Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Great Shoddesden canopy cleaning
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Great Shoddesden, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- A filter housing caked in grease
Canopy cleaning around Great Shoddesden
Great Shoddesden sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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. It’s Test Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Shoddesden. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Andover War Memorial Hospital (about 5.2 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Great Shoddesden is about 6 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Great Shoddesden, we can take on canopy cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, large and small. You can also see our page for Southampton, roughly 24 miles from Great Shoddesden.
Our technicians cover all of the SP11 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Perham Down (1 mile west), Ludgershall (1 mile north-west), Kimpton (1 mile south) and Tidworth (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Andover (6 miles east), Whitchurch (12 miles east), East Anton (6 miles east), Overton (15 miles east), Picket Piece (7 miles east) and Picket Twenty (7 miles east).
Landmarks near Great Shoddesden
In Great Shoddesden, that means kitchens and buildings near The Wellington Academy, among other places. The closest station to Great Shoddesden is Grateley station, roughly 4.9 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Ludgershall Castle (1.4 miles north-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (5.2 miles east). The countryside around Great Shoddesden includes Quarley Hill.
Canopy cleaning in Great Shoddesden
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. Being first in line, it collects grease on the inside surfaces, along the seams and in the troughs. We clean it inside and out, along with the plenum and filter housing behind it. Common call-outs are for heavy deposits behind the grease filters and filters that never seem to stay clean, across island canopies, grease gutters and canopy light fittings.
Work in a small place like Great Shoddesden starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Great Shoddesden (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Check filters are not leaving gaps
We recommend when the canopy, or the whole system, should next be cleaned. That date is based on your cooking hours and what we found, in line with BESA guidance.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
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What affects the quote in Great Shoddesden
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- What state the system is in
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
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.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that is a design question)
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for most canopies. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Great Shoddesden 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.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
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Great Shoddesden questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Great Shoddesden?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Great Shoddesden. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Will you come out to Great Shoddesden?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Great Shoddesden is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do we need to close while you work?
Normally not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Wall canopies, island canopies and single hoods over individual appliances. The method is the same: filters out, plenum and housing cleaned, canopy degreased inside and out.
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’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Are the filters cleaned too?
We remove the filters to reach the plenum, then clean and refit them. Any that are damaged are noted on the report.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Great Shoddesden
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
Clients normally contact us when they notice something like this:
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Poor capture at the hood
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ludgershall Castle Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded