Canopy Fan Cleaning is a specialist company with substantial experience in Canopy, ductwork, and Ventilation Cleaning.
We are fully insured and would be delighted to fit around your timing requirements, ensuring a minimum amount of disruption for you.
In partnership with you, we will minimise prosecution risk by Environmental Health Officials. In addition we minimise the risk of bacteria and contamination through deep cleaning methods
Did you know?
Failure to carry out adequate cleaning to your kitchens and extraction systems can result in insurance claims becoming void.
The kitchen extract system presents particular hazards due to the potential for the accumulation of grease.
Accumulated grease within an extract system forms a hidden combustion load.
Under certain circumstances flame or very high temperature within the duct can ignite the grease causing fire to spread rapidly through the duct. Flame and heat within the duct can ignite surrounding materials at various points along the ductwork path and transfer fire in ways that are difficult to predict and control by designers, installers and ultimately fire fighters. The Health & Safety Executive and industry and insurance guidance and regulations (see Appendices B & E) stipulate that kitchen extract systems should be kept clean to minimise fire and other risks,
The need for specialist cleaning of extract systems will depend on the level of usage of the cooking equipment, types and quantity of cooking and other risk factors such as vulnerability of the system to ignition and of the building and its occupant/users to system fire, hygiene, vermin and mechanical hazards.
Typical cleaning intervals are shown in Table 1:
| Heavy Use | 12-16 hours per day | 3 monthly |
| Moderate Use | 6-12 hours per day | 6 monthly |
| Light Use | 2-6 hours per day | 12 monthly |
Notes
The canopy and canopy/extract plenum is an area of higher fire risk and consideration should be given to more frequent cleaning in accordance with insurers' requirements
The frequency of cleaning should be adjusted by means of system testing (inspection/monitoring) - so that surface grease deposit limits are not exceeded. The buildings insurance company should be consulted to ensure that the cleaning regime is compliant with the terms of their specific warranty.