West Berkshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Inkpen Common
Canopy and hood cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Inkpen Common. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
How we handle canopy cleaning in Inkpen Common
The canopy is where the extract system breathes in. 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 plenum chambers, grease gutters and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are wet, greasy drips from the hood and a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away.
In a village or hamlet like Inkpen Common, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Inkpen Common (RG17, RG20)
- Wider area
- West Berkshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What canopy cleaning cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A light fitting that does not work
- A hood that does not cover the cooking line
- Filters that no longer seal in the housing
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Inkpen Common
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
How the job changes from site to site
Grease troughs and gutters
Grease channels around the canopy collect what runs down the inside. They’re emptied and cleaned during the job, so they can do their job again.
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Any permits to work or inductions
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Inkpen Common
Grease dripping from the hood can fall onto food, pans and worktops. That’s a hygiene problem as well as a fire one, and environmental health officers look at the cleanliness of equipment, extraction included. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Inkpen Common businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Nearby places to Inkpen Common
What else we do in Inkpen Common
Common questions in Inkpen Common
Can you come to Inkpen Common after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Inkpen Common can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who inspects food businesses in Inkpen Common?
That’s West Berkshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Inkpen Common. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Is Inkpen Common in your area?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Inkpen Common included.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Grease, kitchens and Inkpen Common
Fire safety in Inkpen Common falls to Royal Berkshire 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. Inkpen Common, about 59 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Stargroves, about 2.7 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Inkpen Common; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Laurence or anywhere around Inkpen Common, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. For schools such as Inkpen Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Inkpen Common is about 6 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Wherever you are in the RG17 postcode area, we can take on canopy cleaning. Inkpen Common is one of 155 places in West Berkshire we cover for canopy cleaning. You can also see our page for Reading, about 21 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of RG17 and RG20 for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Heads Lane, Rooksnest Lane and The Firs or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Hell Corner (1 mile east), Inkpen (1 mile north-west), Upper Green (1 mile south-west), Lower Green (1 mile west) and Kintbury (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (6 miles east), Thatcham (9 miles east), Speenhamland (6 miles east), Hungerford (4 miles north-west), Lambourn (10 miles north) and Shaw (7 miles east).
Local landmarks in Inkpen Common
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Crown and Garter pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Kintbury station, roughly 2 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Hamstead Marshall 3 (3.1 miles north-east). Open spaces near Inkpen Common include Kintbury Newt Ponds and Inkpen Hill.
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
We recommend when the canopy, or the whole system, should next be cleaned. That date is based on your cooking hours and what we found, in line with BESA guidance.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Inkpen Common can be planned properly.
- We look at the canopy first, from photos or on a visit.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- Filters come out and the plenum behind them is scraped and degreased.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after pictures go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.