Surrey · Canopy and hood cleaning
Ockley canopy cleaning
Our technicians work in Ockley on canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
About our canopy cleaning in Ockley
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. Being first in line, it collects grease on the inside surfaces, along the seams and in the troughs. We clean it inside and out, along with the plenum and filter housing behind it. If you’re dealing with heavy deposits behind the grease filters and fat running down the front of the hood, we can help, from wall canopies, island canopies and baffle filters onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Ockley (RH5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Ockley
Grease on the canopy is sitting just above the heat source. Flames from the range can ignite it and be pulled further into the system, where a fire is much harder to stop. A clean canopy takes that fuel away. Somewhere as small as Ockley, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Ockley
- We are fully insured
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
Common questions in Ockley
Will you come out to Ockley?
Yes, Ockley is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Ockley?
Food hygiene inspections in Ockley are carried out by Mole Valley council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What paperwork do I get after a canopy clean?
A photo report shows the canopy and plenum before and after. If the canopy is cleaned as part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Single hoods, long wall canopies and island canopies alike. We work out the approach when we survey, from pictures or a visit.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours for most canopies. Visits to a village like Ockley are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after pictures and a next clean date.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- 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
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What affects the quote in Ockley
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- What state the system is in
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The times the site is available
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Ockley
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, leaving the plenum and housing to collect grease between professional cleans.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Condensation running down the canopy
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Horsham Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ockley, about 5.5 miles south.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Check all filters are fitted before service
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
- Check and empty canopy gutters regularly
- Use non-abrasive cloths on the hood
After the clean you get a photo report showing the canopy, plenum and housing before and after. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Clean filters are the canopy’s first defence. Wash or exchange them regularly, and never cook with one missing. The plenum behind them stays cleaner.
Towns and villages near Ockley
Other services in Ockley
Canopy cleaning around Ockley
In Ockley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Mole Valley council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Ockley is about 27 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St John's Church, or anywhere in Ockley, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Ockley is about 6 miles north of Horsham, in Surrey. Wherever you are in the RH5 postcode area, we cover canopy cleaning for commercial sites. Ockley is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for canopy cleaning. There’s also a page for Guildford, roughly 11 miles from Ockley.
Canopy cleaning in RH5 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets such as Prideaux Gardens, Stane Street and Friday Street, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. If your site is just outside Ockley, we cover Paynes Green (1 mile south), Capel (2 miles east), Forest Green (2 miles north-west), Coldharbour (2 miles north) and Kingsfold (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (11 miles north-west), Woking (15 miles north-west), Epsom (14 miles north), Horley (9 miles east), Redhill (10 miles north-east) and Ewell (15 miles north).
Local landmarks in Ockley
In Ockley, that means kitchens and buildings near Wallis Wood and The Cricketers Arms Public House. The closest station to Ockley is Ockley station, roughly 1.2 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Horsham Hospital (5.5 miles south) and Abinger Castle (4.3 miles north-west). The countryside around Ockley includes Warnham LNR and Leith Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease troughs and gutters
A blocked or full trough is the usual cause of grease dripping from the canopy. Cleaning it clears the drip.
Plenums and filter housings
A plenum that hasn’t been cleaned for a long time can hold a thick layer of grease. We remove thick grease by hand, then degrease.