Portsmouth · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Portsmouth
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Portsmouth, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
Canopy cleaning in Portsmouth, done properly
We clean canopies in Portsmouth when the kitchen is not cooking: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The equipment underneath is switched off, left to cool and sheeted, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. If you have filters that never seem to stay clean and drips from the canopy onto the range, we can put it right, from island canopies, canopy light fittings and plenum chambers onwards.
A place as big as Portsmouth has kitchens of every kind, from takeaways and restaurants to school, hotel and staff kitchens. Each cooks for a different number of hours a day, so each needs cleaning at its own interval.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Portsmouth (PO6, PO4, PO1, PO2)
- Region
- Portsmouth
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Portsmouth
Which fire service covers Portsmouth?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Portsmouth. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can sea air affect canopy cleaning in Portsmouth?
It can. Being within about 1 mile of the sea means more corrosion on metalwork in Portsmouth than inland. Outdoor metalwork near the sea is worth inspecting at each visit.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
Most drips come from overflowing troughs, damaged filters or a plenum thick with grease. We clean the canopy, plenum and troughs and tell you what we find.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
A single canopy with a light build-up is fairly quick, but large or heavily soiled canopies take longer. You’ll know before we start.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
When do you clean the canopy?
The clean is done out of hours: after service, overnight or before opening. The range must be switched off and cooled first.
Different parts, different methods
Plenums and filter housings
The rails and channels that hold the filters collect grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
Island canopies
With filters on more than one side, an island canopy has more plenum to clean. Both sides are taken apart and cleaned.
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Portsmouth
Sea air reaches Portsmouth, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 262 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 152 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Portsmouth. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. In Portsmouth, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Portsmouth council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Manor Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. A kitchen near Fratton station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Portsmouth is in England. Sites in Portsmouth get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 19 places across Portsmouth, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: PO6, PO4, PO1 and PO2. That includes premises on Church Road, April Square and Rudmore Square and the roads around them. You’ll find Portsmouth on the A3 and A27, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. We also cover Rudmore (1 mile north-west), Landport (1 mile south-west), North End (1 mile north), Fratton (1 mile south-east) and Kingston (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Wymering (3 miles north), Paulsgrove (3 miles north), Drayton (3 miles north-east) and Farlington (3 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth, that means kitchens and buildings near The Portsmouth Academy, Alexandra Park and St Edmund's Catholic School. For rail, the closest station is Fratton station, about 0.9 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Royal Portsmouth Hospital (0.7 miles south-west) and Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum (within half a mile west). For a walk, there’s Milton Locks and Portsdown Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Common problems we fix in Portsmouth
Steam and condensation make canopy grease harder to deal with. As the canopy cools, condensation forms, carrying grease with it. Drips onto the cooking line are a common result.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Royal Portsmouth Hospital (about 0.7 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether VAT is included
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by canopy cleaning, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It won’t put right:
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
Why deal with it now?
Getting the canopy cleaned in Portsmouth now saves a bigger job later. The work takes a few hours for most canopies, out of hours so service carries on. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. Larger sites in Portsmouth are easier to manage on a planned schedule.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why Portsmouth businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- Trading since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
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How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. We’ll ask where we can park in Portsmouth and how to get equipment to the system, as those shape the visit.
- 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.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.