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Canopy Cleaning in Southsea
Canopy and hood cleaning in Southsea, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
- Grease filters blocking between washes
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
About our canopy cleaning in Southsea
Duct Doctor has cleaned canopies and hoods since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, we treat the canopy as one part of a whole system, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you’re dealing with canopy gutters full of old fat and wet, greasy drips from the hood, we can help.
Many kitchens in a town like Southsea were fitted into buildings built for something else, so duct runs can be awkward, with bends, long horizontal sections and too few access panels. Where the duct cannot be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
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 carry full insurance.
- Location
- Southsea (PO5, PO4, PO1)
- Wider area
- Portsmouth
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Canopy cleaning around Southsea
At about 1 mile from the coast, Southsea is close enough for sea air to matter. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. The FSA’s data shows about 78 pubs and bars and about 20 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Southsea. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Southsea. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Margaret of Scotland or elsewhere in Southsea, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; St. Mary's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Southsea, about 1 mile north.
Southsea is about 2 miles south of Portsmouth, in Portsmouth. Wherever you are in the PO5 postcode area, we can carry out canopy cleaning at your premises. Our Portsmouth coverage runs to 19 places, Southsea among them.
Canopy cleaning in PO5, PO4 and PO1 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Bath Road, Liss Road and Beach Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out canopy cleaning in Milton (1 mile north-east), Fratton (1 mile north), Kingston (1 mile north), Landport (1 mile north-west) and Baffins (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Hilsea (3 miles north), Wymering (4 miles north), Paulsgrove (5 miles north), Cosham (4 miles north), Drayton (4 miles north) and Farlington (5 miles north).
Landmarks near Southsea
In Southsea, that means kitchens and buildings near The Festing pub, St Edmund's Catholic School and Mayville High School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Fratton station, about 0.8 miles north of the centre. A little further out are St. Mary's Hospital (1 mile north) and Southsea Castle (1 mile south-west). Open spaces near Southsea include Milton Locks.
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 are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a few hours for most canopies. Photos taken on a phone are usually enough for us to plan a job in Southsea and give a fixed quote.
- The canopy is checked from photos or on a visit.
- Out of hours, the range is switched off, cooled and covered.
- We lift out the filters and scrape the plenum and housing.
- Inside and out, the hood and its troughs are cleaned.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
Your questions about canopy cleaning in Southsea
Can you work in Southsea outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Southsea keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Southsea?
The local authority for Southsea is Portsmouth council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Why is my canopy dripping grease?
Normally because the troughs or gutters are full, or the plenum is overloaded. Grease has nowhere else to go, so it runs down and drips, and condensation can carry it too. Cleaning the canopy and plenum clears it.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
Wall canopies, island canopies and single hoods over individual appliances. Each one is cleaned inside and out, with the plenum behind the filters.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Is Southsea in your area?
Yes. Southsea is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
How the job changes from site to site
Island canopies
Island canopies hang over cooking in the middle of the kitchen, so every face can collect grease. We clean all of them, inside and out.
Plenums and filter housings
The plenum is the space behind the filters where air gathers before entering the duct. Grease that slips past the filters settles there, so it’s scraped and degreased on every canopy clean.
Also near Southsea
Other services in Southsea
Common problems we fix in Southsea
Most canopies have troughs or channels that catch running grease. Left to fill up, they spill over, and grease ends up dripping from the canopy edge.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Greasy streaks across the canopy
- Grease dripping from the canopy edge
- Poor capture at the hood
- Wet, greasy drips from the hood
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Craneswater Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether a survey comes first
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Wash or exchange the filters on a regular cycle
- Run the extract the whole time you are cooking
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Flag any change in how the canopy behaves
A full system clean comes with a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If the job covers only the canopy, the paperwork reflects that.
Empty the grease troughs and cups before they fill. Most canopy drips start with a full trough, so make emptying them part of the closing routine.
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How we price canopy cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The condition we find in the survey
- The number of sites or systems
- Parking and loading at the site
- The times the site is available
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. Just send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.