Greater London · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Westbourne Green
Canopy and hood cleaning for Westbourne Green, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Canopy gutters full of old fat
- Condensation and grease dripping together
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes an hour or two for one small canopy, longer where there are several, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. In Westbourne Green, as across London, we normally work overnight or at weekends and hand the site back ready to open.
- 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.
- The canopy shell, seams, troughs and gutters are degreased inside and out.
- We put the filters back, tidy up and photograph the finished canopy.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
About our canopy cleaning in Westbourne Green
If the canopy in Westbourne Green is dripping, sticky or overdue a clean? A photo of the canopy and filters is a good start when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and you’ll get a fixed price, normally within one working day. If you are dealing with an EHO comment about the canopy and a filter housing caked in grease, we can put it right.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Westbourne Green is normally done overnight, after the last service. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
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 are fully insured.
- Location
- Westbourne Green (W2, W9, W11)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Places near Westbourne Green
What else we do in Westbourne Green
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Plenums and filter housings
Filter housings hold the filters in place, and their channels fill with grease. We clean them so the filters sit tight and leave no gaps.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
FAQs for Westbourne Green
Which fire service covers Westbourne Green?
Westbourne Green is in the area of London Fire Brigade. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Is parking a problem for work in Westbourne Green?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Westbourne Green makes the visit easier to plan. Much of our London work is done overnight, which helps.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
How long will it take to clean the canopy?
Size and build-up decide it. Typically it takes part of a shift for most kitchens, more where there are several canopies or heavy deposits.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
Filters are removed so we can clean the plenum and housing, then cleaned and refitted. Between cleans, a filter exchange service can keep them in good order.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Is the inside of the hood cleaned?
Inside and out, along with its seams and grease channels. With the filters out, the plenum and housing are cleaned as well.
Kitchen extracts in Westbourne Green
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 1,281 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 156 takeaways in Westbourne Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy has a hood that needs cleaning inside and out. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. Westbourne Green is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Where a hall near St Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in Westbourne Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Westbourne Green is Paddington General Hospital, about less than half a mile north-west.
Westbourne Green is about 2 miles north-east of Kensington, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Westbourne Green, we can take on canopy cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Canopy cleaning in W2, W9 and W11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Salem Road, Talbot Road and Harrow Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Westbourne Green is on the A404 and A4206, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. We also cover Little Venice (1 mile east), Westbourne (1 mile south-west), Maida Vale (1 mile north), Paddington Green (1 mile east) and Paddington (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (4 miles east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (5 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
What’s near Westbourne Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Maida Vale School, Emslie Horniman's Pleasance and Abdus Salam Library, among other places. You will also find The Bridge House (less than half a mile east) and Westminster Academy (less than half a mile west). The nearest railway station is London Paddington station, about 0.5 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Greek Orthodox Cathedral Treasury Museum (0.6 miles south) and Paddington General Hospital (within half a mile north-west). The countryside around Westbourne Green includes The Long Water and Greville Place nature reserve.
Leave it or put it right?
Leaving the canopy until the next full clean can mean months of build-up. In a busy kitchen, the canopy and plenum can need attention between TR19 cleans, and readings or a look behind the filters will show it. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Westbourne Green
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- How big the system is
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
When to call us in Westbourne Green
Grease that runs down the inside of a canopy gathers in its gutters and troughs. Left to fill up, they spill over, and grease ends up dripping from the canopy edge.
What we are most often called out for:
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- Condensation and grease dripping together
- An EHO comment about the canopy
- Overflowing grease troughs and gutters
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Edward Wilson Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed