Windsor and Maidenhead · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead
Specialist canopy cleaning for Old Windsor: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Old Windsor
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Old Windsor out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 10 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Old Windsor, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Is Old Windsor within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Old Windsor is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you’re not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Can you clean the canopy outside our opening hours?
Only while we’re working, and we work out of hours, so service isn’t affected. We work evenings, nights and weekends.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
A canopy only holds so much grease. Once the troughs and plenum are full, it runs down and drips, often mixed with condensation. Cleaning removes the cause.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
You can have the canopy cleaned on its own, but it will not cover the ductwork or fan. TR19 Grease covers everything the grease travels through, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Canopy cleaning in Old Windsor
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. Common call-outs are for condensation running down the canopy and smoke hanging around the canopy during service, on grease gutters, wall canopies and island canopies.
Kitchens around a place like Old Windsor are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Old Windsor (SL4)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work 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 Old Windsor, not ours.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for canopy cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What canopy cleaning looks like in Old Windsor
The FSA’s data shows about 8 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered in and around Old Windsor, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kitchens in Old Windsor get their food hygiene inspections from Windsor and Maidenhead council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Old Windsor is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
A hospital like King Edward VII Hospital, about 1.8 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Bursars and site managers at schools such as King's Court First School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Old Windsor is about 2 miles north-west of Egham, in Windsor and Maidenhead. For canopy cleaning in and around Old Windsor, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, Old Windsor included. Our Windsor and Maidenhead coverage runs to 57 places, Old Windsor among them. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
Here we cover the SL4 postcode area for canopy cleaning. You will find streets such as Church Road, Parker Gardens and Gregory Drive, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Old Windsor is on the B3021, so it’s easy for us to get to for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Old Windsor include Wraysbury (1 mile east), Sunnymeads (1 mile north-east), Bishopsgate (1 mile south), Datchet (2 miles north) and Englefield Green (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidenhead (8 miles north-west), Windsor (3 miles north-west), Boyn Hill (8 miles north-west), North Ascot (6 miles south-west), Cookham (9 miles north-west) and Furze Platt (9 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Old Windsor
In Old Windsor, that means kitchens and buildings near St John's Beaumont School, Windsor Great Park and The Fox And Castle Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Sunnymeads station, about 1.3 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Windsor Castle (2.1 miles north-west) and Berkshire Yeomanry Museum (1.6 miles north-west). The countryside around Old Windsor includes St Ann's Hill and Virginia Water Lake.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Old Windsor and across Windsor and Maidenhead. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Old Windsor
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How big the system is
- The condition of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep the fan on through service
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
A before and after photo report follows the clean. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Keep them on a regular cleaning or exchange cycle, and never cook with one missing. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what canopy cleaning will not do:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Old Windsor
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
When to call us in Old Windsor
The canopy takes the hottest, wettest air in the kitchen. Grease from the vapour lands on the canopy’s inner surfaces, its joints and its filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Luke or elsewhere in Old Windsor, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before booking
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
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What happens if it’s left?
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. When a site near Old Windsor shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fully insured
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.