Southampton · Canopy and hood cleaning
Sholing canopy cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in Sholing, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- A filter housing caked in grease
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
Managing agents and facilities teams in Sholing
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Canopy cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sholing
The canopy is the part of the extract everyone in the kitchen sees. 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. Common call-outs are for grease filters blocking between washes and drips from the canopy onto the range, across baffle filters, canopy light fittings and grease gutters.
For a smaller kitchen near Sholing, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are 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.
- Place
- Sholing (SO19)
- Region
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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When to call us in Sholing
However carefully a kitchen in Sholing is run, the canopy still collects grease. That grease is fuel sitting right above the heat, so a flare-up near a greasy hood can quickly become a fire.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Fat running down the front of the hood
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Monica Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What insurance they carry
What affects the quote in Sholing
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Want a quote for canopy cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Leave it or put it right?
Baked-on grease gets harder to shift the longer it stays. Heat from the range bakes canopy grease into a hard, dark layer, which makes a later clean slower and harder. When a site near Sholing shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why Sholing businesses choose us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- We are fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
How the job changes from site to site
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. It catches whatever gets past the filters, and it’s cleaned every time we clean the canopy.
School and staff canteen kitchens
Canteens and school kitchens tend to run to a timetable, which makes a canopy clean easy to schedule. Holidays and weekends work well.
Questions from Sholing
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Sholing?
That is Southampton council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Sholing. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire authority looks after Sholing?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Sholing. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you provide photos of the cleaned canopy?
Before and after pictures go into a report that lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach. A full TR19 clean adds a certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Do you cover Sholing?
Yes. Sholing is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
What does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. In a place like Sholing, we fit the visit around your hours.
- 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.
- 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
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
If you need canopy cleaning in Sholing, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Advice
When something else is needed
Canopy cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
- Bent or broken filters
- A fan that can’t pull enough air because it’s worn out
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Sholing
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Island canopies
Sholing kitchens: local notes
Sholing is within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency data counts about 42 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 53 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Sholing. Each canopy in those kitchens catches grease on the inside of the hood and behind the filters. Fire safety in Sholing falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hospital like Royal South Hants Hospital, about 2 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you cook for passing trade around Sholing station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Sholing is about 2 miles south-east of Southampton, in Southampton. For canopy cleaning in and around Sholing, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Sholing included. Our area takes in 40 places across Southampton, from busy centres to quieter spots.
We cover every part of SO19 for canopy cleaning and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Bay Road, Ashby Road and Loane Road and nearby roads. Being close to the A3025, Sholing is simple for us to get to for canopy cleaning. If your site is just outside Sholing, we cover Itchen (1 mile west), Thornhill (1 mile north-east), Bitterne (1 mile north), Peartree Green (1 mile west) and Northam (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Shirley (4 miles north-west), Regents Park (4 miles west), Maybush (5 miles north-west), Coxford (4 miles north-west), Freemantle (3 miles west) and Lordswood (4 miles north-west). Sholing is among the bigger places we cover in Southampton for canopy cleaning.
Near you in Sholing
In Sholing, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion pub, Woolston School and Westwood Woodland Park, among other places. The nearest railway station is Sholing station, about 0.5 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Netley Castle (1.6 miles south) and Marlands Shopping Centre (2.3 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Netley Common.