Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
West Farleigh canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning for West Farleigh, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- A filter housing caked in grease
Keeping the system healthy
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
File the report alongside your fire risk assessment, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Before and after pictures speak for themselves.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. More drips or quicker clogging often mean the cleaning interval needs looking at, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
Canopy cleaning in West Farleigh, done properly
We clean canopies in West Farleigh when the kitchen is not cooking: after service, overnight or at the weekend. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. If you’re dealing with a sticky, discoloured canopy and condensation and grease dripping together, we can put it right.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- West Farleigh (ME15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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Common questions in West Farleigh
Who inspects food businesses in West Farleigh?
In West Farleigh, it’s Maidstone council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can you come to West Farleigh after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in West Farleigh keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
They’re taken out, cleaned and refitted. We check each one seats properly, because gaps let grease through.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
Inside and out, along with its seams and grease channels. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
- Electrical faults in the canopy
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in West Farleigh
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
Do you need canopy cleaning in West Farleigh?
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Church and community hall kitchens, near All Saints Church or anywhere around West Farleigh, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Comparing quotes
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Canopy cleaning in West Farleigh: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records include about 8 pubs and bars across West Farleigh and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in West Farleigh are the job of Maidstone council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for West Farleigh is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Oakwood Hospital about 1.9 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. School kitchens, at schools like Oakwood Park Grammar School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
West Farleigh is about 3 miles west of Maidstone, in Kent. We carry out canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in West Farleigh and the rest of Kent. West Farleigh is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for canopy cleaning.
All of ME15 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Farleigh Green (1 mile east), Hoppers Corner (1 mile north-east), Teston (1 mile north-west), Barming Heath (1 mile north) and Kettle Corner (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (3 miles east), Sittingbourne (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (12 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (11 miles south-west), Gravesend (13 miles north) and Tonbridge (8 miles south-west).
What’s near West Farleigh
Typical jobs here are in premises near Quarry Wood and The Tickled Trout pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is East Farleigh station, about 1.4 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Allington Castle (3.9 miles north-east) and Oakwood Hospital (1.9 miles north-east).
What affects the quote in West Farleigh
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Where the site is and how we reach it
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
The process
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. The timing of a visit to West Farleigh is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.