Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in London, Greater London
Canopy cleaning for London and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Poor capture at the hood
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in London and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
How we handle canopy cleaning in London
Every canopy we clean in London gets the same treatment: filters out, plenum scraped and degreased, then the canopy cleaned inside and out. Before and after pictures go into your report. Common call-outs are for poor capture at the hood and grease dripping from the canopy edge, across grease gutters, baffle filters and plenum chambers.
Town-centre kitchens in a place like London often sit below flats or offices, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. A riser needs proper access to be cleaned top to bottom, and any section we can’t reach is recorded on the report.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. 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.
- Place
- London (CR0, E14, CR4, SW11)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Before and after pictures speak for themselves.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
What the work involves, part by part
Plenums and filter housings
A plenum that hasn’t been cleaned for a long time can hold a thick layer of grease. Heavy deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing.
Wall canopies
Wall canopies sit against a wall over a cooking line. The joint between canopy and wall is a common grease trap, and we clean that join along with the inside of the hood.
Common questions in London
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in London during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around London, the Food Standards Agency lists about 93 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for London?
That is London Fire Brigade. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
Full gutters and a heavily coated plenum are the common causes. Grease has nowhere else to go, so it runs down and drips, and condensation can carry it too. Cleaning the canopy and plenum clears it.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
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.
Do you work in London?
Yes. We cover London and across Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
The process
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. For a site in London, tell us about parking, loading and how we reach the roof or plant room.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for canopy cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in London
However carefully a kitchen in London is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, which is why a flare-up near a dirty canopy is so dangerous.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Charles Dickens Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What canopy cleaning looks like in London
Food Standards Agency records include about 431 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 102 hotels and B&Bs across London and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. London sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A kitchen near Elephant & Castle station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Surrey Dispensary is the nearest hospital to London, about less than half a mile south-east.
London is in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in London, we can take on canopy cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Work in CR0, E14, CR4 and SW11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Walcot Square, Surrey Square and Sutherland Square and the roads around them. London sits on or near the A2 and A10, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Other places close to London include Walworth (1 mile south), Bermondsey (1 mile east), Camberwell (2 miles south), South Bermondsey (2 miles south-east) and Surrey Canal (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover City of Westminster (3 miles west), Marylebone (3 miles north-west), Kensington (5 miles west), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hampstead (5 miles north-west) and Ruislip (14 miles west). London is among the bigger places we cover in Greater London for canopy cleaning.
Around London
In London, that means kitchens and buildings near Newington Gardens, Trinity Arms Public House and London School of Musical Theatre. Also close by are St Mary-at-Hill (0.9 miles north-east), Ark Globe Academy (under half a mile south) and The BFI Reuben Library (1 mile north-west). London has its own railway station: Elephant & Castle station. Other landmarks nearby include Surrey Dispensary (less than half a mile south-east) and Baynard's Castle (0.9 miles north). For a walk, there’s Bellenden Road Nature Garden and St. James's Park Lake.
How we price canopy cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Travel, parking and unloading
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will typically have a quote within one working day.