Surrey · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Earlswood
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Earlswood, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
Earlswood questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Earlswood in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Earlswood, the Food Standards Agency lists about 13 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Can you come to Earlswood after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Earlswood needn’t be disturbed. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
Size and build-up decide it. Typically it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Typically 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. Cleaning the canopy and plenum clears it.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
They’re taken out, cleaned and refitted. We check each one seats properly, because gaps let grease through.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Earlswood
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. A dirty canopy passes more grease further into the system. Our diagnosis starts there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. Typical jobs include grease filters blocking between washes and drips from the canopy onto the range, across baffle filters, grease gutters and plenum chambers.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Earlswood gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Earlswood (RH1, RH2)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Earlswood can usually be finished without a second trip.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by photos or in person.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and pictures are taken.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Part by part
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, so every face can collect grease. We clean all of them, inside and out.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Few pubs and hotels can shut the kitchen for a day. We clean the canopy overnight or between services so the kitchen keeps trading.
How we price canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
- A single visit or a regular plan
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Places near Earlswood
Other services in Earlswood
Canopy cleaning in Earlswood: the local picture
There are about 45 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 21 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Earlswood, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Environmental health officers from Reigate and Banstead council inspect food businesses in Earlswood. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Earlswood falls to 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.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like East Surrey Hospital about 0.7 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. If you cook for passing trade around Earlswood (Surrey) station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Earlswood is about 1 mile south of Redhill, in Surrey. Wherever you are in the RH1 postcode area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, and Earlswood is one of them. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 17 miles away.
Canopy cleaning in RH1 and RH2 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Brook Road, Ifold Road and Emlyn Road and the roads around them. Earlswood sits on or near the A23, so getting to you is simple for canopy cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Meadvale (1 mile west), Redhill (1 mile north), South Earlswood (1 mile south), South Nutfield (2 miles east) and Holmethorpe (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Epsom (9 miles north-west), Horley (3 miles south), Ewell (9 miles north-west), Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-west), Caterham (5 miles north-east) and Dorking (7 miles west).
Landmarks near Earlswood
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Flying Scud pub, Reigate School and Dunottar School, among other places. Earlswood has its own railway station: Earlswood (Surrey) station. Well-known places in the area include The Belfry (0.9 miles north) and Surrey Fire Museum (1.5 miles north-west). The countryside around Earlswood includes Colley Hill and Reigate Heath.
When to call us in Earlswood
Steam and condensation make canopy grease harder to deal with. Water vapour condenses on the cooler canopy surfaces and drips, carrying grease with it. The result is sticky streaks and drips onto the range.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Poor capture at the hood
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
For schools such as St John's Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Keep the fan on through service
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.
Tell us if the canopy starts dripping or the filters clog sooner than usual. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.