Oxfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Wendlebury canopy cleaning
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Wendlebury, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Wendlebury
If the canopy in Wendlebury is dripping, sticky or overdue a clean? A photo of the canopy and filters is a good start when you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and you will get a fixed price, usually within one working day. If you have a greasy hood noticed by an inspector and wet, greasy drips from the hood, we can help, from canopy light fittings, baffle filters and island canopies onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Wendlebury, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Wendlebury (OX25)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Filters are back in place and seated properly ready for the next service.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Wash or exchange them regularly, and make sure they’re all in place before cooking. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Wendlebury
Can school kitchens in Wendlebury be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Wendlebury. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Wendlebury?
Wendlebury is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
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.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a few hours for most canopies. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Wendlebury.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
We do not publish a 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 us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Different parts, different methods
Pub and hotel kitchens
Pub and hotel kitchens can cook from breakfast to late evening. That’s a lot of grease on the canopy, so it may need cleaning between full TR19 cleans.
Grease troughs and gutters
Where a trough drains into a grease cup, we empty and clean that as well, and we will show staff where it is.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What a clean will not put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Island canopies
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Canopy cleaning in Wendlebury: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 10 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Wendlebury. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Wendlebury is covered by Oxfordshire 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. Environmental health officers from Cherwell council inspect food businesses in Wendlebury. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Bicester Community Hospital about 2 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Wendlebury is about 2 miles south-west of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX25, we can take on canopy cleaning. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Wendlebury among them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 9 miles away.
All of OX25 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Church Lane, St Giles Close and Rectory Close and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Wendlebury, we cover Chesterton (1 mile north), Merton (2 miles south-east), Fencott (2 miles south-east), Charlton-on-Otmoor (2 miles south) and Ambrosden (3 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (9 miles south), Banbury (15 miles north-west), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles south), Witney (14 miles south-west), Thame (13 miles south-east) and Kidlington (6 miles south-west).
Around Wendlebury
In Wendlebury, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion Public House. The closest station to Wendlebury is Bicester Village station, roughly 2.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Bicester Community Hospital (2 miles north-east) and Ardley Castle (4.9 miles north). Not far away are Woodsides Meadow and Graven Hill.
Common problems we fix in Wendlebury
Air straight off the range hits the canopy first. Fat in that air settles on the inside of the hood, in its seams and on the filters before what gets through reaches the plenum.
Look out for any of the following:
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Giles, or anywhere in Wendlebury, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- What records you’ll receive afterwards