Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Fosten Green, Kent
Specialist canopy cleaning for Fosten Green: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Fosten Green: your questions answered
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Fosten Green?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Fosten Green. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work at weekends in Fosten Green?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
It takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Your quote will give a time.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
About our canopy cleaning in Fosten Green
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. A dirty canopy passes more grease further into the system. Our diagnosis starts there, and the cure is a thorough clean of the hood, the plenum and the filter housing. The work covers grease gutters, wall canopies and canopy light fittings, and common reasons people get in touch are grease channels that no longer drain and drips from the canopy onto the range.
In a small place like Fosten Green, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Fosten Green (TN27)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Over months, the heat hardens it into a stubborn coating, so the longer it’s left, the longer the clean takes. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
The cost 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 any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Fosten Green
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Fosten Green.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. 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.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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How the job changes from site to site
Pub and hotel kitchens
A hotel or pub kitchen can rarely close for long. Canopy cleans are done late at night or early in the morning so the kitchen keeps trading.
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.
What we’re called out for in Fosten Green
However carefully a kitchen in Fosten Green is run, the canopy still collects grease. It’s fuel, sitting directly over the burners, which is why a flare-up near a dirty canopy is so dangerous.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Condensation running down the canopy
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Benenden Hospital about 0.9 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Proof of insurance
What affects the quote in Fosten Green
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Check filters are not leaving gaps
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
File the report alongside your fire risk assessment where an inspector can see it. Photos of a clean canopy and plenum make the record easy to follow.
Do not let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Kitchen extracts in Fosten Green
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Fosten Green. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Fosten Green sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Environmental health officers from Ashford council inspect food businesses in Fosten Green. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Margaret's Church, or anywhere in Fosten Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Fosten Green is about 11 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. From the centre of Fosten Green to the outskirts, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Fosten Green is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 12 miles away.
Every address in TN27 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Fosten Green, we cover Clapper Hill (1 mile east), East End (1 mile south), Parkgate (2 miles south-east), London Beach (3 miles east) and Strood (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (12 miles north), Ashford (11 miles east), Kings Hill (15 miles north-west), Foley Park (13 miles north), Paddock Wood (11 miles north-west) and Tenterden (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Fosten Green
The nearest railway station is Headcorn station, about 4.6 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Mervyn Quinlan Museum (0.9 miles south) and Sissinghurst Castle (2.1 miles north-west).