Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Sepham Heath canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning for Sepham Heath, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
Canopy cleaning in Sepham Heath
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. What is not seen, behind the filters, tends to be worse. We clean both, so the canopy is clean where it shows and where it doesn’t. Typical jobs include a sticky, discoloured canopy and overflowing grease troughs and gutters, across baffle filters, canopy light fittings and grease gutters.
In a small place like Sepham Heath, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Sepham Heath (TN14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Plenums and filter housings
Behind neglected filters, the plenum can be heavily coated. We remove thick grease by hand, then degrease.
Wall canopies
A long wall canopy may hold several sections of filters. We work along the canopy section by section, with photos for each.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Sepham Heath
The FSA’s data shows about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sepham Heath. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Sepham Heath are the job of Sevenoaks council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Sepham Heath. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Lullingstone Castle, about 3.1 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Sepham Heath; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Otford Lane Mission Church, or anywhere in Sepham Heath, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Sepham Heath is about 3 miles north-west of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Across the TN14 area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for London, about 16 miles away.
Every address in TN14 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Sepham Heath, we cover Halstead (1 mile north-west), Twitton (1 mile south-east), Badgers Mount (1 mile north), Knockholt Pound (1 mile south-west) and Shoreham (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Dartford (9 miles north), Sevenoaks (3 miles south-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (12 miles north-east), Tonbridge (10 miles south-east) and Northfleet (11 miles north-east).
Around Sepham Heath
Around Sepham Heath, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Crown Cottages The Rose And Crown Public House and Polhill Bank and the streets around them. Sepham Heath’s nearest station is Knockholt station, roughly 1.7 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Lullingstone Castle (3.1 miles north-east) and Sevenoaks Hospital (3.1 miles south-east). Open spaces near Sepham Heath include Betsom's Hill and Dryhill Nature Reserve.
What we’re called out for in Sepham Heath
Any canopy in Sepham Heath that’s used for cooking will gather grease in the end. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, 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
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Halstead Community Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What insurance they carry
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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 can diagnose it and quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Every filter is refitted and checked ready for the next service.
Do not 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.
Questions from Sepham Heath
Can school kitchens in Sepham Heath be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 3 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Sepham Heath, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you work in Sepham Heath outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Sepham Heath can fit around your hours. Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few pictures, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
Everything from the outer face to the plenum behind the filters. Grease troughs and filter channels are emptied and degreased as part of the job.
Is canopy cleaning enough for TR19?
A TR19® Grease clean covers the whole system, not just the canopy. A canopy clean helps between full cleans, but the ducts and fan still need doing, and the report will say what was covered.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Why act early in Sepham Heath
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. Flames from the range can ignite it and be pulled further into the system, where a fire is much harder to stop. A clean canopy takes that fuel away. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fully insured
- A written report with pictures after each visit
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. In a small place like Sepham Heath, 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.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.