Surrey · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Longcross
Our technicians work in Longcross on deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Canopy cleaning in Longcross
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. If you have poor capture at the hood and an EHO comment about the canopy, we can put it right, from island canopies, canopy light fittings and plenum chambers onwards.
Somewhere as small as Longcross, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Longcross (KT16)
- Region
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Longcross
Do you work at weekends in Longcross?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Longcross?
Fire safety enforcement in Longcross is handled by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Will I get a report after the canopy clean?
Photos of the canopy and plenum before and after. The report includes a recommended next clean date.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
Inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
It takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Your quote will give a time.
How the job changes from site to site
Grease troughs and gutters
Many canopies have troughs or gutters around the edge to catch running grease. They’re emptied and cleaned during the job, so they can do their job again.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. Long hours mean the canopy collects grease fast, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
When something else is needed
We won’t sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Visits to a village like Longcross are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Also in Longcross
What we’re called out for in Longcross
Grease does not build up any differently in Longcross: the hours and the type of cooking decide how fast. Frying and grilling load a canopy far faster than steaming or boiling.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A hood coated in old grease
- 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; St. Peter's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Longcross, about 2.6 miles east.
What your quote should include
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What happens if it’s left?
For a kitchen in Longcross, a canopy that looks greasy can colour a whole inspection. A clean hood is a sign the kitchen is cared for, and it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. With notice, the visit to Longcross can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every job surveyed first
- We’re fully insured
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
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.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Longcross kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Longcross. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service covers Longcross. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Environmental health officers from Runnymede council inspect food businesses in Longcross. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Commuter trade near Longcross station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Church and community hall kitchens, near Longcross Church or anywhere around Longcross, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Longcross is about 4 miles south-west of Egham, in Surrey. Every kind of commercial site in Longcross, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our Surrey coverage runs to 395 places, and Longcross is one of them. We also work in Guildford, around 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: KT16. You’ll find streets such as Longcross Road, Tanglewood Close and Albury Close, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. We also cover Trumps Green (1 mile north-east), Stonehill (1 mile south-east), Lyne (2 miles east), Mimbridge (3 miles south) and Ottershaw (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (9 miles south), Woking (4 miles south), Camberley (7 miles south-west), Epsom (14 miles east), Farnham (15 miles south-west) and Ewell (14 miles east).
What’s near Longcross
In Longcross, that means kitchens and buildings near Gracious Pond, among other places. Longcross’s nearest station is Longcross station, about 0.6 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St. Peter's Hospital (2.6 miles east) and Chobham Museum (2.2 miles south). The countryside around Longcross includes Virginia Water Lake and St Ann's Hill.