Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Longstock canopy cleaning
We cover Longstock for canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Longstock
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 are dealing with filters that clog soon after cleaning and greasy streaks across the canopy, we can help.
In a village or hamlet like Longstock, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Longstock (SO20)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
What canopy cleaning cannot fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that is a design question)
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
What we are called out for in Longstock
Steam and condensation make canopy grease harder to deal with. Water vapour condenses on the cooler canopy surfaces and drips, carrying grease with it. The result is sticky streaks and drips onto the range.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
For schools such as Test Valley School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- Proof of insurance
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Towns and villages near Longstock
What else we do in Longstock
Longstock kitchens: local notes
Food hygiene inspections in Longstock are the job of Test Valley council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. The fire and rescue service for Longstock is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Longstock, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Andover War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to Longstock, about 5.8 miles north.
Longstock is about 5 miles south of Andover, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Longstock, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Longstock is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for canopy cleaning. We also work in Southampton, about 15 miles from Longstock.
All of SO20 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We also cover Leckford (1 mile east), Stockbridge (1 mile south), Fullerton (2 miles north-east), Cottonworth (2 miles north-east) and Chilbolton (3 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (9 miles south-east), Eastleigh (13 miles south-east), Andover (5 miles north), Totton (15 miles south), Chandler's Ford (11 miles south-east) and Romsey (10 miles south).
Near you in Longstock
In Longstock, that means kitchens and buildings near Longstock Park and The Peat Spade Public House and the streets around them. A little further out are Andover War Memorial Hospital (5.8 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Mill Lake.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Longstock
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Longstock?
In Longstock, it’s Test Valley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you work at weekends in Longstock?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Longstock doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
A full trough, gaps around the filters or a coated plenum. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
How it works
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Somewhere as small as Longstock, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We look at the canopy first, from pictures or on a visit.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- Filters come out and the plenum behind them is scraped and degreased.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after pictures go into your report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard 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, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
Anything worth knowing goes into the report: bent or poorly fitting filters, a light cover that is cracked, or troughs that fill too quickly. We keep it to what matters.
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.
Why act early in Longstock
Drips from a dirty canopy land on the cooking line. It’s a food hygiene concern as much as a fire concern, and EHOs look at the cleanliness of the premises and equipment. With notice, the visit to Longstock can be fitted around your bookings and events.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before we start.
Why Longstock businesses choose us
- We diagnose before we treat
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
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