Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Ham, Kent
Canopy cleaning for Ham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
About our canopy cleaning in Ham
A greasy canopy tells an inspector a lot before they’ve opened anything. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is usually in a worse state. We clean both, so the canopy is clean where it shows and where it does not. If you are dealing with grease filters blocking between washes and a greasy hood noticed by an inspector, we can help.
Work in a small place like Ham starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Ham (CT14)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Ham.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- You get pictures of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Ham questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Ham?
Ham is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which environmental health team covers Ham?
That is Dover council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Ham. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Is canopy cleaning enough for TR19?
TR19® Grease is about the whole extract, from canopy to discharge. A canopy clean helps between full cleans, but the ducts and fan still need doing, and the report will say what was covered.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that is a design question)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
How the job changes from site to site
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.
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, so the canopy can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed. We often clean them in holidays or at weekends.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Kitchen extracts in Ham
Look up Ham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Ham, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Environmental health officers from Dover council inspect food businesses in Ham. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Ham. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St George or anywhere around Ham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. For schools such as Worth Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Walmer Castle is about 4.4 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Ham is about 3 miles north-west of Deal, in Kent. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Ham and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Ham is one of them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 35 miles from Ham.
Every address in CT14 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Ham: Statenborough (1 mile north-west), Felderland (1 mile north), Worth (1 mile north-east), Marley (1 mile south-east) and Finglesham (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (11 miles west), Margate (10 miles north), Dover (8 miles south), Folkestone (13 miles south-west), Ramsgate (7 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (9 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Ham
In Ham, that means kitchens and buildings near Ham Fen, Sandwich Technology School and The Blue Pigeons pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Sandwich station, about 1.7 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Sandown Castle (3.1 miles east) and The Precinct Toy Collection (2.1 miles north). For a walk, there’s Monk's Wall nature reserve.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
What happens if it’s left?
Leaving the canopy until the next full clean can mean months of build-up. In a busy kitchen, the canopy and plenum can need attention between TR19 cleans, and readings or a look behind the filters will show it. A fault that closes a site in a village like Ham affects everyone who depends on it.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why us?
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- In business since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
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Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Refit filters the right way round and fully seated
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
We clear away the sheeting, waste grease and water before we leave. Filters are back in place and seated properly ready for the next service.
Wipe the canopy surfaces at the end of each day. It does not reach the plenum, but it stops the outside building up.