Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Little Hoddington
Canopy and hood cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Little Hoddington. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Poor capture at the hood
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- A filter housing caked in grease
Little Hoddington: your questions answered
Can you come to Little Hoddington after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Which council inspects kitchens in Little Hoddington?
That is Basingstoke and Deane council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Little Hoddington. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
Wall and island canopies, long cooking-line hoods and small single hoods. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
Canopy cleaning in Little Hoddington
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. It’s also the first place cooking vapour meets, so grease gathers on its inner skin, seams and gutters. We clean it inside and out, along with the plenum and filter housing behind it. If you’re dealing with a sticky, discoloured canopy and grease channels that no longer drain, we can put it right, from canopy light fittings, grease gutters and island canopies onwards.
In a small place like Little Hoddington, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Little Hoddington (RG25)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Wall canopies
The back of a wall canopy is hard to reach and easy to miss. With the filters out we can get to it and degrease it properly.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Lighter cooking still leaves grease on the canopy. The whole system still needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance, and the canopy is part of it.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Check filters aren’t leaving gaps
A before and after photo report follows the clean. The report lists what was cleaned and any part we couldn’t get to, so the record is honest and complete.
A daily wipe of the hood keeps fresh grease from baking on. It won’t replace a professional clean, but it slows the build-up you can see.
Common problems we fix in Little Hoddington
Moisture in the air mixes with the grease on the canopy. As the canopy cools, condensation forms, carrying grease with it. The result is sticky streaks and drips onto the range.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Little Hoddington, about 6 miles north-west.
What your quote should include
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
Little Hoddington kitchens: local notes
Food hygiene inspections in Little Hoddington are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Little Hoddington. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Little Hoddington, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Little Hoddington is about 5 miles south-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Sites in Little Hoddington get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Little Hoddington is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for canopy cleaning. You can also see our page for Reading, about 15 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: RG25. We cover sites on Bidden Road, South Hill and Meadowside and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Bidden (1 mile east), South Warnborough (1 mile south-east), Greywell (2 miles north-east), Up Nately (2 miles north) and Long Sutton (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (5 miles north-west), Farnborough (11 miles north-east), Fleet (8 miles north-east), Aldershot (10 miles east), Alton (6 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Little Hoddington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Hoddington Arms Public House, among other places. The nearest railway station is Hook station, about 3.7 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Odiham Castle (2.6 miles north-east) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (6 miles north-west). Not far away are Dogmersfield Lake and Holybourne Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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 is our job.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Towns and villages near Little Hoddington
Other services in Little Hoddington
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Little Hoddington and across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
What a clean will not put right
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before booking.
What we work on in Little Hoddington
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
How it works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Little Hoddington.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email 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. We usually come back within one working day.