Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Heathfield, Hampshire
Looking for canopy cleaning in Heathfield? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Poor capture at the hood
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
About our canopy cleaning in Heathfield
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. 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. The work covers wall canopies, plenum chambers and canopy light fittings, and common reasons people get in touch are an EHO comment about the canopy and condensation and grease dripping together.
Around a smaller place like Heathfield, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Heathfield (PO15, PO14)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Heathfield
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Heathfield?
Kitchens in Heathfield are inspected by Fareham council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which fire authority looks after Heathfield?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Heathfield. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Wall canopies, island canopies and single hoods over individual appliances. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What affects the quote in Heathfield
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- What state the system is in
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What we do, step by step
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Around Heathfield, access is usually simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring 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.
Advice
What canopy cleaning looks like in Heathfield
The coast is only about 3 miles from Heathfield. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency data counts about 72 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 21 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Heathfield. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Environmental health officers from Fareham council inspect food businesses in Heathfield. 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.
If you cook for passing trade around Fareham station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Where a hall near St Columba, or anywhere in Heathfield, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Heathfield is about 1 mile west of Fareham, in Hampshire. For canopy cleaning in and around Heathfield, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Heathfield included. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 7 miles from Heathfield.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: PO15 and PO14. We cover sites on Oak Road, Peak Lane and The Avenue and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Catisfield (1 mile west), Titchfield (1 mile west), Funtley (1 mile north), Titchfield Park (2 miles north-west) and Little Posbrook (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Winchester (15 miles north), Gosport (4 miles south-east), Havant (10 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles north-west), Horndean (10 miles north-east) and Totton (14 miles west).
Near you in Heathfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near Fishermans Arms and The Henry Cort Community College, among other places. The nearest railway station is Fareham station, roughly 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Fareham Shopping Centre (1.6 miles east) and Carron Row Farm Museum (1 mile north-west). Not far away are Portsdown Hill and Swanwick Lakes.
Nearby places to Heathfield
What else we do in Heathfield
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It won’t put right:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
- A light fitting that does not work
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Heathfield
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Empty the grease troughs before they fill
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
Anything worth knowing goes into the report: bent or poorly fitting filters, a light cover that is cracked, or troughs that fill too quickly. It’s a short list of what to watch, not a sales pitch.
Wipe the canopy surfaces at the end of each day. It doesn’t reach the plenum, but it stops the outside building up.
When to call us in Heathfield
Grease that runs down the inside of a canopy gathers in its gutters and troughs. If they’re not emptied, they fill and overflow, and grease ends up dripping from the canopy edge.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Condensation running down the canopy
A hospital like Knowle Hospital, about 2.1 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How they set the interval to the next visit
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What the work involves, part by part
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.
Grease troughs and gutters
Some troughs drain to a cup or drawer, that’s emptied and cleaned too, and we’ll show staff where it is.