Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Old Town, Greater London
Canopy cleaning for Old Town, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
About our canopy cleaning in Old Town
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 cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. If you have a filter housing caked in grease and overflowing grease troughs and gutters, we can help, from plenum chambers, wall canopies and grease gutters onwards.
Kitchens in Old Town, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Old Town (CR0, CR9, CR90)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Old Town
Does London parking affect a job in Old Town?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Old Town?
Kitchens in Old Town are inspected by Croydon council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
All of it: the outer surfaces, the inner skin, the seams and the troughs. The plenum behind the filters is included, since that’s where grease hides.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What does TR19 mean?
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 expects a risk-based approach.
How long does canopy cleaning take?
That depends on the size of the canopy and how much grease is on it. Typically it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
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 do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Whether several sites go on one quote
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 we’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- A few general shots of the system
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
What canopy cleaning looks like in Old Town
The FSA’s data shows about 32 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 20 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered in and around Old Town, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Old Town is covered by London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Croydon Minster or elsewhere in Old Town, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Minster Nursery and Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Old Town is about 1 mile north-west of Croydon, in Greater London. Anywhere in CR0, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small. We also work in London, about 9 miles from Old Town.
We cover every part of CR0, CR9 and CR90 for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Park Lane, Fell Road and Abbey Road, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Old Town include Waddon (1 mile south-west), Broad Green (1 mile north), Beddington (1 mile west), Bandonhill (1 mile south-west) and Russell Hill (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles north), City of Westminster (10 miles north), Marylebone (10 miles north), Kensington (10 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
Local landmarks in Old Town
Typical jobs here are in premises near Rutherford School, The Gun Tavern and St Andrew's CofE School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Old Town itself: West Croydon station. A little further out are Croydon University Hospital (1.2 miles north) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1.3 miles south-west). Not far away are Roundshaw Downs and Duppas Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease dripping from the hood can fall onto food, pans and worktops. That is a hygiene problem as well as a fire one, and environmental health officers look at the cleanliness of equipment, extraction included. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why Old Town businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Full insurance on every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Trading since 2009
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How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Old Town.
- 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.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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What we’re called out for in Old Town
However carefully a kitchen in Old Town 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.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- An EHO comment about the canopy
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Old Town is Croydon University Hospital, about 1.2 miles north.
Before booking anyone
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What paperwork you get at the end
Different parts, different methods
Island canopies
Everything about an island canopy is on show, so the finish matters. We degrease it thoroughly and photograph the result.
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.