Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Swiss Cottage
Canopy cleaning for Swiss Cottage and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A hood coated in old grease
- Grease filters blocking between washes
About our canopy cleaning in Swiss Cottage
Every canopy we clean in Swiss Cottage gets the same treatment: we remove the filters, clean the plenum and housing, then degrease the canopy shell. You get photos of the canopy before and after. We are often asked to deal with an EHO comment about the canopy and condensation and grease dripping together, on grease gutters, wall canopies and baffle filters.
Kitchens in Swiss Cottage, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Swiss Cottage (NW3, NW8, NW6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price canopy cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The size of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any previous report or certificate
Need a price for canopy cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log where an inspector can see it. Before and after photos speak for themselves.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Wash or exchange them regularly, and never cook with one missing. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
What we do, step by step
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 the same goes into the written report. The visit takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in Swiss Cottage saves time on the night.
- 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.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Different parts, different methods
Wall canopies
At the back of the canopy, behind the filters, grease builds up unseen. We remove the filters to reach it and degrease it properly.
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.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Swiss Cottage
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Swiss Cottage during the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 70 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Swiss Cottage. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Swiss Cottage?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Swiss Cottage. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Does a canopy clean meet TR19?
You can have the canopy cleaned on its own, but it will not cover the ductwork or fan. For TR19, the whole system needs cleaning, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
The whole canopy, inside and out. The plenum behind the filters is included, since that’s where grease hides.
Is Swiss Cottage in your area?
Yes. We work in Swiss Cottage and across Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Towns and villages near Swiss Cottage
What else we do in Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage kitchens: local notes
Look up Swiss Cottage on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 625 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 265 sandwich bars and takeaways across Swiss Cottage and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. It’s Camden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Swiss Cottage. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London Fire Brigade covers Swiss Cottage. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A kitchen near South Hampstead station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth about 0.7 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Swiss Cottage is about 1 mile south of Hampstead, in Greater London. We carry out canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Swiss Cottage and the rest of Greater London. Swiss Cottage is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for canopy cleaning.
Work in NW3, NW8 and NW6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Avenue Road, Acacia Road and Harben Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Swiss Cottage include South Hampstead (1 mile north), St John's Wood (1 mile south), Haverstock (1 mile east), Belsize Park (1 mile east) and Primrose Hill (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles south-east), Kensington (3 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south-east), Shoreditch (4 miles east), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east) and Hoxton (4 miles east).
Around Swiss Cottage
In Swiss Cottage, that means kitchens and buildings near Cafe Med pub, Holy Trinity CofE Primary School and Primrose Hill. You will also find Cecil Sharp House (1.1 miles east) and St. Mary's Town and Country School (less than half a mile north-east). Swiss Cottage has its own railway station: South Hampstead station. Nearby you’ll also find Montfichet's Tower (3.7 miles south-east) and Isokon Gallery (0.8 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include The Long Water and Primrose Hill.
What we’re called out for in Swiss Cottage
Any canopy in Swiss Cottage that is 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.
What we are most often called out for:
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of All Souls, or anywhere in Swiss Cottage, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of insurance
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed