Surrey · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Fernhill
Canopy cleaning for commercial sites in Fernhill and across Surrey. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t 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.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Fernhill
Canopy cleans are done out of hours: after service, overnight or at the weekend. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered so the kitchen is ready when we go. We are often asked to deal with a hood coated in old grease and wet, greasy drips from the hood, across baffle filters, island canopies and canopy light fittings.
In a village or hamlet like Fernhill, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Fernhill (RH6)
- Region
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Fernhill
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Fernhill?
Food hygiene inspections in Fernhill are carried out by Crawley council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire service covers Fernhill?
It’s Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Fernhill. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. 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.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
What does TR19 mean?
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.
Will I get a report after the canopy clean?
Photos of the canopy and plenum before and after. It also gives a recommended date for the next clean.
Canopy cleaning in Fernhill: the local picture
The FSA’s data shows about 7 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered in and around Fernhill, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Fernhill get their food hygiene inspections from Crawley council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. The fire and rescue service for Fernhill is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Langley Green Hospital is the nearest hospital to Fernhill, about 2.9 miles south-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Fernhill, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Oakwood School or anywhere near Fernhill, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Fernhill is about 2 miles south-east of Horley, in Surrey. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Fernhill and the rest of Surrey. Fernhill is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey where we work for canopy cleaning. We also work in Guildford, around 20 miles away.
We cover every part of the RH6 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Peeks Brook Lane and Donkey Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Fernhill include Burstow (1 mile east), Shipley Bridge (1 mile south), Tinsley Green (1 mile south-west), Keeper's Corner (1 mile east) and Copthorne (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Epsom (14 miles north-west), Redhill (6 miles north), Ewell (15 miles north), Reigate (6 miles north-west), Caterham (9 miles north) and Dorking (10 miles north-west).
Near you in Fernhill
Around Fernhill, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Shipley Bridge pub and the streets around them. Fernhill’s nearest station is Gatwick Airport station, roughly 1 mile west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include County Mall (3.6 miles south-west) and Langley Green Hospital (2.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Fernhill includes Hedgecourt Lake.
What canopy cleaning can’t fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any previous report or certificate
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Part by part
Plenums and filter housings
Behind the grease filters is the plenum. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. Long hours mean the canopy collects grease fast, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several, and we clear up before we go. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Fernhill and turn up when the site is quiet.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear loose items from the work area
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 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. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Read more
Why it’s worth doing now in Fernhill
When grease clogs the filters and plenum, the canopy can’t draw air as it should. Smoke and heat hang around the cooking line, and the fan works harder for less. Cleaning restores the path the air should take. In a place like Fernhill, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why Fernhill businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.