Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Ropley, Hampshire
One call covers deep cleaning of kitchen canopies, hoods, plenums and grease filters, inside and out in Ropley: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- A hood coated in old grease
- Poor capture at the hood
How we handle canopy cleaning in Ropley
Every canopy we clean in Ropley gets the same treatment: we remove the filters, clean the plenum and housing, then degrease the canopy shell. You get photos of the canopy before and after. Typical jobs include canopy gutters full of old fat and a plenum thick with grease behind the filters, on baffle filters, grease gutters and canopy light fittings.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Ropley (SO24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Ropley questions
Is Ropley within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which fire authority looks after Ropley?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ropley. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Who is the responsible person?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Are the filters cleaned too?
We take them out, clean them and put them back. We also offer a filter exchange service for between cleans.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What canopy cleaning looks like in Ropley
We cover Ropley, about 51 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Kitchens in Ropley get their food hygiene inspections from East Hampshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Alton Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ropley, about 5.6 miles north-east. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Hinton Ampner House is about 4 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Where a hall near Church of St Peter, or anywhere in Ropley, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Ropley is about 7 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. If you need canopy cleaning in Ropley, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Ropley included. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Ropley is one of them. Southampton is in our area too, about 18 miles from Ropley.
Here we cover the SO24 postcode area for canopy cleaning. Streets in the area include School Lane, Church Lane and Hammond's Lane, all of which we cover for canopy cleaning. Other places close to Ropley include Ropley Dean (1 mile west), Gilbert Street (1 mile north-east), North Street (1 mile north), Kitwood (2 miles north-east) and Monkwood (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (13 miles north), Winchester (10 miles west), Eastleigh (14 miles south-west), Horndean (12 miles south), Chandler's Ford (15 miles south-west) and Alton (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Ropley
Nearby you will also find Barton Castle (4.1 miles north) and Alton Community Hospital (5.6 miles north-east). The countryside around Ropley includes Shutts Copse and Red Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, 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.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What affects the quote in Ropley
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How easy every part is to reach
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether several sites go on one quote
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
How the job changes from site to site
Wall canopies
A wall-mounted canopy runs along the back of the range. The joint between canopy and wall is a common grease trap, so we clean along it as well as the inner skin.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Few pubs and hotels can shut the kitchen for a day. We clean the canopy overnight or between services so the kitchen keeps trading.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it 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 Ropley.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- 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.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- You get photos of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Getting 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 work begins.
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When something else is needed
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- Grease in the duct runs and risers behind the canopy
- Electrical faults in the canopy
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
Why it’s worth doing now in Ropley
A canopy clean in Ropley now stops the grease spreading further. It takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up, done while the kitchen is closed. Put off, the grease simply moves further into the system. It’s simpler to plan the work at Ropley now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
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 unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why Ropley businesses choose us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.