Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Silvertown
Canopy and hood cleaning for commercial sites in Silvertown and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- A greasy hood noticed by an inspector
Canopy cleaning in Silvertown, done properly
Dripping edges and a sticky hood are the first things a visitor notices. Under the surface, the plenum behind the filters is normally in a worse state. Canopy cleaning deals with both, so the hood looks right and works properly. If you are dealing with smoke hanging around the canopy during service and a greasy hood noticed by an inspector, we can help.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Silvertown, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Silvertown (E16, SE10, SE7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Weak extraction caused by a failing fan motor
- Electrical faults in the canopy
- A canopy undersized for the equipment
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Island canopies
- Canopy light fittings
- Baffle filters
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Grease gutters
How we price canopy cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The times the site is available
- Any permits to work or inductions
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
What the work involves, part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
School and canteen kitchens often cook to set hours, so the canopy can be cleaned when the kitchen is closed. We often clean them in holidays or at weekends.
Pub and hotel kitchens
A hotel or pub kitchen can rarely close for long. We clean the canopy overnight or between services so the kitchen keeps trading.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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. A booked night’s work in Silvertown costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Nearby places to Silvertown
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FAQs for Silvertown
How do you handle parking and loading in Silvertown?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Which environmental health team covers Silvertown?
Food hygiene inspections in Silvertown are carried out by Newham council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Does a canopy clean meet TR19?
TR19® Grease is about the whole extract, from canopy to discharge. Cleaning the canopy alone leaves the ducts, risers and fan untouched, and the report will say what was covered.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Usually not. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits to keep things running.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Which accreditations do you hold?
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.
Silvertown kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 269 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 108 takeaways across Silvertown and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every kitchen among them that cooks under a canopy has a hood, plenum and filters collecting grease. In Silvertown, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Newham council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. London Fire Brigade covers Silvertown. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital about 0.9 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. School kitchens, at schools like Britannia Village Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If you run a café or takeaway near Custom House station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Silvertown is about 1 mile south of Canning Town, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Silvertown or further out, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Silvertown is one of them.
Every address in E16, SE10 and SE7 is within our area for canopy cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on Booth Road, Thames Road and Knights Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Silvertown: West Silvertown (1 mile north-west), Custom House (1 mile north), Royal Docks (1 mile north-east), Canning Town (1 mile north) and Limmo Peninsula (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (8 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (7 miles west) and Shoreditch (5 miles west).
What’s near Silvertown
Typical jobs here are in premises near Anchor & Hope pub, Thames Barrier Park and The Royal Docks Community School. Silvertown’s nearest station is Custom House station, roughly 0.7 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Charlton Athletic Museum (1 mile south) and Gallions Reach Shopping Park (2.3 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Tower Hill and Gilbert's Pit.
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Every filter is refitted and checked ready for the next service.
Run the extract for as long as anything is cooking. Turning the fan off early lets vapour settle on the hood.
The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits. Before any visit in Silvertown, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We start by checking the canopy, filters and plenum.
- Equipment below is switched off and left to cool, then sheeted.
- With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned back.
- The canopy is cleaned inside and out, including troughs and seams.
- We refit the filters, clear up and photograph the finished canopy.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.