Essex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Stansted Mountfitchet
For deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Stansted Mountfitchet, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Tell us when your site near Stansted Mountfitchet is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- 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.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
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Canopy cleaning in Stansted Mountfitchet, done properly
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. A dirty canopy passes more grease further into the system. We start the check-up there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. Common call-outs are for a canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection and canopy gutters full of old fat, across plenum chambers, canopy light fittings and baffle filters.
For a smaller kitchen near Stansted Mountfitchet, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Stansted Mountfitchet (CM24, CM23)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Why deal with it now?
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. A flare-up can catch it and be drawn into the plenum and duct, where a fire is much harder to stop. A clean canopy takes that fuel away. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Why book with us
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Kitchen extracts in Stansted Mountfitchet
There are about 16 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Stansted Mountfitchet, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Fire safety in Stansted Mountfitchet falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. 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. Kitchens in Stansted Mountfitchet get their food hygiene inspections from Uttlesford 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Evangelist or anywhere around Stansted Mountfitchet, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Magna Carta Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Stansted Mountfitchet is about 3 miles north-east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. If you need canopy cleaning in Stansted Mountfitchet, please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Stansted Mountfitchet. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. We also work in Chelmsford, about 17 miles from Stansted Mountfitchet.
Here we cover the CM24 and CM23 postcode area for canopy cleaning. Streets in the area include Church Road, Chapel Hill and Woodfield Terrace, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. Main roads around Stansted Mountfitchet include the B1051 and B1351, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover Bentfield Green (1 mile north-west), Manuden (2 miles north-west), Farnham (2 miles west), Mount Pleasant (2 miles north-west) and Uppend (3 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Harlow (10 miles south), Saffron Walden (8 miles north), Great Dunmow (7 miles east), Epping (15 miles south), Great Notley (14 miles east) and Bocking (15 miles east).
What’s near Stansted Mountfitchet
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Cock pub and Forest Hall School. Stansted Mountfitchet has its own railway station: Stansted Mountfitchet station. Nearby you’ll also find Herts and Essex Hospital (2.7 miles south) and House On The Hill Toy Museum (less than half a mile east). Not far away are Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve and Portingbury Hills.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- What state the system is in
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will talk you through it.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Questions from Stansted Mountfitchet
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Stansted Mountfitchet?
That is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Will you come out to Stansted Mountfitchet?
Yes, Stansted Mountfitchet is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
How long is a canopy clean?
A single canopy with a light build-up is fairly quick, but large or heavily soiled canopies take longer. You will know before any work starts.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
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.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
When to call us in Stansted Mountfitchet
Most canopies have troughs or channels that catch running grease. If they’re not emptied, they fill and overflow, so fat ends up running down the front of the hood.
Look out for any of the following:
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
For kitchens close to Stansted Mountfitchet station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep grease cups and drawers emptied
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
Where the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If the job covers only the canopy, the paperwork reflects that.
Wipe the canopy surfaces at the end of each day. It will not replace a professional clean, but it slows the build-up you can see.
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Bent or broken filters
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Stansted Mountfitchet
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies