Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Offham, Kent
One call covers canopy and hood cleaning in Offham: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A canopy that no longer draws the smoke away
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
Offham: your questions answered
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Offham during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Offham, the Food Standards Agency lists about 6 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Can the work in Offham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Offham keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Will I get a report after the canopy clean?
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.
Do you work in Offham?
Yes. Our technicians work in Offham, within the South East and London area we cover.
Are you insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
About our canopy cleaning in Offham
Of the whole extract system, the canopy is the bit on show. 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 have filters that never seem to stay clean and grease dripping from the canopy edge, we can put it right.
In a small place like Offham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Offham (ME19)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need canopy cleaning in Offham?
Air straight off the range hits the canopy first. Grease from the vapour lands on the canopy’s inner surfaces, its joints and its filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Historic houses near Offham, such as Old Soar Manor about 3.1 miles south-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
What to look for in a quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they’re fully insured
Grease, kitchens and Offham
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 15 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Offham, up to about a mile and a half out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Offham. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Offham falls to 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Michael or elsewhere in Offham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Offham Primary School or anywhere near Offham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Offham is about 7 miles west of Maidstone, in Kent. For canopy cleaning in and around Offham, please call 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, Offham included. Offham is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (7 miles or so).
We work across the ME19 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Church Road, Pepingstraw Close and Teston Road, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. If your site is just outside Offham, we cover Wrotham Heath (1 mile west), Comp (2 miles west), Kent Street (2 miles south), New Pound (2 miles south) and Herne Pound (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (7 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (8 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (12 miles south-west), Gravesend (10 miles north) and Tonbridge (8 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Offham
Typical jobs here are in premises near King's Arms Public House and Manor Park Country Park. The closest station to Offham is West Malling station, roughly 1.9 miles east. A little further out are Leybourne Castle (2.2 miles north-east) and Maidstone Hospital (4.8 miles east).
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
You will get a fixed price before work begins. It takes into account:
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Towns and villages near Offham
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What a clean will not put right
Canopy cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- Bent or broken filters
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
- A dirty extract fan further along the system
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Plenum chambers
- Baffle filters
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
- Canopy light fittings
- Island canopies
Different parts, different methods
Island canopies
Island canopies hang over cooking in the middle of the kitchen, which means grease settles on all four sides. We clean all of them, inside and out.
Grease troughs and gutters
Grease channels around the canopy collect what runs down the inside. We empty and degrease them, so they can do their job again.
What happens if it’s left?
A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. Smoke and heat hang around the cooking line while the fan strains. A clean canopy and plenum let the extract do its job. In a place like Offham, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 the report can go to both.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
How it works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Offham.
- We look at the canopy first, from photos or on a visit.
- Cooking equipment is left to cool and the area under the canopy protected.
- We remove the grease filters and clean the plenum and filter housing.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after photos go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.