Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Ovington, Hampshire
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Ovington, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Grease channels that no longer drain
Canopy cleaning in Ovington
Has the canopy started to drip or look neglected? Send us a photo of the hood and filters when you ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and you’ll get a fixed price, typically within one working day. The work covers grease gutters, island canopies and canopy light fittings, and people most often call us about a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away and a greasy hood noticed by an inspector.
In a small place like Ovington, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
We’ve been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Ovington (SO24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In a small place like Ovington, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Canopy cleaning in Ovington: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Ovington, up to about a mile and a half out. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Kitchens in Ovington get their food hygiene inspections from Winchester City council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Ovington is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Ovington, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Hinton Ampner House, about 3.4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Ovington; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Ovington is about 5 miles east of Hyde, in Hampshire. Sites in Ovington get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Ovington is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for canopy cleaning. Southampton is in our area too, about 14 miles from Ovington.
Work in SO24 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Ovington: Itchen Stoke (1 mile north-west), Itchen Abbas (2 miles north-west), Temple Valley (2 miles south-west), Martyr Worthy (2 miles west) and Easton (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (13 miles north), Winchester (5 miles west), Eastleigh (10 miles south-west), Andover (15 miles north-west), Horndean (15 miles south-east) and Chandler's Ford (11 miles south-west).
Near you in Ovington
Around Ovington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Bush Inn, among other places. A little further out are Wolvesey Castle (5 miles west) and St John's Rooms And Chapel (4.9 miles west). Not far away are Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.
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Other services in Ovington
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
How the job changes from site to site
Plenums and filter housings
The rails and channels that hold the filters collect grease. Clean housings let the filters seat properly and leave no gaps.
Grease troughs and gutters
Drips from the canopy edge often start in a full gutter. Cleaning it clears the drip.
Ovington questions
Which environmental health team covers Ovington?
The local authority for Ovington is Winchester City council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Ovington?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Ovington doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
A canopy only holds so much grease. When the gutters fill, it overflows onto the range, often mixed with condensation. A thorough clean stops it.
Is canopy cleaning enough for TR19?
On its own, a canopy clean is a useful extra rather than a full TR19 clean. Your report lists exactly what was cleaned so nobody mistakes it for a full system clean.
What happens to the filters during the clean?
We take them out, clean them and put them back. Between cleans, a filter exchange service can keep them in good order.
Common problems we fix in Ovington
Any canopy in Ovington that’s used for cooking will gather grease in the end. 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:
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
For schools such as Perins School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Why it’s worth doing now in Ovington
In Ovington, as elsewhere, a greasy canopy is one of the first things an inspector sees. A clean hood is a sign the kitchen is cared for and keeping it that way is easier than catching up. If the system at a site near Ovington fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- Each visit written up, with photos
- A fixed price before any work starts
- In business since 2009
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
The report gives a recommended next clean date. That date is based on your cooking hours and what we found, in line with BESA guidance.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.