Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Albury, Hertfordshire
Extract fan cleaning in Albury from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
About our extract fan cleaning in Albury
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we will tell you and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. Typical jobs include burning smells from the fan area and rough running from the extract fan, across roof-mounted fans, centrifugal fans and axial fans.
Somewhere as small as Albury, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Albury (SG11)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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What affects the quote in Albury
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- Parking and loading at the site
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
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’ll go through it with you.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The site address and the type of premises
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
What we are called out for in Albury
A fan in Albury 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 smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Albury (Much Hadham Palace is about 3.6 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
How it works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Albury.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Related advice
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Extract fan cleaning in Albury: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Albury. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Albury. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Albury get their food hygiene inspections from East Hertfordshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Herts and Essex Hospital (about 4.9 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Albury, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Albury is about 4 miles north-west of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Albury and the rest of Hertfordshire. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, and Albury is one of them. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (21 miles or so).
We cover every part of SG11 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If your site is just outside Albury, we cover Gravesend (1 mile east), Clapgate (1 mile south-east), Furneux Pelham (1 mile north), Braughing (2 miles west) and Hay Street (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Stevenage (11 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (4 miles south-east), Welwyn Garden City (14 miles south-west), Hitchin (15 miles west), Hoddesdon (12 miles south) and Cheshunt (15 miles south-west).
Near you in Albury
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Catherine Wheel pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Bishops Stortford station, about 4.5 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Herts and Essex Hospital (4.9 miles south-east) and Bishops Stortford Local History Museum (3.5 miles south-east).
Part by part
Roof-mounted fans
A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. The impeller and housing are scraped and degreased.
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so the surrounding area is cleaned carefully.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Albury
Will you come out to Albury?
Yes. Albury is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can a school canteen extract in Albury be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Albury. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is 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.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and give you a fixed quote.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.