Kent · Canopy and hood cleaning
Canopy Cleaning in Yelsted
Canopy cleaning for Yelsted, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A plenum thick with grease behind the filters
- A sticky, discoloured canopy
- Grease filters blocking between washes
About our canopy cleaning in Yelsted
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 hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers plenum chambers, grease gutters and baffle filters, and the jobs we see most are drips from the canopy onto the range and greasy streaks across the canopy.
In a small place like Yelsted, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Yelsted (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Faulty canopy lights or wiring (a job for an electrician)
- A hood that doesn’t cover the cooking line
- A fan that cannot pull enough air because it’s worn out
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Grease gutters
- Island canopies
- Plenum chambers
- Wall canopies
- Baffle filters
- Canopy light fittings
Nearby places to Yelsted
What else we do in Yelsted
Yelsted: your questions answered
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Yelsted?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Yelsted?
The local authority for Yelsted is Medway council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you clean the grease filters as part of a canopy clean?
We remove the filters to reach the plenum, and they’re cleaned before going back in. Any that are damaged are noted on the report.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do we need to close the kitchen for a canopy clean?
We clean out of hours as a matter of course, at night, early in the morning or at weekends. We leave it clean and ready for the next service.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
What kinds of canopies do you clean?
Canopies in pubs, restaurants, hotels, schools, care homes, offices and other kitchens. Whatever is cooked under it, the canopy is cleaned the same thorough way, with the equipment off and cool.
Common problems we fix in Yelsted
A canopy in Yelsted picks up grease at much the same rate as one anywhere else with the same cooking: it comes down to how long the kitchen cooks and what’s on the menu. High-heat cooking coats it fastest.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Smoke hanging around the canopy during service
- Filters that clog soon after cleaning
- Heavy deposits behind the grease filters
- A canopy flagged at an environmental health inspection
School kitchens, at schools like St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before you book
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the fan on through service
- Avoid harsh scourers that scratch the canopy
- Empty the grease troughs before they fill
- Report new drips or smells from the canopy
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.
A daily wipe of the hood keeps fresh grease from baking on. It won’t replace a professional clean, but it slows the build-up you can see.
What affects the cost of canopy cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- The size of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Canopy cleaning around Yelsted
Look up Yelsted on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in Yelsted and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever there’s a canopy over the cooking, its hood and plenum collect grease with every service. Food hygiene inspections in Yelsted are the job of Medway council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Yelsted is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like KIMS hospital about 4 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Yelsted is about 3 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Kent. If you need canopy cleaning in Yelsted, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. We work across South East England and London, including Yelsted. Yelsted is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for canopy cleaning. We also work in Maidstone, about 6 miles from Yelsted.
Postcode districts we cover here for canopy cleaning: ME9. That includes premises on Yelsted Road and Yelsted Lane and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for canopy cleaning include Stockbury (1 mile east), Meresborough (1 mile north), Hartlip (1 mile north-east), Lower Hartlip (2 miles north-east) and Rainham (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (6 miles south-west), Sittingbourne (5 miles east), Gravesend (12 miles north-west), Faversham (12 miles east), Northfleet (14 miles north-west) and Minster (10 miles north-east).
What’s near Yelsted
Typical jobs here are in premises near Leigh Academy Rainham and Stockbury Hill Wood and the streets around them. Yelsted’s nearest station is Rainham (Kent) station, about 2.5 miles north. Well-known places in the area include KIMS hospital (4 miles south-west). The countryside around Yelsted includes Detling Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Part by part
School and staff canteen kitchens
Lighter cooking still leaves grease on the canopy. The whole system still needs cleaning at least every 12 months under BESA guidance, and the canopy is part of it.
Pub and hotel kitchens
Staff in pub and hotel kitchens work under the canopy all day, so a dripping hood quickly becomes everyone’s problem. A thorough clean puts that right.
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours, depending on the size of the canopy and how much grease has built up. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Yelsted and turn up when the site is quiet.
- 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.
- Heavy deposits come off by hand, then the surfaces are degreased.
- We finish the plenum, troughs and canopy and check them over.
- You get photos of the result and a recommended date for the next clean.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.