Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Little Chart canopy cleaning
Deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out for commercial sites in Little Chart and across Kent. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Little Chart, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- Plenum, housing, troughs and canopy are all cleaned and checked.
- You get photos of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
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Canopy cleaning in Little Chart, done properly
We clean canopies in Little Chart when the kitchen isn’t cooking: after service, overnight or at the weekend. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered so the kitchen is ready when we go. The work covers canopy light fittings, island canopies and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are heavy deposits behind the grease filters and grease channels that no longer drain.
Somewhere as small as Little Chart, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Little Chart (TN27)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Little Chart: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Little Chart?
Food hygiene inspections in Little Chart are carried out by Ashford council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Will you come out to Little Chart?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Little Chart included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How much does canopy cleaning cost in Little Chart?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before work begins.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Aftercare tips
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Run the extract the whole time you’re cooking
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Clean the baffle filters often
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. Where only the canopy is done, the report says so clearly.
A daily wipe of the hood keeps fresh grease from baking on. It will not replace a professional clean, but it slows the build-up you can see.
Also near Little Chart
What else we do in Little Chart
What canopy cleaning looks like in Little Chart
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs and bars registered within about 1.5 miles of central Little Chart. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. The fire and rescue service for Little Chart is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Little Chart, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Ashford council. 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 your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Little Chart (Godinton House is about 2.6 miles south-east), fitting access panels needs care.
Little Chart is about 5 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Wherever you are in the TN27 postcode area, we can take on canopy cleaning. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. We also work in Maidstone, around 13 miles away.
Work in TN27 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Little Chart include Little Chart Forstal (1 mile east), Pluckley (1 mile west), Fir Toll (2 miles south-west), Pluckley Thorne (2 miles west) and Chambers' Green (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (13 miles north-west), Ashford (5 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east) and Hythe (15 miles south-east).
What’s near Little Chart
Around Little Chart, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Swan Inn And Former Stables and the streets around them. Little Chart’s nearest station is Charing station, roughly 2.1 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Romden Castle (3.8 miles south-west).
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- A single visit or a regular plan
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What to send for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something 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.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Little Chart
The plenum is hidden behind the filters, so nobody sees it build up. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
Look out for any of the following:
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- A hood coated in old grease
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary or anywhere around Little Chart, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a written report and photos are included
Different parts, different methods
Pub and hotel kitchens
In a pub or hotel, the canopy is often in view of staff all day, so drips and smells soon become a daily nuisance. A thorough clean puts that right.
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, and it’s cleaned every time we clean the canopy.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Little Chart
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.