Stainless steel extraction canopy with galvanised ductwork in a commercial kitchen
About us

The team behind the UK's hardest-working kitchens

We design, manufacture and install commercial kitchen ventilation — and stay answerable for how it performs.

Our story

Built by installers, not salespeople

Commercial Ventilation & Extraction Solutions began with a simple observation: most problems in commercial kitchens are not caused by bad equipment. They are caused by good equipment that was never sized, matched or commissioned properly — a canopy short of overhang, a fan chosen by diameter, a kitchen with nowhere to draw replacement air from.

So we set out to do the unglamorous part well. We calculate extract rates appliance by appliance. We draw every canopy before we cut it. We measure airflow when we finish, and we hand over the figures. Over more than ten years and five hundred installations, that discipline has become the reason operators, contractors and landlords come back to us.

Today we cover the full scope of commercial kitchen ventilation — canopies, extraction systems, ductwork, fans and supply air — for restaurants, hotels, takeaways, pubs, schools and hospitals throughout the UK.

Fabricator welding steel in a workshop
Team and values

How we work

Surveyors, designers, fabricators and installation engineers working to four rules.

Calculate, don't guess

Every canopy, duct and fan is sized from the appliances it serves. If we cannot show the working, we do not install it.

Put it in writing

Drawings before fabrication, fixed prices before work starts, and measured airflow figures at handover.

One accountable team

The engineers who survey your kitchen are the same people answerable for how it performs.

Say when it's wrong

If a repair will not last, or a bigger fan will not fix the problem, we tell you — even when it costs us the job.

Accreditations

Standards and memberships

The specifications we work to and the bodies we answer to.

  • Logo placeholderDW/172BESA specification for kitchen ventilation systems
  • Logo placeholderTR19BESA guidance on ductwork access and condition
  • Logo placeholderHVCAHeating & Ventilating Contractors' Association — now BESA
  • Logo placeholderConstructionlineUK supplier pre-qualification register
Milestones

Our timeline

  1. 2014

    Founded as a two-man installation team

    Fitting canopies and ductwork for independent restaurants and takeaways.

  2. 2016

    In-house fabrication begins

    Bespoke stainless steel canopies manufactured in our own workshop, to our own drawings.

  3. 2018

    Design brought in-house

    System calculations and CAD drawings updated for the revised DW/172 specification.

  4. 2020

    Dedicated fan repair and replacement service

    Engineers and stock assigned to breakdowns, so kitchens are back in service faster.

  5. 2022

    Regional teams in Manchester and Birmingham

    Local coverage added for the North West and the Midlands.

  6. 2024

    500th installation completed

    Projects now delivered for hotel groups, schools, hospitals and multi-site operators.

  7. 2026

    Nationwide turnkey delivery

    Survey, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning under one contract, UK-wide.

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Talk to the people who will do the work

Send us your details and one of our engineers will come back to you with advice and a fixed-price quotation. Surveys are free and without obligation.

Call us07538 039292 Emailinfo@commercialventilation.co.uk
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