Essex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Ivy Chimneys canopy cleaning
Our technicians work in Ivy Chimneys on deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Grease channels that no longer drain
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a few hours for most canopies. In a small place like Ivy Chimneys, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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Canopy cleaning in Ivy Chimneys, done properly
We clean canopies in Ivy Chimneys when the kitchen isn’t cooking: after service, overnight or at the weekend. The equipment underneath is switched off, left to cool and sheeted, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. Typical jobs include greasy streaks across the canopy and a filter housing caked in grease, on wall canopies, baffle filters and plenum chambers.
Somewhere as small as Ivy Chimneys, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Ivy Chimneys (CM16)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Ivy Chimneys: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Ivy Chimneys?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Ivy Chimneys can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Ivy Chimneys during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Ivy Chimneys, the Food Standards Agency lists about 4 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Are the filters cleaned too?
We take them out, clean them and put them back. We also offer a filter exchange service for between cleans.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
A TR19® Grease clean covers the whole system, not just the canopy. Cleaning the canopy alone leaves the ducts, risers and fan untouched, and the report will say what was covered.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
What affects the quote in Ivy Chimneys
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The condition of the system
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- A few general shots of the system
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
What canopy cleaning can’t fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- A light fitting that does not work
- Bent or broken filters
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Ivy Chimneys
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
Ivy Chimneys kitchens: local notes
Look up Ivy Chimneys on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 39 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Ivy Chimneys and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. It’s Epping Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ivy Chimneys. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Ivy Chimneys sits within the area of Essex County 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.
For schools such as Ivy Chimneys Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Baptist or anywhere around Ivy Chimneys, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like St. Margaret's Hospital, about 1.4 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Ivy Chimneys is about 1 mile south-west of Epping, in Essex. If you need canopy cleaning in Ivy Chimneys, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Ivy Chimneys. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 16 miles away.
Every address in CM16 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on High Road, Theydon Road and Centre Avenue and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Ivy Chimneys, we cover Epping (1 mile north-east), Steward's Green (1 mile east), Fiddlers Hamlet (1 mile east), Theydon Garnon (2 miles south-east) and Hobbs Cross (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Harlow (6 miles north), Brentwood (10 miles south-east), Billericay (14 miles east), Loughton (3 miles south-west), Waltham Abbey (4 miles west) and Stansted Mountfitchet (15 miles north).
Local landmarks in Ivy Chimneys
Around Ivy Chimneys, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Black Lion pub and St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, among other places. Nearby you’ll also find Epping Signalling Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and St. Margaret's Hospital (1.4 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Lippitts Hill and Gernon Bushes.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
We clear away the sheeting, waste grease and water before we leave. Filters are back in place and seated properly, and the kitchen is ready to cook.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Wash or exchange them regularly, and never cook with one missing. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.
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Different parts, different methods
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, which makes a canopy clean easy to schedule. We often clean them in holidays or at weekends.
Pub and hotel kitchens
In pubs and hotels, the kitchen may be busy for much of the day. That is a lot of grease on the canopy, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.