Hertfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Graveley, Hertfordshire
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Graveley, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Do not scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Clean the baffle filters often
Where the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Wash or exchange them regularly, and make sure they’re all in place before cooking. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.
Canopy cleaning in Graveley, done properly
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. What is not seen, behind the filters, tends to be worse. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. If you have a plenum thick with grease behind the filters and wet, greasy drips from the hood, we can put it right, from canopy light fittings, island canopies and wall canopies onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Graveley, 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.
We have been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Graveley (SG4)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Graveley kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Graveley. Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. Graveley is covered by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in Graveley get their food hygiene inspections from North Hertfordshire council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hospital like Lister Hospital, about 0.8 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Graveley, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Graveley is about 2 miles north-west of Stevenage, in Hertfordshire. If you need canopy cleaning in Graveley, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, including Graveley. We cover 381 places across Hertfordshire, large and small. Our Milton Keynes page covers sites nearby (25 miles or so).
Canopy cleaning in SG4 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on High Street, Oak Lane and Ashwell Close and nearby roads. Other places close to Graveley include Todd's Green (1 mile south-west), Great Wymondley (1 mile north-west), Little Wymondley (1 mile west), Titmore Green (1 mile south-west) and Lower Titmore Green (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as St Albans (14 miles south), Welwyn Garden City (10 miles south), Harpenden (10 miles south-west), Hitchin (3 miles west), Hoddesdon (15 miles south-east) and Hatfield (12 miles south).
Near you in Graveley
Typical jobs here are in premises near Waggon And Horses Public House, Church of Saint Nicholas and The John Henry Newman School and the streets around them. Graveley’s nearest station is Stevenage station, roughly 2.4 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Wymondley Castle (1.1 miles west) and Stevenage Museum (2.4 miles south). For a walk, there’s Purwell Ninesprings.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- What state the system is in
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The postcode and the type of business
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall canopies
The back of a wall canopy is hard to reach and easy to miss. 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. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
How the visit works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Somewhere as small as Graveley, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for canopy cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
When to call us in Graveley
A canopy with gaps around its filters lets grease straight through. More grease reaches the plenum and housing than they’re designed to take, which shows up as heavy deposits when the filters come out.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Graveley (Knebworth House is about 4.4 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Questions from Graveley
Who inspects food businesses in Graveley?
That’s North Hertfordshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Graveley. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work overnight in Graveley?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Graveley keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What should I send you?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
A canopy only holds so much grease. Once the troughs and plenum are full, it runs down and drips, often mixed with condensation. A thorough clean stops it.
Do we need to close while you work?
Typically not. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
- A light fitting that does not work
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Graveley
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters