Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Park Gate, Hampshire
Canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Park Gate. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Poor capture at the hood
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A filter housing caked in grease
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- What state the system is in
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Where the site is and how we reach it
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Park Gate
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. 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’re dealing with a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection and a hood coated in old grease, we can help, from grease gutters, canopy light fittings and wall canopies onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Park Gate (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Park Gate
Do you cover smaller places like Park Gate?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Park Gate is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Park Gate?
Fire safety enforcement in Park Gate is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
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.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
Who is the responsible person?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do you provide pictures of the cleaned canopy?
Every clean comes with a photo report that lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach. A full TR19 clean adds a certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Park Gate
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
Places near Park Gate
Other services in Park Gate
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Every filter is refitted and checked, and the kitchen is ready to cook.
Don’t let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Overflowing troughs are the usual cause of drips onto the range, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several, and we clear up before we go. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Park Gate run smoothly.
- The canopy is checked from pictures or on a visit.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Grease, kitchens and Park Gate
At about 3 miles from the coast, Park Gate is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s data shows about 10 pubs and bars registered in Park Gate and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. In Park Gate, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Fareham council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a café or takeaway near Swanwick station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Margaret Mary or elsewhere in Park Gate, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Park Gate is about 3 miles south-east of Hedge End, in Hampshire. If you need canopy cleaning in Park Gate, please call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Park Gate. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 6 miles away.
Here we cover the SO31 postcode area for canopy cleaning. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Station Road, Botley Road and Middle Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Park Gate include Sarisbury (1 mile west), Locks Heath (1 mile south), Segensworth (1 mile east), Whiteley (1 mile north-east) and Swanwick (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north), Gosport (7 miles south-east), Havant (12 miles east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles south-east) and Horndean (11 miles east).
Local landmarks in Park Gate
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Brookfield Community School and Language College. There’s a railway station in Park Gate itself: Swanwick station. Well-known places in the area include Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (1.4 miles north-west) and St Andrew's Castle (2.6 miles south-west). Open spaces near Park Gate include Swanwick Lakes.
Part by part
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. It catches whatever gets past the filters, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Island canopies
With filters on more than one side, an island canopy has more plenum to clean. We work round the canopy, cleaning each filter bank and plenum.
What we are called out for in Park Gate
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Condensation and grease dripping together
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Park Gate is Fareham Community Hospital, about under half a mile south-west.
Questions to ask before booking
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote shows VAT