Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Shoreditch canopy cleaning
Canopy cleaning for Shoreditch, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A hood coated in old grease
- Condensation running down the canopy
- An EHO comment about the canopy
Canopy cleaning in Shoreditch
Grease troughs, seams and the inside edge of the canopy are the spots a daily wipe misses. Thick deposits are scraped off by hand, then the surfaces degreased to suit what’s there, using hot water or steam where it helps. The work covers baffle filters, grease gutters and wall canopies, and the jobs we see most are filters that never seem to stay clean and a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away.
Kitchens in Shoreditch, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Shoreditch (E1, E2, N1)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Shoreditch
The FSA’s data shows about 411 pubs and bars and about 62 hotels and guest houses registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Shoreditch. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Shoreditch, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Hackney council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
For kitchens close to Shoreditch High Street station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Virginia Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Shoreditch is about 2 miles north of London, in Greater London. We provide canopy cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Shoreditch and the rest of Greater London. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Shoreditch among them.
Every address in E1, E2 and N1 is covered for canopy cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on New Road, Moor Lane and City Road and nearby roads. With the A1 and A10 close by, Shoreditch is easy for our technicians to reach for canopy cleaning. Close by, we work in Haggerston (1 mile north), Hoxton (1 mile north-west), St Luke's (1 mile west), Spitalfields (1 mile south) and Finsbury (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as City of Westminster (3 miles west), Marylebone (3 miles west), Kensington (6 miles west), Walthamstow (5 miles north-east), Hampstead (5 miles north-west) and Ruislip (15 miles west). As one of the bigger places in Greater London, Shoreditch has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for canopy cleaning.
Around Shoreditch
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, Hackney University Technical College and Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives, among other places. You’ll also find Artillery Ground (0.5 miles south-west), Former London Apprentice pub (less than half a mile north-west) and St Mary-at-Hill (1.1 miles south). Shoreditch has its own railway station: Shoreditch High Street station. A little further out are Tower of London (1.2 miles south) and Gabriel's Wharf (1.8 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Tower Hill and St. James's Park Lake.
Signs you need canopy cleaning in Shoreditch
A canopy with gaps around its filters lets grease straight through. The plenum and housing behind them then take far more grease than they should, which shows up as heavy deposits when the filters come out.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A hood coated in old grease
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
- Condensation running down the canopy
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Leonard's Church, or anywhere in Shoreditch, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Fixed quotes for canopy cleaning in Shoreditch
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The number of sites or systems
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Shoreditch
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Shoreditch during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 80 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Shoreditch, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Does London parking affect a job in Shoreditch?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Shoreditch makes the visit easier to plan. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
How much of the canopy do you clean?
Inside and out, including the seams, troughs and gutters. The plenum and filter housing behind the filters are cleaned too.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What the work involves, part by part
Island canopies
Island canopies often have filters on two sides. We work round the canopy, cleaning each filter bank and plenum.
Plenums and filter housings
The rails and channels that hold the filters collect grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- A light fitting that doesn’t work
- A canopy too small for the cooking under it (that’s a design question)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Shoreditch
- Canopy light fittings
- Grease gutters
- Baffle filters
- Island canopies
- Wall canopies
- Plenum chambers
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the canopy cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Shoreditch.
- We start by checking the canopy and what’s behind its filters.
- We protect everything below once it has cooled.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
For canopy cleaning in Shoreditch, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.