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Canopy Cleaning in Petts Wood
One call covers canopy and hood cleaning in Petts Wood: 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
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Fat running down the front of the hood
Canopy cleaning in Petts Wood
Of the whole extract system, the canopy is the bit on show. It’s also the first place cooking vapour meets, so grease gathers on its inner skin, seams and gutters. Our canopy clean covers the shell inside and out, plus the plenum and the filter housing. If you are dealing with wet, greasy drips from the hood and poor capture at the hood, we can put it right, from canopy light fittings, wall canopies and grease gutters onwards.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Petts Wood, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Petts Wood (BR5, BR6, BR2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A canopy clean in Petts Wood now stops the grease spreading further. It takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits, out of hours so service carries on. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Petts Wood
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
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Questions from Petts Wood
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Petts Wood?
The local authority for Petts Wood is Bromley council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can the work in Petts Wood be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Petts Wood needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
How long is a canopy clean?
That depends on the size of the canopy and how much grease is on it. Typically it takes a few hours for most canopies.
Do you clean canopies in all kinds of kitchens?
Single hoods, long wall canopies and island canopies alike. The survey tells us how best to clean yours, from pictures or a visit.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
The full canopy, inside and out, and the plenum behind it. Troughs, gutters and filter housings are cleaned too.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® itself is not law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Is canopy cleaning enough for TR19?
A canopy-only clean is possible, but it isn’t a full TR19 clean. TR19 Grease covers everything the grease travels through, at intervals set by BESA guidance.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Don’t scrape the canopy with metal tools
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
We point out anything we noticed while the canopy was apart: bent or poorly fitting filters, a light cover that is cracked, or troughs that fill too quickly. We keep it to what matters.
A daily wipe of the hood keeps fresh grease from baking on. It doesn’t reach the plenum, but it stops the outside building up.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Petts Wood
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- The condition of the system
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
For canopy cleaning in Petts Wood, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Canopy cleaning around Petts Wood
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 15 pubs, bars and clubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Petts Wood. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. The fire and rescue service for Petts Wood is London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too.
If you cook for passing trade around Petts Wood station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Crofton Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Where a hall near St Francis Church, or anywhere in Petts Wood, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Petts Wood is about 1 mile west of Orpington, in Greater London. We carry out canopy cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Petts Wood and the rest of Greater London. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small. For sites nearby, see our London page (11 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of the BR5, BR6 and BR2 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Tent Peg Lane, Ryecroft Road and Beaumont Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Petts Wood: Crofton (1 mile south), Broom Hill (1 mile south-east), Southborough (1 mile west), Locksbottom (1 mile south-west) and Bromley Common (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover London (11 miles north-west), City of Westminster (13 miles north-west), Marylebone (13 miles north-west), Kensington (14 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (12 miles north-west).
Near you in Petts Wood
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Jubilee Country Park, Bromley High School and Daylight Inn, among other places. Petts Wood has its own railway station: Petts Wood station. Other landmarks nearby include Bridgeways Day Hospital (1.5 miles west) and Crofton Roman Villa (1.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s The Warren and Summer Hill.
What canopy cleaning cannot fix
Canopy cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
- Bent or broken filters
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Petts Wood.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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Different parts, different methods
Wall canopies
Long wall canopies often have several filter banks. We work along the canopy section by section, with photos for each.
Island canopies
With filters on more than one side, an island canopy has more plenum to clean. Both sides are taken apart and cleaned.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.