Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Exton
Specialist canopy cleaning for Exton: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A hood coated in old grease
Canopy cleaning in Exton, done properly
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. Our diagnosis starts there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. The work covers canopy light fittings, plenum chambers and island canopies, and people most often call us about poor capture at the hood and heavy deposits behind the grease filters.
In a small place like Exton, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Exton (SO32)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Exton knowing what to expect.
- The canopy is checked from pictures or on a visit.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Grease troughs and gutters
Some troughs drain to a cup or drawer, that is emptied and cleaned too, and we will show staff where it is.
Pub and hotel kitchens
In a pub or hotel, the canopy is often in view of staff all day, so a dripping hood quickly becomes everyone’s problem. Cleaning the canopy and plenum sorts it.
Places near Exton
Other services in Exton
Leave it or put it right?
Getting the canopy cleaned in Exton now saves a bigger job later. The work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits, done while the kitchen is closed. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. With notice, the visit to Exton can be fitted around your bookings and events.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Exton
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Photo reports with every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Exton
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Common questions in Exton
Which fire authority looks after Exton?
Fire safety enforcement in Exton is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Exton in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. With about 2 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Exton, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What causes grease to drip from the hood?
A canopy only holds so much grease. When the gutters fill, it overflows onto the range, often mixed with condensation. Cleaning removes the cause.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Kitchen extracts in Exton
About 57 miles out from central London, Exton is part of the South East area we work across. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Kitchens in Exton get their food hygiene inspections from Winchester City council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Exton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Exton (Hinton Ampner House is about 4.2 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Exton is about 7 miles north-west of Horndean, in Hampshire. Exton gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 12 miles away.
Every address in SO32 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Shoe Lane, Church Lane and Beacon Hill Lane, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. We also cover the places around Exton: Corhampton (1 mile south), Meonstoke (1 mile south), Brockbridge (1 mile south), Droxford (2 miles south) and Soberton (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Winchester (10 miles north-west), Gosport (12 miles south), Havant (10 miles south-east), Eastleigh (10 miles west), Fareham (10 miles south) and Horndean (7 miles south-east).
Around Exton
Around Exton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Shoe Inn, among other places. Open spaces near Exton include St Clair's Meadow and Beacon Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What we are called out for in Exton
Filters that are missing, damaged or badly seated leave gaps. More grease reaches the plenum and housing than they’re designed to take, which shows up as heavy deposits when the filters come out.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Grease channels that no longer drain
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Meonstoke Church of England Infant School or anywhere near Exton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Questions to ask before booking
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Exton
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- A single visit or a regular plan
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The site address and the type of premises
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.