Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Shepherd's Bush
Looking for canopy cleaning in Shepherd's Bush? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Poor capture at the hood
- Condensation running down the canopy
How we handle canopy cleaning in Shepherd's Bush
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. We scrape the heavy deposits, then degrease the surfaces with methods that suit the build-up, using hot water or steam where it helps. If you have canopy gutters full of old fat and poor capture at the hood, we can put it right.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in Shepherd's Bush is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Shepherd's Bush (W12, W11, W14)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Grease filters too damaged to refit (they need replacing)
- A light fitting that does not work
- Ductwork and fans beyond the canopy (those need a full TR19 clean)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Shepherd's Bush
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
How it works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up, and we clear up before we go. If your building in Shepherd's Bush has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- The range is turned off and allowed to cool before we cover it.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- We degrease the canopy shell, its seams and the grease troughs.
- Clean filters are refitted and before and after pictures go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Advice
Shepherd's Bush: your questions answered
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Shepherd's Bush during the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 93 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Shepherd's Bush. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after Shepherd's Bush?
Shepherd's Bush is in the area of London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
All of it: the outer surfaces, the inner skin, the seams and the troughs. We also remove the filters and clean the plenum and housing behind them, since that is where grease hides.
How long is a canopy clean?
Size and build-up decide it. Typically it takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits.
Common problems we fix in Shepherd's Bush
Because the plenum sits behind the filters, it’s easy to forget. Kitchen staff clean what they can see, so the plenum often carries months of grease.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- A filter housing caked in grease
- Poor capture at the hood
For kitchens close to Shepherds Bush station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Why it’s worth doing now in Shepherd's Bush
For a kitchen in Shepherd's Bush, a canopy that looks greasy can colour a whole inspection. A clean hood is a sign the kitchen is cared for and keeping it that way is easier than catching up. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why us?
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Shepherd's Bush kitchens: local notes
There are about 1,097 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 157 takeaways across Shepherd's Bush and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Fire safety in Shepherd's Bush falls to 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. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
A hospital like West London Hospital, about 0.8 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. For schools such as Addison Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Shepherd's Bush is about 1 mile west of Kensington, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Shepherd's Bush or further out, canopy cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Shepherd's Bush is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for canopy cleaning.
Every address in W12, W11 and W14 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You will find streets such as Bard Road, Stowe Road and Wells Road, and we cover them all for canopy cleaning. Main roads around Shepherd's Bush include the A402, so getting to you is simple for canopy cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in White City (1 mile north), Holland Park (1 mile east), Notting Hill (1 mile north-east), Kensington (1 mile east) and Notting Dale (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles east), City of Westminster (3 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles east), St Pancras (5 miles east), Shoreditch (6 miles east) and Walthamstow (10 miles north-east).
Near you in Shepherd's Bush
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School, Corona Theatre School and Polish Library POSK in London. Nearby too are Hammersmith Park (0.5 miles north-west) and The Central Bar (under half a mile east). Shepherd's Bush has its own railway station: Shepherds Bush station. Other landmarks nearby include West 12 Shepherds Bush (under half a mile east) and Culture House (under half a mile west). Not far away are WWT London Wetland Centre and The Long Water.
How the job changes from site to site
Wall canopies
The back of a wall canopy is hard to reach and easy to miss. We remove the filters to reach it and degrease it properly.
Island canopies
With filters on more than one side, an island canopy has more plenum to clean. Both sides are taken apart and cleaned.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
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Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Clean the hood’s outer surfaces daily
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Make sure filters sit tight in the housing
- Never run the range with a filter out
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.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.