Oxfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Letcombe Regis canopy cleaning
One call covers deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Letcombe Regis: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
About our canopy cleaning in Letcombe Regis
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is typically in a worse state. We clean both, so the canopy is clean where it shows and where it does not. Typical jobs include canopy gutters full of old fat and a greasy hood noticed by an inspector, across wall canopies, canopy light fittings and plenum chambers.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Letcombe Regis (OX12)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Letcombe Regis
Air straight off the range hits the canopy first. Grease from the vapour lands on the canopy’s inner surfaces, its joints and its filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
Clients usually contact us when they notice something like this:
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Andrew, or anywhere in Letcombe Regis, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
FAQs for Letcombe Regis
Do you cover smaller places like Letcombe Regis?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Letcombe Regis?
It’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Letcombe Regis. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What should I send you?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Most drips come from overflowing troughs, damaged filters or a plenum thick with grease. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. For a village or hamlet like Letcombe Regis, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and pictures are taken.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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Kitchen extracts in Letcombe Regis
Food Standards Agency records list about 17 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 sandwich bars and takeaways in Letcombe Regis and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. Fire safety in Letcombe Regis falls to Oxfordshire 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. In Letcombe Regis, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Vale of White Horse council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
School kitchens, at schools like St Nicholas CofE Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Letcombe Regis is about 2 miles south-west of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. We carry out canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Letcombe Regis and the rest of Oxfordshire. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 15 miles away.
All of OX12 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Main Street, Greyhound Mews and Old Manor Court and nearby roads. Close by, we work in East Challow (1 mile north), Letcombe Bassett (1 mile south-west), Childrey (1 mile north-west), West Challow (1 mile north-west) and Wantage (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (15 miles north-east), Didcot (9 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (10 miles north-east), Witney (15 miles north), Carterton (15 miles north-west) and Faringdon (8 miles north-west).
What’s near Letcombe Regis
Typical jobs here are in premises near St Mary's School, The Greyhound Public House and Betjeman Millennium Park. Nearby you’ll also find Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection (3.3 miles north-east). The countryside around Letcombe Regis includes Letcombe Valley and Chain Hill.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Bent or broken filters
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Empty the grease troughs before they fill
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Photos of a clean canopy and plenum make the record easy to follow.
Don’t let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Overflowing troughs are the usual cause of drips onto the range, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Nearby places to Letcombe Regis
What else we do in Letcombe Regis
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Why it’s worth doing now in Letcombe Regis
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Over months, the heat hardens it into a stubborn coating, so the longer it’s left, the longer the clean takes. If the system at a site near Letcombe Regis fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Letcombe Regis businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Full insurance on every job