Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Middleton, Hampshire
Looking for canopy cleaning in Middleton? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
About our canopy cleaning in Middleton
We clean canopies in Middleton when the kitchen isn’t cooking: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Cooking equipment is turned off and cooled, then covered, and the kitchen is left ready for the next service. Typical jobs include a filter housing caked in grease and wet, greasy drips from the hood, across plenum chambers, grease gutters and baffle filters.
Work in a small place like Middleton starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Middleton (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Tell us when the canopy starts to drip
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If the job covers only the canopy, the paperwork reflects that.
Tell us if the canopy starts dripping or the filters clog sooner than usual. It can mean the cooking has changed or the interval is too long, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Canopy cleaning around Middleton
We cover Middleton, about 60 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. Environmental health officers from Test Valley council inspect food businesses in Middleton. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Middleton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Longparish Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Middleton is Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 4.8 miles west.
Middleton is about 4 miles east of Andover, in Hampshire. Sites in Middleton get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Middleton is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for canopy cleaning. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 19 miles away.
All of SP11 is covered for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We also cover Longparish (1 mile east), Barton Stacey (2 miles south-east), Egypt (3 miles south-east), Sutton Scotney (4 miles south-east) and Hunton (4 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Basingstoke (13 miles east), Winchester (10 miles south), Andover (4 miles west), Chandler's Ford (14 miles south), Romsey (14 miles south) and Tadley (15 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Middleton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Plough Inn and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Whitchurch (Hampshire) station, roughly 3.7 miles north-east. A little further out are Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.8 miles west) and Finkley Down Farm Museum (3.4 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
Towns and villages near Middleton
Also in Middleton
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
How we price canopy cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The scale of the work
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The number of sites or systems
- Travel, parking and unloading
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
For canopy cleaning in Middleton, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
How the job changes from site to site
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, which means grease settles on all four sides. We clean all of them, inside and out.
Wall canopies
Wall canopies sit against a wall over a cooking line. The joint between canopy and wall is a common grease trap, and we clean that join along with the inside of the hood.
Why act early in Middleton
Baked-on grease gets harder to shift the longer it stays. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Middleton is calmer for everyone.
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. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Middleton
- Photo reports with every job
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We’re fully insured
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Middleton: your questions answered
Can you come to Middleton after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which council inspects kitchens in Middleton?
The local authority for Middleton is Test Valley council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
All of it: the outer surfaces, the inner skin, the seams and the troughs. The plenum behind the filters is included, since that is where grease hides.
Do you work in Middleton?
Yes. We work in Middleton and the rest of Hampshire, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Wall canopies, island canopies and single hoods over individual appliances. The method is the same: filters out, plenum and housing cleaned, canopy degreased inside and out.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What paperwork do I get after a canopy clean?
You get a photo report with before and after pictures. If the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Middleton run smoothly.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Once the kitchen has closed, the cooking line is cooled and sheeted.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.