Hampshire · Canopy and hood cleaning
St Mary Bourne canopy cleaning
Canopy and hood cleaning in St Mary Bourne, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A hood coated in old grease
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
How we handle canopy cleaning in St Mary Bourne
A kitchen team can wipe the outside of a canopy, but the seams, gutters and inner skin need more. 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 canopy light fittings, plenum chambers and baffle filters, and people most often call us about grease channels that no longer drain and a canopy that no longer draws the smoke away.
Somewhere as small as St Mary Bourne, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Duct Doctor has 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.
- Location
- St Mary Bourne (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes a few hours for most canopies, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. For a village or hamlet like St Mary Bourne, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- Diagnosis first: we look behind the filters as well as at the hood.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
FAQs for St Mary Bourne
Can you work in St Mary Bourne outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in St Mary Bourne needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who is the fire and rescue service for St Mary Bourne?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for St Mary Bourne. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How long is a canopy clean?
Size and build-up decide it. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several.
Which canopies and hoods do you clean?
Most commercial kitchen canopies, from one small hood to a long run of canopies. We work out the approach when we survey, from photos or a visit.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
How much does canopy cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Nearby places to St Mary Bourne
Other services in St Mary Bourne
Canopy cleaning around St Mary Bourne
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central St Mary Bourne. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. St Mary Bourne sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Basingstoke and Deane council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in St Mary Bourne. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Peter or anywhere around St Mary Bourne, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Andover War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to St Mary Bourne, about 4.9 miles south-west.
St Mary Bourne is about 5 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. From the centre of St Mary Bourne to the outskirts, we cover canopy cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. St Mary Bourne is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for canopy cleaning. You can also see our page for Southampton, roughly 23 miles from St Mary Bourne.
Our technicians cover all of the SP11 postcode area for canopy cleaning and the streets around it. If you need canopy cleaning at premises on Spring Hill Lane, Springhill and Bells Meadow or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to St Mary Bourne include Binley (2 miles north), Wadwick (2 miles north-east), Hurstbourne Priors (3 miles south), Cole Henley (3 miles east) and Whitchurch (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (13 miles east), Winchester (14 miles south), Andover (5 miles south-west), Tadley (13 miles north-east), Hyde (13 miles south) and Popley (14 miles east).
Near you in St Mary Bourne
Typical jobs here are in premises near Coronation Arms. The nearest railway station is Whitchurch (Hampshire) station, roughly 2.9 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Finkley Down Farm Museum (3.2 miles south-west) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (4.9 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Sidown Hill and Anton Lakes.
Do you need canopy cleaning in St Mary Bourne?
The canopy takes the hottest, wettest air in the kitchen. Fat in that air settles on the inside of the hood, in its seams and on the filters, and the plenum behind them collects the rest.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease channels that no longer drain
- Drips from the canopy onto the range
- Filters that never seem to stay clean
- An EHO comment about the canopy
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Mary Bourne Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- How they set the interval to the next visit
How we price canopy cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How many systems or sites are involved
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 any work starts.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Keep every filter in place while cooking
- Clean the baffle filters often
- Wipe the canopy down at close every day
- Leave the extract running until cooking stops
The kitchen is handed back clean, with the sheeting gone and the waste removed. Filters are back in place and seated properly ready for the next service.
The best thing a kitchen can do for its canopy is keep the filters clean. Keep them on a regular cleaning or exchange cycle, and never cook with one missing. Less grease gets into the plenum as a result.
What the work involves, part by part
Grease troughs and gutters
Drips from the canopy edge often start in a full gutter. We clean it out so the grease has somewhere to go.
School and staff canteen kitchens
A canteen canopy may cook fewer hours, but it still collects grease. The whole system still needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance, and the canopy is part of it.
Why deal with it now?
A blocked plenum and clogged filters cut the airflow at the canopy. The kitchen gets hotter and smokier while the fan strains. Cleaning restores the path the air should take. A fault that closes a site in a village like St Mary Bourne affects everyone who depends on it.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in St Mary Bourne
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- We diagnose before we treat
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
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