Essex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Great Dunmow, Essex
Canopy and hood cleaning for Great Dunmow, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
What we are called out for in Great Dunmow
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Great Dunmow, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before booking
- What insurance they carry
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Canopy cleaning in Great Dunmow
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. Typical jobs include an EHO comment about the canopy and condensation and grease dripping together, across wall canopies, grease gutters and island canopies.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Great Dunmow gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Great Dunmow (CM6)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Pub and hotel kitchens
In pubs and hotels, the kitchen may be busy for much of the day. That is a lot of grease on the canopy, and canopy cleans between full cleans can help.
Grease troughs and gutters
Drips from the canopy edge often start in a full gutter. Cleaning it clears the drip.
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Common questions in Great Dunmow
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Great Dunmow?
Food hygiene inspections in Great Dunmow are carried out by Uttlesford council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Great Dunmow in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Great Dunmow, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
What happens to the filters during the clean?
The filters are removed, cleaned and put back. Each filter is checked for fit as it goes back, because gaps let grease through.
When do you clean the canopy?
Out-of-hours cleans are how we work, at night, early in the morning or at weekends. The kitchen is handed back ready to cook.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
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.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Great Dunmow
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Any permits to work or inductions
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
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 photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
What happens if it’s left?
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, so the longer it’s left, the longer the clean takes. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why Great Dunmow businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A written report with pictures after every visit
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. 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 plan the journey to Great Dunmow and bring what the job is likely to need.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Great Dunmow
Look up Great Dunmow on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 25 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 12 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Great Dunmow, up to about a mile and a half out. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Great Dunmow is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Great Dunmow. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
For schools such as Dunmow St Mary's Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Great Dunmow is about 9 miles west of Braintree, in Essex. If you need canopy cleaning in Great Dunmow, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Our area covers London and the South East, including Great Dunmow. Great Dunmow is one of 644 places in Essex where we work for canopy cleaning. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 11 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: CM6. You will find streets such as Market Place, High Street and Station Road, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Great Dunmow is on the B1008 and B1057, so it’s easy for us to get to for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Great Dunmow include Church End (1 mile north-east), Little Easton (2 miles north-west), Barnston (2 miles south-east), High Roding (3 miles south-west) and Great Canfield (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (11 miles south-east), Braintree (9 miles east), Harlow (13 miles south-west), Witham (13 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (11 miles north-west) and Halstead (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Great Dunmow
Around Great Dunmow, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre and The Chequers Public House, among other places. Great Dunmow’s nearest station is Stansted Airport station, about 4.3 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Little Easton Moat (1.6 miles north-west).