Essex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Shotgate canopy cleaning
We cover Shotgate for deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Poor capture at the hood
About our canopy cleaning in Shotgate
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. If you have wet, greasy drips from the hood and drips from the canopy onto the range, we can help, from plenum chambers, baffle filters and grease gutters onwards.
Work in a small place like Shotgate starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as 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
- Shotgate (SS11, SS12)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the canopy cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Shotgate run smoothly.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by pictures or in person.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Shotgate questions
Which council inspects kitchens in Shotgate?
Kitchens in Shotgate are inspected by Basildon council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you work in villages like Shotgate?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Shotgate included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
We remove the filters to reach the plenum, then clean and refit them. We will tell you if any need replacing.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What kinds of canopies 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.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
That depends on the size of the canopy and how much grease is on it. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several.
How much does canopy cleaning cost in Shotgate?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before any work starts.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- What state the system is in
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
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. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Canopy cleaning in Shotgate: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 35 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 23 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Shotgate. Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Shotgate is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Basildon council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Shotgate. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
For schools such as Beauchamps High School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. A hospital like Basildon University Hospital, about 5.5 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Shotgate is about 1 mile east of Wickford, in Essex. If you need canopy cleaning in Shotgate, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, Shotgate included. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 9 miles away.
Work in SS11 and SS12 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Third Avenue, First Avenue and Second Avenue or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Shotgate, we cover Rawreth (1 mile east), Wickford (1 mile west), Battlesbridge (1 mile north-east), Runwell (2 miles north-west) and Brock Hill (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (9 miles north), Basildon (5 miles south-west), Brentwood (11 miles west), Maldon (10 miles north-east), Canvey Island (6 miles south) and Billericay (6 miles west).
Near you in Shotgate
Around Shotgate, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Hilltop Infant School. The nearest railway station is Battlesbridge station, roughly 1.3 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Basildon University Hospital (5.5 miles south-west) and Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum (1.3 miles north-east). Open spaces near Shotgate include Shotgate Thickets.
Do you need canopy cleaning in Shotgate?
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Daily cleaning reaches the canopy face but rarely gets further, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Condensation running down the canopy
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Grease filters blocking between washes
Where a hall near Church of St Nicholas, or anywhere in Shotgate, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before booking anyone
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If they look at the system before pricing
Managing agents and facilities teams in Shotgate
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Never run the range with a filter out
A before and after photo report follows the clean. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Wash or exchange them regularly, and make sure they’re all in place before cooking. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.
How the job changes from site to site
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Grease troughs and gutters
Where a trough drains into a grease cup, that is emptied and cleaned too, and we’ll show staff where it is.