Oxfordshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Horley, Oxfordshire
Canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Horley. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
About our canopy cleaning in Horley
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. 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’re dealing with a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away and filters that clog soon after cleaning, we can help.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Horley (OX15)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
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When something else is needed
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenum chambers
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
- 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.
Don’t let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
Canopy cleaning in Horley: the local picture
Look up Horley on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Horley and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. The fire and rescue service for Horley is Oxfordshire 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. Kitchens in Horley get their food hygiene inspections from Cherwell council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Horton General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Horley, about 3.6 miles south-east. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Upton House is about 3.2 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Ethelreda or elsewhere in Horley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Horley is about 3 miles north-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Horley or further out, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Horley among them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 25 miles away.
Work in OX15 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You will find streets such as Manor Orchard and Little Lane, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. Close by, we work in Wroxton (1 mile south), Drayton (2 miles south-east), Neithrop (3 miles south-east) and Ruscote (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Banbury (3 miles south-east), Chipping Norton (12 miles south-west), Grimsbury (4 miles south-east), Bloxham (5 miles south), Bodicote (5 miles south-east) and Upper Heyford (13 miles south-east).
What’s near Horley
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Red Lion pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Banbury station, roughly 3.5 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Horton General Hospital (3.6 miles south-east) and Castle Quay Shopping Centre (3.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Horley include Crouch Hill.
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. In a small place like Horley, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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FAQs for Horley
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Horley?
The local authority for Horley is Cherwell council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Horley?
Fire safety enforcement in Horley is handled by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Full gutters and a heavily coated plenum are the common causes. With nowhere to collect, the grease overflows, and condensation can carry it too. A canopy clean sorts it out.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Do you cover Horley?
Yes. Our technicians work in Horley, within the South East and London area we cover.
How long does canopy cleaning take?
It takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. We’ll confirm how long when we quote.
Different parts, different methods
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteen staff see the canopy, not the duct behind it. The canopy and plenum are both cleaned, so what’s out of sight is dealt with too.
Wall canopies
A wall-mounted canopy runs along the back of the range. Grease often collects where the canopy meets the wall, so we clean along it as well as the inner skin.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Horley
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Parking and loading at the site
- What state the system is in
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Horley
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.