Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Greenhill, Greater London
Canopy cleaning for Greenhill and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
What we’re called out for in Greenhill
However carefully a kitchen in Greenhill is run, the canopy still collects grease. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, which is why a flare-up near a dirty canopy is so dangerous.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- A filter housing caked in grease
For kitchens close to Hampstead Heath station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
What to look for in a quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What insurance they carry
About our canopy cleaning in Greenhill
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. We start the check-up there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. The work covers plenum chambers, grease gutters and wall canopies, and people most often call us about grease filters blocking between washes and condensation and grease dripping together.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Greenhill is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Greenhill (NW3, NW6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Greenhill
Which council inspects kitchens in Greenhill?
Kitchens in Greenhill are inspected by Camden council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you work in Greenhill outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
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.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Why act early in Greenhill
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. Planning ahead in Greenhill lets you pick a quiet night rather than lose a busy one.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why us?
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
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Nearby places to Greenhill
Other services in Greenhill
Kitchen extracts in Greenhill
Look up Greenhill on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 617 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 268 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Greenhill, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. London Fire Brigade covers Greenhill. 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. Kitchens in Greenhill get their food hygiene inspections from Camden 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel or anywhere around Greenhill, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Royal School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Greenhill is about 1 mile north-east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Greenhill, we can take on canopy cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
All of NW3 and NW6 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Back Lane, Well Road and Ornan Road and the roads around them. We also cover Hampstead (1 mile south-west), Vale of Health (1 mile north), West Hampstead (1 mile west), Fortune Green (1 mile west) and Haverstock (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south), St Pancras (3 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (5 miles south-east).
What’s near Greenhill
Around Greenhill, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Cecil Sharp House, Fitzjohn's Primary School and King William IV Public House and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include South Hampstead High School (0.6 miles south) and Hampstead Heath (0.7 miles north-east). Greenhill has its own railway station: Hampstead Heath station. A little further out are New End Hospital (less than half a mile north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (4.3 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Belsize Wood and Parliament Hill.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Greenhill is no exception.
- We look at the canopy first, from pictures or on a visit.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and pictures are taken.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed 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. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
Few pubs and hotels can shut the kitchen for a day. Canopy cleans are done late at night or early in the morning so the kitchen keeps trading.
Wall canopies
Wall canopies sit against a wall over a cooking line. The joint between canopy and wall is a common grease trap, and we clean that join along with the inside of the hood.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- A hood that does not cover the cooking line
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
The report gives a recommended next clean date. It reflects how long the kitchen cooks and how much grease we removed, in line with BESA guidance.
Keep the fan running throughout service and for a short while after. Air that keeps moving carries less grease onto the canopy.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.