Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
North Fareham canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning for North Fareham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in North Fareham
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. 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. If you have overflowing grease troughs and gutters and a greasy hood noticed by an inspector, we can put it right, from wall canopies, plenum chambers and baffle filters onwards.
Work in a small place like North Fareham starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as 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.
- Place
- North Fareham (PO17)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Never run the range with a filter out
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Empty the grease troughs before they fill
- Keep filters on a set cleaning routine
We clear away the sheeting, waste grease and water before we leave. Every filter is refitted and checked, and the kitchen is ready to cook.
A change in how the canopy behaves is worth reporting. More drips or quicker clogging often mean the cleaning interval needs looking at, which a grease thickness test can confirm.
North Fareham questions
Which fire authority looks after North Fareham?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers North Fareham. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can a school canteen extract in North Fareham be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 10 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of North Fareham. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
What happens to the filters during the clean?
We take them out, clean them and put them back. Between cleans, a filter exchange service can keep them in good order.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we are there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Leave it or put it right?
A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. Smoke and heat hang around the cooking line, and the fan works harder for less. A clean canopy and plenum let the extract do its job. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near North Fareham rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
- We diagnose before we treat
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Island canopies
An island canopy is open on all sides, which means grease settles on all four sides. Each face is cleaned inside and out.
Wall canopies
A long wall canopy may hold several sections of filters. We work along the canopy section by section, with pictures for each.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 photos.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Also near North Fareham
What else we do in North Fareham
Canopy cleaning in North Fareham: the local picture
Sea air reaches North Fareham, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency data counts about 66 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of North Fareham. Where they cook under a hood, the plenum behind the filters is where grease hides. Fire safety in North Fareham falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Knowle Hospital (about 1.6 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in North Fareham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Harrison Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
North Fareham is about 1 mile north-east of Fareham, in Hampshire. We provide canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in North Fareham and the rest of Hampshire. 683 places in Hampshire are on our list, large and small. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, about 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: PO17. Close by, we work in Wallington (1 mile south), Fareham Common (1 mile south), Crockerhill (1 mile north), Welborne (1 mile north-west) and Boarhunt (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Winchester (15 miles north-west), Gosport (4 miles south), Havant (8 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles north-west), Horndean (8 miles east) and Totton (15 miles west).
What’s near North Fareham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Golden Lion Public House, Cams Hill School and Wykeham House School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Fareham station, roughly 1.3 miles south-west. A little further out are Carron Row Farm Museum (2.7 miles west) and Fareham Shopping Centre (1 mile south). The countryside around North Fareham includes Portsdown Hill and West of the River Alver.
How it works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Somewhere like North Fareham, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- Equipment is turned off and cooled, and the area under the canopy is protected.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
- A light fitting that does not work
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Grease gutters
- Wall canopies
What staff can safely do
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.