Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Pratling Street, Kent
Our technicians work in Pratling Street on canopy cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
What the work involves, part by part
Plenums and filter housings
Behind neglected filters, the plenum can be heavily coated. Heavy deposits are scraped out by hand before degreasing.
Grease troughs and gutters
Where a trough drains into a grease cup, we empty and clean that as well, and we’ll show staff where it is.
Canopy cleaning in Pratling Street
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. We’re often asked to deal with condensation running down the canopy and canopy gutters full of old fat, across plenum chambers, canopy light fittings and baffle filters.
In a small place like Pratling Street, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Pratling Street (ME20)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the fan on through service
- Give the canopy a wipe after service
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
A before and after photo report follows the clean. It notes what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, so the record is honest and complete.
Don’t let canopy gutters fill to the brim. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
What happens if it’s left?
In Pratling Street, as elsewhere, a greasy canopy is one of the first things an inspector sees. A clean hood is a sign the kitchen is cared for and keeping it that way is easier than catching up. Planning a trip to Pratling Street ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before we start.
What you get with us
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Grease, kitchens and Pratling Street
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 23 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 8 takeaways across Pratling Street and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. In Pratling Street, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Pratling Street. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Starkey Castle is about 4.3 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Maidstone Hospital about 2.3 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. For schools such as St Peter's Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Pratling Street is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Pratling Street, canopy cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Pratling Street is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for canopy cleaning.
Every address in ME20 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Canopy cleaning is available to premises on Old Mill Lane, Pratling Street and St Michaels Close and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Forstal (1 mile south-west), Eccles (1 mile north-west), Burham (2 miles north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (14 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north-west).
Near you in Pratling Street
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Aylesford School, The Bush pub and Tyland Barn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Aylesford station, about 1.4 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Fremlin Walk (2.4 miles south-east) and Allington Castle (1.1 miles south-east). The countryside around Pratling Street includes Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Pratling Street.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Thick grease is scraped away before the canopy is degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- The canopy is signed off with before and after photos and a next clean date.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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Pratling Street: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Pratling Street?
The local authority for Pratling Street is Tonbridge and Malling council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Will you come out to Pratling Street?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Pratling Street is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
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 TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
Filters are removed so we can clean the plenum and housing, then cleaned and refitted. We also offer a filter exchange service for between cleans.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
We clean canopies in commercial kitchens of every kind. The routine stays the same whatever the kitchen, with the equipment off and cool.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
What else we do in Pratling Street
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Pratling Street and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.