Oxfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Shippon
Specialist canopy cleaning for Shippon: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
About our canopy cleaning in Shippon
We clean canopies in Shippon when the kitchen is not cooking: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered so the kitchen is ready when we go. Common call-outs are for a plenum thick with grease behind the filters and condensation and grease dripping together, on grease gutters, baffle filters and island canopies.
For a kitchen in or near Shippon, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Shippon (OX13)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Shippon
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Shippon: your questions answered
Can school kitchens in Shippon be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Shippon. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Will you come out to Shippon?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Shippon included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Most commercial kitchen canopies, from one small hood to a long run of canopies. The survey tells us how best to clean yours, from photos or a visit.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote and we will normally reply within one working day.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
How much notice should we give?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
Kitchen extracts in Shippon
There are about 25 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 13 takeaways in and around Shippon, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Environmental health officers from Vale of White Horse council inspect food businesses in Shippon. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Shippon is covered by Oxfordshire 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.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Shippon (Appleton Manor is about 3.1 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Larkmead School or anywhere near Shippon, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Shippon is about 1 mile west of Abingdon-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. We carry out canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Shippon and the rest of Oxfordshire. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Shippon among them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 6 miles away.
Work in OX13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Chestnut Tree Close, Willow Tree Close and Whitehouse Close or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Cothill (1 mile north-west), Dry Sandford (2 miles north-west), Marcham (2 miles south-west), Sutton Wick (2 miles south) and Frilford Heath (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Oxford (6 miles north-east), Didcot (6 miles south-east), Witney (11 miles north-west), Carterton (14 miles north-west), Thame (15 miles east) and Wantage (8 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Shippon
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Prince Of Wales pub and Albert Park and the streets around them. Shippon’s nearest station is Radley station, about 2.8 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Abingdon Community Hospital (0.8 miles south) and FitzHarris Castle (1 mile south-east). For a walk, there’s Cumnor Hill and Dry Sandford Pit.
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What happens if it’s left?
In Shippon, 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 it’s far easier to keep clean than to rescue. It’s simpler to plan the work at Shippon now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What you get with us
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Before and after pictures speak for themselves.
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.
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for most canopies. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Shippon run smoothly.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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When to call us in Shippon
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.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- A hood coated in old grease
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary Magdalene or elsewhere in Shippon, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What’s included in the scope, part by part