Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Kensington
Canopy cleaning across Kensington and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
Canopy cleaning in Kensington
Of the whole extract system, the canopy is the bit on show. It’s also the first place cooking vapour meets, so grease gathers on its inner skin, seams and gutters. We clean it inside and out, along with the plenum and filter housing behind it. We’re often asked to deal with drips from the canopy onto the range and canopy gutters full of old fat, across canopy light fittings, wall canopies and plenum chambers.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Kensington, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Kensington (W11, W8, W14, SW7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Kensington
Can parking be tricky for a job in Kensington?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Kensington?
Kensington is in the area of London Fire Brigade. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
When do you clean the canopy?
We clean when the kitchen is closed: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Equipment under the canopy needs to be off and cool.
Do you work in Kensington?
Yes. Our technicians work in Kensington, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Will I get a report after the canopy clean?
A photo report, with before and after pictures of the canopy and plenum. The report includes a recommended next clean date.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours for most canopies. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Kensington is no exception.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
How we price canopy cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Kitchen extracts in Kensington
Food Standards Agency data counts about 1,447 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 194 takeaways and sandwich shops across Kensington and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected. Fire safety in Kensington falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Where a hall near Church of St Barnabas, or anywhere in Kensington, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you cook for passing trade around Kensington Olympia station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Kensington is about 5 miles west of London, in Greater London. If you need canopy cleaning in Kensington, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Kensington. Kensington is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for canopy cleaning.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: W11, W8, W14 and SW7. You will find streets such as Kensington High Street, Edwardes Square and Somerset Square, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. Being close to the A402 and B316, Kensington is simple for us to get to for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Kensington include Holland Park (1 mile north), Notting Hill (1 mile north), Shepherd's Bush (1 mile west), Notting Dale (1 mile north) and White City (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles north-east), St Pancras (4 miles north-east), Shoreditch (6 miles east), Walthamstow (10 miles north-east) and Hoxton (6 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Greater London, Kensington has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for canopy cleaning.
Around Kensington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Holland Park, Scarsdale Tavern and Holland Park School, among other places. Nearby too are Kensington School (0.5 miles east) and Abdus Salam Library (1 mile east). Kensington has its own railway station: Kensington Olympia station. A little further out are Kensington Arcade (less than half a mile east) and London Museum (0.7 miles north-east). Open spaces near Kensington include WWT London Wetland Centre and The Long Water.
Honest limits
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Electrical faults in the canopy
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Island canopies
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
What the work involves, part by part
Island canopies
The underside of an island canopy is in full view, so the finish matters. It’s degreased and photographed for your report.
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.
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What we’re called out for in Kensington
However carefully a kitchen in Kensington is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, which is why a flare-up near a dirty canopy is so dangerous.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A hood coated in old grease
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Kensington is St Mary Abbot's Hospital, about 0.5 miles east.
Before you book anyone
- Proof of insurance
- Whether they recommend a next date
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What paperwork you get at the end