West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Albourne Street
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Albourne Street, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A motor area thick with grease
About our extract fan cleaning in Albourne Street
A clean fan is not a repaired fan. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. We are often asked to deal with a motor area thick with grease and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, on in-line fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
Work in a small place like Albourne Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Albourne Street (BN6)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
The first job on site is protection: 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 most single fans, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Albourne Street.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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Grease, kitchens and Albourne Street
Look up Albourne Street on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 15 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways across Albourne Street and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Albourne Street. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council inspect food businesses in Albourne Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
School kitchens, at schools like Albourne CofE Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; The Dene Hospital is the nearest hospital to Albourne Street, about 2.7 miles north-east.
Albourne Street is about 4 miles south-west of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Albourne Street, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Albourne Street is one of them. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 8 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in BN6 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You will find streets such as The Street and Leyfield, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Albourne Green (1 mile north), Albourne (1 mile west), High Cross (1 mile north-west), Blackstone (1 mile west) and Twineham (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Crawley (12 miles north), Horsham (10 miles north-west), Worthing (11 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (6 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (4 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (7 miles south-west).
What’s near Albourne Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Horse Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Hassocks station, roughly 2.5 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find The Dene Hospital (2.7 miles north-east) and The Budding Foundation Museum of Gardening (2.3 miles east). Not far away are Wolstonbury Hill and Woods Mill.
Different parts, different methods
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, which means grease and wear add up quickly. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
FAQs for Albourne Street
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Albourne Street?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Albourne Street. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work in villages like Albourne Street?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Typically not. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for most single fans.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We always isolate the fan first, so it can’t run during the clean. With the extract off, the kitchen can’t cook, so we work out of hours.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Why act early in Albourne Street
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen can’t cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
You get before and after photos of the impeller and housing. It notes what was done and anything that couldn’t be reached, along with the recommended next clean date.
Listen to the fan. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
When to call us in Albourne Street
A fan in Albourne Street builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: how many hours a day the kitchen runs and what it cooks. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A motor area thick with grease
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Albourne Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before you book
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
When it’s something else
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans