Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Hundred Acres, Hampshire
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Hundred Acres, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
What staff can safely do
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’ll take a look and give you a fixed 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.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hundred Acres
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. What is not seen, behind the filters, tends to be worse. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. The work covers grease gutters, wall canopies and canopy light fittings, and people most often call us about poor capture at the hood and grease filters blocking between washes.
In a small place like Hundred Acres, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Hundred Acres (PO17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hundred Acres
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 photos, so each one has its own record.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What a clean will not put right
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Every filter is refitted and checked, and the kitchen is ready to cook.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.
What we do, step by step
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. After that, the work takes a few hours for most canopies. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Hundred Acres.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
Advice
What canopy cleaning looks like in Hundred Acres
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hundred Acres. Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. Hundred Acres is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Winchester City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hundred Acres. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Hundred Acres, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Knowle Hospital about 2.4 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Hundred Acres is about 4 miles north-east of Fareham, in Hampshire. Across the PO17 area, we can take on canopy cleaning. Hundred Acres is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Portsmouth, about 7 miles from Hundred Acres.
All of PO17 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Hundred Acres Road and Southwick Road, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. We also cover North Boarhunt (1 mile south-east), Wickham Common (1 mile south-west), Crockerhill (2 miles south-west), Welborne (2 miles south-west) and Boarhunt (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north-west), Gosport (7 miles south), Havant (8 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles north-west), Fareham (4 miles south-west) and Horndean (6 miles east).
Near you in Hundred Acres
Hundred Acres’s nearest station is Fareham station, roughly 3.5 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Fareham Shopping Centre (3.3 miles south) and Portchester Castle (4.7 miles south-east). Not far away are St Clair's Meadow and Portsdown Hill.
Part by part
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. It catches whatever gets past the filters, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Wall canopies
The back of a wall canopy is hard to reach and easy to miss. With the filters out we can get to it and degrease it properly.
Hundred Acres questions
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Hundred Acres?
Kitchens in Hundred Acres are inspected by Winchester City council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you work in Hundred Acres outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Why does grease run off the canopy edge?
Grease that builds up inside the canopy has to go somewhere. When the gutters fill, it overflows onto the range, often mixed with condensation. Cleaning removes the cause.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hundred Acres
Fresh grease comes off far more easily than old. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. Somewhere as small as Hundred Acres, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why Hundred Acres businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- Photo reports with every job