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Canopy and hood cleaning in Nursling, Southampton
Canopy and hood cleaning in Nursling, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
After the clean you get a photo report showing the canopy, plenum and housing before and after. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Canopy cleaning in Nursling
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. Typical jobs include a hood coated in old grease and poor capture at the hood, on island canopies, wall canopies and grease gutters.
Around a smaller place like Nursling, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Nursling (SO16)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Questions from Nursling
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Nursling out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 12 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Nursling. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after Nursling?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
How we price canopy cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
- How easy every part is to reach
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
If you need canopy cleaning in Nursling, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. That’s a lot of grease on the canopy, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteen staff see the canopy, not the duct behind it. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Canopy cleaning in Nursling: the local picture
At about 2 miles from the coast, Nursling is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. There are about 30 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 14 sandwich bars and takeaways in Nursling and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Nursling. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Where a hall near Lord's Hill Church, or anywhere in Nursling, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Nursling Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Nursling is about 2 miles north-east of Totton, in Southampton. Nursling gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Nursling is one of 40 towns, villages and districts in Southampton where we work for commercial clients.
We cover every part of SO16 for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Station Road, Chambers Close and Cranmer Drive or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Hillyfields (1 mile south), Upton (1 mile north), Rownhams (1 mile north-east), Maybush (1 mile south-east) and Coxford (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Southampton (4 miles south-east), Townhill Park (5 miles east), Midanbury (5 miles east), Thornhill (6 miles east), Chartwell Green (5 miles east) and Harefield (6 miles east).
Landmarks near Nursling
Typical jobs here are in premises near Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, St James' Park and Oaklands Community School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Redbridge station, about 1.6 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Eling Experience (1.8 miles south-west) and Princess Anne Hospital (1.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Testwood Lakes.
Also in Nursling
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before any work starts, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Your opening hours decide when we come to Nursling, not ours.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Related advice
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Nursling
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Grease channels that no longer drain
South Stoneham House, about 4 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Nursling; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Comparing quotes
- Whether a survey comes first
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the quote shows VAT