Windsor and Maidenhead · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Bray Wick
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Bray Wick. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
About our canopy cleaning in Bray Wick
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. We start the check-up there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. If you have a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away and a plenum thick with grease behind the filters, we can put it right, from canopy light fittings, baffle filters and wall canopies onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Bray Wick, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
We are 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’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Bray Wick (SL6)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Bray Wick
The Food Standards Agency lists about 14 pubs, bars and clubs and about 8 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses as registered food businesses across Bray Wick and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in Bray Wick get their food hygiene inspections from Windsor and Maidenhead council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Bray Wick. 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Bray Wick is St Mark's Hospital, about 2.3 miles north-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Michael's Church or elsewhere in Bray Wick, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Bray Wick is about 2 miles south-east of Maidenhead, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Whatever kind of site you run in Bray Wick, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our Windsor and Maidenhead coverage runs to 57 places, and Bray Wick is one of them. Reading is in our area too, about 12 miles from Bray Wick.
Every address in SL6 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Windsor Road, Holyport Road and Upper Bray Road and nearby roads. Being close to the M4, Bray Wick is simple for us to get to for canopy cleaning. If your site is just outside Bray Wick, we cover Boyn Hill (1 mile north-west), Cox Green (1 mile west), Maidenhead (2 miles north-west), Furze Platt (3 miles north-west) and Woolley Green (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Windsor (4 miles south-east), North Ascot (6 miles south), Cookham (4 miles north), Dedworth (3 miles south-east), Broomhall (8 miles south-east) and South Ascot (7 miles south).
Landmarks near Bray Wick
Around Bray Wick, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Desborough College, The Belgian Arms and Braywick Park. For rail, the closest station is Maidenhead station, roughly 1.4 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include St Mark's Hospital (2.3 miles north-west) and Windsor Castle (4.7 miles east). For a walk, there’s Taplow Lake and Weycock Hill.
Also near Bray Wick
What else we do in Bray Wick
The process
We’re used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Bray Wick can be planned properly.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep the fan on through service
- Check filters aren’t leaving gaps
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
Keep the photo report with your maintenance log, so it’s ready when an EHO, insurer or fire officer asks. Before and after pictures speak for themselves.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Keep them on a regular cleaning or exchange cycle, and never cook with one missing. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
Do you need canopy cleaning in Bray Wick?
Grease does not build up any differently in Bray Wick: the hours and the type of cooking decide how fast. Frying and grilling load a canopy far faster than steaming or boiling.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Poor capture at the hood
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Grease filters blocking between washes
School kitchens, at schools like Holyport CofE Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What your quote should include
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether VAT is included
What happens if it’s left?
A canopy clean in Bray Wick now stops the grease spreading further. It takes a few hours for most canopies, done while the kitchen is closed. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. Planning a trip to Bray Wick ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Bray Wick
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The number of sites or systems
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How big the system is
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
For canopy cleaning in Bray Wick, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Bray Wick: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Bray Wick?
Kitchens in Bray Wick are inspected by Windsor and Maidenhead council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can school kitchens in Bray Wick be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 13 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Bray Wick, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
They’re taken out, cleaned and refitted. Each filter is checked for fit as it goes back, because gaps let grease through.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
A single canopy with a light build-up is fairly quick, while long canopies, several hoods or heavy deposits take more time. We’ll tell you what to expect.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Single hoods, long wall canopies and island canopies alike. The survey tells us how best to clean yours, from photos or a visit.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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 can quote for the whole system.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.