Medway · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Mockbeggar, Medway
Canopy and hood cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Mockbeggar. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Poor capture at the hood
About our canopy cleaning in Mockbeggar
Think of the canopy as the mouth of the extract. If it’s coated in grease, everything downstream gets more of it. We start the check-up there, and the treatment is a thorough degrease of the hood, plenum and housing. The work covers grease gutters, plenum chambers and wall canopies, and common reasons people get in touch are canopy gutters full of old fat and filters that clog soon after cleaning.
Work in a small place like Mockbeggar 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Mockbeggar (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Mockbeggar
Which council inspects kitchens in Mockbeggar?
That is Medway council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Mockbeggar. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is Mockbeggar within the area you cover?
Yes, Mockbeggar is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
Wall and island canopies, long cooking-line hoods and small single hoods. The method is the same: filters out, plenum and housing cleaned, canopy degreased inside and out.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Can you clean the canopy outside our opening hours?
We clean when the kitchen is closed: evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. The range must be switched off and cooled first.
Does a canopy clean meet TR19?
You can have the canopy cleaned on its own, but it will not cover the ductwork or fan. For TR19, the whole system needs cleaning, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Do you provide photos of the cleaned canopy?
Before and after photos go into a report, listing what was cleaned. Where the whole system is cleaned, you also get a TR19 certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Do not scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
We point out anything we noticed while the canopy was apart: damaged filters, gaps around the housing or troughs that need emptying more often. We keep it to what matters.
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.
Also near Mockbeggar
What else we do in Mockbeggar
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- 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.
Parts of the system we cover
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
Kitchen extracts in Mockbeggar
Sea air reaches Mockbeggar, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Mockbeggar, up to about a mile and a half out. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. The fire and rescue service for Mockbeggar is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cliffe Woods Primary School or anywhere near Mockbeggar, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hospital like French Hospital, about 2.4 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Temple Manor is about 2.3 miles south), access may need planning.
Mockbeggar is about 2 miles north of Rochester, in Medway. For canopy cleaning in and around Mockbeggar, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Our area covers London and the South East, including Mockbeggar. Mockbeggar is one of 68 places in Medway we cover for canopy cleaning. We also work in Maidstone, about 11 miles from Mockbeggar.
All of ME3 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Bunters Hill Road and Town Road or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Mockbeggar, we cover Cliffe Woods (1 mile north-east), Lower Higham (1 mile west), Church Street (2 miles north-west), Higham (2 miles west) and Gadshill (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (5 miles south-east), Chatham (5 miles south), Rainham (7 miles south-east), Luton (4 miles south-east), Park Wood (7 miles south-east) and Lordswood (6 miles south).
Around Mockbeggar
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Temple School, Strood Academy and Broomhill Park and the streets around them. Mockbeggar’s nearest station is Higham station, roughly 1.2 miles west. A little further out are French Hospital (2.4 miles south) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3 miles south-east). The countryside around Mockbeggar includes Rede Common and Gad's Hill.
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, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. A flare-up can catch it and be drawn into the plenum and duct, where a fire is much harder to stop. Cleaning it removes that fuel. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Mockbeggar
- Full insurance on every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
How the visit works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a few hours for most canopies, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. The timing of a visit to Mockbeggar is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We look at the canopy, filters and troughs first.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- With the filters removed, the plenum and filter channels are cleaned.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- Filters are refitted, the area cleaned down and the photo report put together.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
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How we price canopy cleaning
You will get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How easy every part is to reach
- What state the system is in
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring 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. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.