east), Shoreditch (6 miles north-east), Walthamstow (10 miles north-east) and Hoxton (6 miles north-east).
Near you in Earl's Court
Typical jobs here are in premises near Abdus Salam Library, Gwendwr Garden and Courtfield pub and the streets around them. Also close by are The Fulham Boys School (under half a mile west) and Collingham College (within half a mile east). Earl's Court has its own railway station: West Brompton station. Other landmarks nearby include Montfichet's Tower (4.4 miles east) and Kensington Arcade (0.7 miles north). Not far away are Campden Hill and The Long Water.
What a clean will not put right
Canopy cleaning cannot fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Electrical faults in the canopy
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Earl's Court
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
Different parts, different methods
Wall canopies
At the back of the canopy, behind the filters, grease builds up unseen. With the filters out we can get to it and degrease it properly.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteen staff see the canopy, not the duct behind it. We clean it and the plenum behind the filters, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Earl's Court
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Why deal with it now?
Leaving the canopy until the next full clean can mean months of build-up. In a busy kitchen, the canopy and plenum can need attention between TR19 cleans, and readings or a look behind the filters will show it. It’s better booked as a planned job in Earl's Court than handled as an emergency.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why us?
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We’re fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- A fixed price before any work starts
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
The process
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the canopy cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a few hours for most canopies. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Earl's Court needs from us.
- 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.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.