Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Horseport, Hampshire
Canopy cleaning for Horseport, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
How we handle canopy cleaning in Horseport
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is usually in a worse state. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. The work covers plenum chambers, island canopies and canopy light fittings, and the jobs we see most are canopy gutters full of old fat and a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection.
In a small place like Horseport, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Horseport (SP6)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Horseport
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Horseport out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 4 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Horseport. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Horseport?
In Horseport, it’s New Forest council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Most commercial kitchen canopies, from one small hood to a long run of canopies. The survey tells us how best to clean yours, from pictures or a visit.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you clean inside the canopy as well as outside?
We clean the canopy inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
What about areas you can’t get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
When to call us in Horseport
However carefully a kitchen in Horseport is run, the canopy still collects grease. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
School kitchens, at schools like Fordingbridge Infant School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What affects the quote in Horseport
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The number of sites or systems
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
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 ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
We clear away the sheeting, waste grease and water before we leave. Filters are back in place and seated properly ready for the next service.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Places near Horseport
What else we do in Horseport
Canopy cleaning around Horseport
Food Standards Agency data counts about 13 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 sandwich bars and takeaways in Horseport and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Food hygiene inspections in Horseport are the job of New Forest council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Horseport is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Historic houses near Horseport, such as Breamore House about 3 miles north, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary's Church or elsewhere in Horseport, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Horseport is in Hampshire. Horseport gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby, about 17 miles away.
Work in SP6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Bridge Street, Southampton Road and Ringwood Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Horseport include Fordingbridge (1 mile north-west), Criddlestyle (1 mile east), Stuckton (1 mile south-east), Lower Burgate (1 mile north) and Tinkers Cross (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Totton (12 miles east), Romsey (14 miles east), New Milton (13 miles south-east), Ringwood (6 miles south), Barton on Sea (14 miles south-east) and Marchwood (15 miles east).
Landmarks near Horseport
In Horseport, that means kitchens and buildings near The Burgate School and Sixth Form and The George Inn, among other places. Nearby you’ll also find Fordingbridge Doll Museum (less than half a mile west) and Godshill Castle Hill (1.6 miles north-east). Not far away are Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few hours for most canopies. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Horseport.
- 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.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Need a price for canopy cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Different parts, different methods
Wall canopies
At the back of the canopy, behind the filters, grease builds up unseen. We remove the filters to reach it and degrease it properly.
Grease troughs and gutters
Grease channels around the canopy collect what runs down the inside. They’re emptied and cleaned during the job, so they can do their job again.