Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Foots Cray
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Foots Cray, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Canopy cleaning in Foots Cray
Has the canopy started to drip or look neglected? Send us a photo of the hood and filters when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll give you a fixed quote for canopy cleaning, typically within one working day. Common call-outs are for a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection and canopy gutters full of old fat, across island canopies, canopy light fittings and grease gutters.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Foots Cray is usually done overnight, after the last service. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Foots Cray (DA14, BR5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What canopy cleaning looks like in Foots Cray
The FSA’s data shows about 24 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Foots Cray. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Foots Cray, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Bexley council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London jobs normally start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Queen Mary's Hospital about 0.6 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of All Saints or anywhere around Foots Cray, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Foots Cray is about 1 mile south-east of Sidcup, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Foots Cray, we can take on canopy cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Foots Cray among them. For sites nearby, see our London page (11 miles or so).
Here we cover the DA14 and BR5 postcode area for canopy cleaning. That includes premises on Cray Road, Evry Road and The Avenue and the roads around them. Foots Cray is on the A223, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Foots Cray include Ruxley (1 mile east), Albany Park (1 mile north-west), Upper Ruxley (1 mile east), Sidcup (1 mile north-west) and North Cray (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include London (11 miles north-west), City of Westminster (13 miles north-west), Marylebone (13 miles north-west), Kensington (15 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (11 miles north-west).
Around Foots Cray
Typical jobs here are in premises near Foots Cray Meadows, Kemnal Technology College and Walsingham School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sidcup station, about 1.4 miles north. A little further out are Metropolitan Police Museum (1.3 miles north-west) and Queen Mary's Hospital (0.6 miles west). Open spaces near Foots Cray include Summer Hill and The Warren.
Part by part
Pub and hotel kitchens
In a pub or hotel, the canopy is often in view of staff all day, so a dripping hood quickly becomes everyone’s problem. Cleaning the canopy and plenum sorts it.
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.
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several, and we clear up before we go. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Foots Cray is usually out of hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
Related advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Foots Cray
For a kitchen in Foots Cray, a canopy that looks greasy can colour a whole inspection. Keeping it clean shows the rest of the kitchen is being looked after, and it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. Choosing the date yourself beats having a fault choose it for you.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why us?
- Trading since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Every job surveyed first
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
How we price canopy cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
If you need canopy cleaning in Foots Cray, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
When to call us in Foots Cray
However carefully a kitchen in Foots Cray is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- A filter housing caked in grease
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Danson House is about 2.8 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
Foots Cray questions
Which fire service covers Foots Cray?
That is London Fire Brigade. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Who inspects food businesses in Foots Cray?
Food hygiene inspections in Foots Cray are carried out by Bexley council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you work in Foots Cray?
Yes. Our technicians work in Foots Cray, within the South East and London area we cover.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Foots Cray
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.