Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning

Canopy Cleaning in Farleigh Wallop

Our technicians work in Farleigh Wallop on canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.

  • Poor capture at the hood
  • A sticky, discoloured canopy
  • An EHO comment about the canopy

Canopy cleaning in Farleigh Wallop

How we handle canopy cleaning in Farleigh Wallop

Of the whole extract system, the canopy is the bit on show. It’s also the first place cooking vapour meets, so grease gathers on its inner skin, seams and gutters. Our canopy clean covers the shell inside and out, plus the plenum and the filter housing. If you have canopy gutters full of old fat and a sticky, discoloured canopy, we can help.

In a village or hamlet like Farleigh Wallop, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.

Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.

Location
Farleigh Wallop (RG25)
Region
Hampshire
Records
Certificate plus before-and-after photos
Price
A fixed quote up front
Hours
Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
Phone
0345 646 2711
Page updated
30 October 2026
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Farleigh Wallop questions

Can the work in Farleigh Wallop be done at night or at weekends?

Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Farleigh Wallop does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.

Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Farleigh Wallop?

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Farleigh Wallop. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.

What paperwork do I get after a canopy clean?

A photo report, with before and after pictures of the canopy and plenum. The report includes a recommended next clean date.

How do you keep the site clean during the work?

With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.

Is the inside of the hood cleaned?

The full canopy, inside and out, and the plenum behind it. Grease troughs and filter channels are emptied and degreased as part of the job.

Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?

In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you’re not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.

Is Farleigh Wallop in your area?

Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Farleigh Wallop included.

Which canopies and hoods do you clean?

Single hoods, long wall canopies and island canopies alike. The survey tells us how best to clean yours, from photos or a visit.

Why it’s worth doing now in Farleigh Wallop

A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder for less. Cleaning restores the path the air should take. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.

The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.

Why book with us

  • Each visit written up, with photos
  • We are fully insured
  • Trading since 2009
  • Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures

See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.

What canopy cleaning looks like in Farleigh Wallop

The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs, bars and clubs across Farleigh Wallop and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. It’s Basingstoke and Deane council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Farleigh Wallop. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Farleigh Wallop sits within the area of 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.

Term dates shape school work: for a school like Brighton Hill Community School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Farleigh Wallop (Hall Place is about 5 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care.

Farleigh Wallop is about 3 miles south of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Farleigh Wallop, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Reading page (17 miles or so).

We work across RG25 for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on The Avenue and Grammarsham Lane and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Hatch Warren (1 mile north), Dummer (2 miles west), Kempshott (2 miles north-west), Brighton Hill (2 miles north) and South Ham (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (3 miles north), Winchester (14 miles south-west), Fleet (12 miles east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (8 miles south-east) and Yateley (15 miles north-east).

Local landmarks in Farleigh Wallop

Farleigh Wallop’s nearest station is Basingstoke station, roughly 3.7 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Basing House (4.4 miles north-east) and Festival Place (3.6 miles north). For a walk, there’s The Mill Field and Farleigh Hill.

Map of Farleigh Wallop © OpenStreetMap contributors

What affects the quote in Farleigh Wallop

There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:

  • How easy every part is to reach
  • Site rules, permits and inductions
  • When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
  • A single visit or a regular plan

The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.

Asking for a quote

Before you ask for a quote, gather:

  • How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
  • The postcode and the type of business
  • Any previous report or certificate
  • Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow

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, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.

Do you need canopy cleaning in Farleigh Wallop?

Grease doesn’t build up any differently in Farleigh Wallop: it comes down to how long the kitchen cooks and what’s on the menu. High-heat cooking coats it fastest.

Signs it’s time to call us include:

  • A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
  • Filters that never seem to stay clean
  • Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
  • A hood coated in old grease

A hospital like Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, about 4.4 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.

Comparing quotes

  • Proof of insurance
  • Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
  • How VAT is shown on the quote
  • How they set the interval to the next visit

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Looking after it afterwards

Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:

  • Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
  • Run the extract the whole time you’re cooking
  • Report new drips or smells from the canopy
  • Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily

Keep the photo report with your maintenance log where an inspector can see it. Before and after pictures speak for themselves.

Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Keep them on a regular cleaning or exchange cycle, and never cook with one missing. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.

Staff cleaning versus specialist work

Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.

Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.

What we do, step by step

Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. For a village or hamlet like Farleigh Wallop, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.

  1. We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
  2. Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
  3. Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
  4. Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
  5. The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.

Before we arrive

  • Clear the space around the work
  • Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
  • Let us know about permits to work or site inductions

Ask for a quote

To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.

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