Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Dalston canopy cleaning
Our technicians work in Dalston on canopy cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- Poor airflow from a fan that needs repair
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
Canopy cleaning in Dalston
Duct Doctor has cleaned canopies and hoods since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, we treat the canopy as one part of a whole system, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you are dealing with fat running down the front of the hood and heavy deposits behind the grease filters, we can put it right.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Dalston, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Dalston (E8, N1, N16)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
Need a price for canopy cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Dalston questions
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Dalston during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 46 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Dalston. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
How do you handle parking and loading in Dalston?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
Canopies in pubs, restaurants, hotels, schools, care homes, offices and other kitchens. Whatever is cooked under it, the canopy is cleaned the same thorough way, with the equipment off and cool.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Can I just have the canopy cleaned instead of the whole system?
TR19® Grease is about the whole extract, from canopy to discharge. Cleaning the canopy alone leaves the ducts, risers and fan untouched, and the report will say what was covered.
What we are called out for in Dalston
Most canopies have troughs or channels that catch running grease. Left to fill up, they spill over, so fat ends up running down the front of the hood.
Look out for any of the following:
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A hood coated in old grease
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; German Hospital is the nearest hospital to Dalston, about within half a mile north-east.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the price is fixed
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How VAT is shown on the quote
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Dalston needs from us.
- First the canopy is surveyed, by photos or in person.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- Inside and out, the canopy and its grease channels are degreased.
- We refit the filters, clear up and photograph the finished canopy.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps 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.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Different parts, different methods
School and staff canteen kitchens
A canteen canopy may cook fewer hours, but it still collects grease. The whole system still needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance, and the canopy is part of it.
Plenums and filter housings
Filter housings hold the filters in place, and their channels fill with grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
Grease, kitchens and Dalston
The FSA’s data shows about 139 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 16 hotels and guest houses registered in Dalston and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in Dalston get their food hygiene inspections from Hackney council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London Fire Brigade covers Dalston. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Holy Trinity Church or elsewhere in Dalston, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Commuter trade near Dalston Junction station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Dalston is about 1 mile north-east of Hoxton, in Greater London. For canopy cleaning in and around Dalston, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, Dalston included. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small.
Work in E8, N1 and N16 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Glebe Road, Forest Road and Boleyn Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Main roads around Dalston include the A107 and A1207, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. We also cover Kingsland (1 mile west), De Beauvoir Town (1 mile west), Hackney Central (1 mile east), London Fields (1 mile south-east) and Shacklewell (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover London (3 miles south), City of Westminster (4 miles south-west), Marylebone (4 miles south-west), Kensington (6 miles south-west), Walthamstow (4 miles north-east) and Hampstead (5 miles west).
Local landmarks in Dalston
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Kingsland Secondary School, The Petchey Academy and The Duke Of Richmond Public House. Nearby too are Haggerston Park (0.8 miles south) and Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives (1.9 miles south). Dalston has its own railway station: Dalston Junction station. Well-known places in the area include Clowns Gallery-Museum (less than half a mile west) and Montfichet's Tower (2.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Gillespie Park and Ludgate Hill.