Your cooker hood catches the grease, steam and smoke that rise from the hob every time you cook. Most of it settles on the filters and the underside of the canopy, where it slowly builds into a sticky brown layer. Once that happens the hood gets louder, extracts less and starts to smell. A professional cooker hood clean removes the grease from the parts you can see and the parts you can't.
What's included
- Mesh or baffle grease filters soaked in hot degreaser
- Canopy underside, edges and filter channels degreased
- Light covers and bulbs wiped, controls cleaned by hand
- Chimney cleaned on every visible face
- Fan inlet and impeller cleaned where reachable from below
- Charcoal filters checked on recirculating hoods
- Stainless finished along the grain
- Hood run on every speed before we leave
Every type of domestic hood
We clean every common type of domestic extractor hood: chimney hoods fixed to the wall above the hob, visor and telescopic hoods built into a wall cabinet, slimline and integrated hoods, and canopy hoods hidden behind a decorative surround. We work with all major brands, including Bosch, Neff, Siemens, AEG, Elica, Smeg, CDA, Hotpoint, Beko and Caple.
What a standard clean covers
A standard clean covers the mesh or baffle grease filters, the canopy underside, the light covers, the control panel and the chimney. Where the fan housing can be opened from below, we clean the motor mouth and impeller as well. If your hood recirculates air through charcoal filters, we check them and can replace them during the same visit.
How often to book
How often you need a cooker hood cleaned depends on how you cook. Households that fry, grill or stir-fry most days usually need a professional clean two to four times a year, with the filters washed monthly in between. If the canopy feels tacky to the touch or the filters have turned bronze, the hood is due a clean.
How the visit works
01
Check and cover
We look at the hood type, how it vents and the state of the filters, isolate the power and cover the hob and worktop.
02
Filters out to soak
Filters go into a hot degreasing soak while we work on the canopy, light fittings and chimney.
03
Canopy and fan
The underside, filter channels and fan inlet are degreased with non-scratch pads and kitchen-safe products.
04
Refit and test
Filters are rinsed, dried and refitted, the steel is finished and the hood is tested on every speed.
Common problems we fix
Cooker hood not sucking properly
Weak suction is nearly always blocked grease filters or a fan coated in grease. Cleaning both usually restores the airflow without the cost of a new hood.
Cooker hood smells of old grease
Stale smells come from grease trapped in the canopy and filters, or from saturated charcoal filters on a recirculating hood. Degreasing the hood and replacing the carbon removes the smell at the source.
Sticky cooker hood canopy
A tacky canopy means grease has started to polymerise. Household sprays smear it around; a hot degreaser and the right tools lift it without scratching stainless steel.
What affects the price
The price of a domestic cooker hood clean depends on the hood type and width, how thick the grease is, whether the fan can be reached from below, the height of the chimney and whether any filters need replacing. A photo of the underside of the hood with the filters in place tells us most of what we need.
Send photos for a written quoteWhat you can do yourself
Between professional cleans, wash mesh filters every month in hot water with washing-up liquid or a degreaser, wipe the canopy edge weekly with a damp microfibre cloth and run the hood for ten minutes after cooking so steam clears the ducting. Leave the fan housing and anything behind an inner panel to us.
Questions about Cooker Hood Cleaning
Most domestic cooker hoods take one to two hours. Very greasy hoods, tall chimneys and island hoods can take longer.
Not usually. We remove the filters and clean the canopy, chimney and fan housing from below. The hood only comes down if grease has worked deep into the ducting or the fan can't be reached any other way.
Yes. Once the surfaces are dry, usually within an hour, the hood and hob can be used as normal.
If the noise comes from a fan struggling against grease, yes. A rattling chimney or worn motor bearing needs a repair, and we'll let you know if that's what we find.
Get a free quote
Tell us the make or model, add a photo of the underside of the hood, and let us know whether it vents outside or recirculates.
