Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Hampstead, Greater London
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out for commercial sites in Hampstead and across Greater London. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Condensation running down the canopy
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Grease channels that no longer drain
Kitchen extracts in Hampstead
Look up Hampstead on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 478 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 150 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Hampstead, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Food hygiene inspections in Hampstead are the job of Camden council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too.
If you run a café or takeaway near Finchley Road & Frognal station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Fitzjohn's Primary School or anywhere near Hampstead, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Hampstead is about 3 miles north-west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. For canopy cleaning in and around Hampstead, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Hampstead included. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Hampstead is one of them.
Our technicians cover all of the NW3, NW6, NW11 and N2 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Hampstead High Street, New End Square and The Mount Square and nearby roads. Being close to the A1 and A502, Hampstead is easy for our technicians to reach for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Hampstead: Greenhill (1 mile north-east), West Hampstead (1 mile west), Fortune Green (1 mile west), Vale of Health (1 mile north) and South Hampstead (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south-east), Marylebone (3 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south), St Pancras (3 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (5 miles south-east). As one of the bigger places in Greater London, Hampstead has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for canopy cleaning.
Around Hampstead
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to South Hampstead High School, Kilburn Grange Park and St Anthony's Preparatory School and the streets around them. You’ll also find King William IV Public House (less than half a mile north-east) and Cecil Sharp House (1.7 miles south-east). There’s a railway station in Hampstead itself: Finchley Road & Frognal station. Other landmarks nearby include Isokon Gallery (0.8 miles east) and New End Hospital (under half a mile north). Green spaces nearby include Belsize Wood and The Long Water.
How we handle canopy cleaning in Hampstead
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. What isn’t seen, behind the filters, tends to be worse. We clean both, so the canopy is clean where it shows and where it does not. The work covers canopy light fittings, grease gutters and plenum chambers, and people most often call us about grease channels that no longer drain and condensation running down the canopy.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Hampstead, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Hampstead (NW3, NW6, NW11, N2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Hampstead
A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder for less. A clean canopy and plenum let the extract do its job. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why book with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
FAQs for Hampstead
Do you work at weekends in Hampstead?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Hampstead can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who inspects food businesses in Hampstead?
In Hampstead, it’s Camden council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What happens on the day
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Before any visit in Hampstead, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- Filters come out and the plenum behind them is scraped and degreased.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- We refit the filters, clear up and photograph the finished canopy.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
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What we are called out for in Hampstead
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.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as New End Hospital (about under half a mile north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What to look for in a quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether a survey comes first
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- When the next visit should be, and why
Part by part
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. That is a lot of grease on the canopy, and canopy cleans between full cleans can help.
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 we price canopy cleaning
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How many systems or sites are involved
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Bent or broken filters
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies