Essex · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Wickford
Professional canopy cleaning in and around Wickford, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A filter housing caked in grease
About our canopy cleaning in Wickford
If the canopy in Wickford is dripping, sticky or overdue a clean? Send us a photo of the hood and filters when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will send you a fixed quote for canopy cleaning, typically within one working day. The work covers grease gutters, island canopies and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are a greasy hood noticed by an inspector and condensation and grease dripping together.
Most kitchens in a town like Wickford can’t close for a day, so cleans are booked after closing, early in the morning or on a quiet day. By the next service, the kitchen is ready to cook in again.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Wickford (SS12, SS11, CM11)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026

Kitchen extracts in Wickford
The FSA’s data shows about 11 pubs and bars registered within about 1.5 miles of central Wickford. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Wickford, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basildon council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Wickford 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.
For schools such as Oakfield Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. For kitchens close to Wickford station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. A hospital like Basildon University Hospital, about 4.6 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Wickford is about 4 miles north-east of Basildon, in Essex. For canopy cleaning in and around Wickford, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. We work across South East England and London, including Wickford. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Wickford is one of them. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 9 miles from Wickford.
Work in SS12, SS11 and CM11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on High Street, Market Road and Upper Market Road and the roads around them. Main roads around Wickford include the A129 and A132, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover the places around Wickford: Shotgate (1 mile east), Runwell (1 mile north), Battlesbridge (2 miles north-east), Rawreth (2 miles east) and Brock Hill (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (9 miles north), Basildon (4 miles south-west), Brentwood (10 miles west), Maldon (11 miles north-east), Canvey Island (6 miles south-east) and Billericay (5 miles west).
Around Wickford
Typical jobs here are in premises near Beauchamps High School. Wickford’s nearest station is Wickford station, about 0.7 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find Rayleigh Castle (3.6 miles east) and Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum (2.2 miles north-east). Not far away are Shotgate Thickets.
Towns and villages near Wickford
Also in Wickford
How the job changes from site to site
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, so the canopy can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed. We often clean them in holidays or at weekends.
Wall canopies
Long wall canopies often have several filter banks. Each section’s plenum and housing is cleaned in turn, with photos for each.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Bent or broken filters
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- A few general shots of the system
If you need canopy cleaning in Wickford, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Questions from Wickford
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Wickford?
Kitchens in Wickford are inspected by Basildon council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Wickford?
Fire safety enforcement in Wickford is handled by Essex County 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.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Do you clean inside the canopy as well as outside?
The whole canopy, inside and out. We also remove the filters and clean the plenum and housing behind them because that is often the dirtiest part.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
Most drips come from overflowing troughs, damaged filters or a plenum thick with grease. We clean all three and point out anything that’s causing it.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
A before and after photo report follows the clean. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.
What happens if it’s left?
When grease clogs the filters and plenum, the canopy can’t draw air as it should. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier, and the fan works harder for less. Cleaning restores the path the air should take. An inspector or insurer will want to see recent records, so it makes sense to have them ready.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Wickford and across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What we do, step by step
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the canopy cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Sites in a town like Wickford rarely need to lose trading hours, as the work fits around them.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.