Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in West Ealing, Greater London
Professional canopy cleaning in and around West Ealing, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in West Ealing
We have been cleaning kitchen canopies since we started trading in 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have canopy gutters full of old fat and filters that never seem to stay clean, we can help, from island canopies, baffle filters and grease gutters onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in West Ealing is normally done overnight, after the last service. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- West Ealing (W7, W13, UB2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Wall canopies
A long wall canopy may hold several sections of filters. We work along the canopy section by section, with photos for each.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteens and school kitchens tend to run to a timetable, which makes a canopy clean easy to schedule. Holidays and weekends work well.
Questions from West Ealing
Do you work at weekends in West Ealing?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in West Ealing keeps running as normal. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Is parking a problem for work in West Ealing?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
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 TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Canopies in pubs, restaurants, hotels, schools, care homes, offices and other kitchens. Whatever is cooked under it, the canopy is cleaned the same thorough way, with the equipment off and cool.
Towns and villages near West Ealing
Other services in West Ealing
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Kitchen extracts in West Ealing
There are about 292 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 79 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central West Ealing, 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. Fire safety in West Ealing falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
For kitchens close to Hanwell station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mary's Cathedral or elsewhere in West Ealing, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
West Ealing is about 1 mile west of Ealing, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in West Ealing, we can take on canopy cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, West Ealing among them. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 11 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the W7, W13 and UB2 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Park Road, Green Lane and Dean's Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. With the A4001 close by, West Ealing is simple for us to get to at any hour. Close by, we work in Hanwell (1 mile east), Dormers Wells (1 mile north-west), Ealing (1 mile east), South Ealing (2 miles east) and Pitshanger (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover London (11 miles east), City of Westminster (8 miles east), Marylebone (8 miles east), Kensington (6 miles east), St Pancras (10 miles east) and Shoreditch (11 miles east).
Landmarks near West Ealing
In West Ealing, that means kitchens and buildings near Drayton Green, The Viaduct pub and Cuckoo Schools, among other places. There’s a railway station in West Ealing itself: Hanwell station. Well-known places in the area include Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (2.4 miles east) and Treaty Centre (3 miles south). Not far away are Long Wood and Middle Lake.
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 first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in West Ealing.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by photos or in person.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- Filters go back, the area is cleaned down and pictures are taken.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Related advice
Why it’s worth doing now in West Ealing
A greasy canopy is fuel directly above the flame. 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. In West Ealing, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
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’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every visit written up, with photos
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in West Ealing
Most canopies have troughs or channels that catch running grease. Left to fill up, they spill over, so fat ends up running down the front of the hood.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- A filter housing caked in grease
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to West Ealing is Ealing Hospital, about less than half a mile south-west.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether a survey comes first
- What insurance they carry
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
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’re happy to quote for all of it.
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
Anything worth knowing goes into the report: damaged filters, gaps around the housing or troughs that need emptying more often. We keep it to what matters.
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.