Oxfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Great Tew, Oxfordshire
Canopy cleaning for Great Tew, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Grease filters blocking between washes
Great Tew questions
Do you work in villages like Great Tew?
Yes, Great Tew is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you work in Great Tew outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Great Tew can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
The full canopy, inside and out, and the plenum behind it. Grease troughs and filter channels are emptied and degreased as part of the job.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What paperwork do I get after a canopy clean?
You get a photo report with before and after photos. If the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Canopy cleaning in Great Tew
A greasy canopy tells an inspector a lot before they’ve opened anything. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is typically in a worse state. 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 canopy gutters full of old fat, we can put it right, from grease gutters, canopy light fittings and plenum chambers onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We’ve 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’re fully insured.
- Where
- Great Tew (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Great Tew
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Clients typically contact us when they notice something like this:
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Michael and All Angels, or anywhere in Great Tew, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Great Tew
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Different parts, different methods
Pub and hotel kitchens
In pubs and hotels, the kitchen may be busy for much of the day. Long hours mean the canopy collects grease fast, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
Plenums and filter housings
A plenum that hasn’t been cleaned for a long time can hold a thick layer of grease. Heavy deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing.
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- 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 send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
How we price canopy cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The size of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Somewhere like Great Tew, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
If you need canopy cleaning in Great Tew, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Canopy cleaning in Great Tew: the local picture
The fire and rescue service for Great Tew is Oxfordshire 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. In Great Tew, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Great Tew County Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Great Tew is about 8 miles south-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Great Tew or further out, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Great Tew among them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 17 miles away.
Every address in OX7 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on The Square, Old Road and New Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Great Tew: Little Tew (1 mile south-west), Swerford (2 miles north-west), Wigginton (2 miles north), South Newington (3 miles north) and Church Enstone (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Banbury (8 miles north-east), Bicester (12 miles east), Witney (12 miles south), Carterton (15 miles south-west), Kidlington (11 miles south-east) and Bure Park (12 miles east).
What’s near Great Tew
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Falkland Arms Public House, among other places. A little further out are Old Forge Museum (Great Tew) (less than half a mile north) and Deddington Castle (4.9 miles east). The countryside around Great Tew includes Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool.