Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Alderholt, Hampshire
Extract fan cleaning for Alderholt and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Alderholt
Fire safety in Alderholt falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Alderholt, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from New Forest council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Breamore House is about 4.5 miles north-east), access may need planning. Bursars and site managers at schools such as St James' Church of England First School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Alderholt is in Hampshire. Wherever you are in the SP6 postcode area, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Alderholt is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby, about 19 miles away.
Here we cover the SP6 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Streets in the area include Station Road, Antell's Way and South Hill, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. You will find Alderholt on the B3078, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Alderholt: Sandleheath (1 mile north), Ashford (2 miles north-east), Broxhill (2 miles west), Damerham (2 miles north-west) and Rockbourne (4 miles north). Further out, we also cover Totton (14 miles east), New Milton (13 miles south-east), Ringwood (5 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (14 miles south-east), Ashley (13 miles south-east) and St Leonards (6 miles south).
Near you in Alderholt
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Churchill Arms and The Burgate School and Sixth Form, among other places. A little further out are Godshill Castle Hill (3.6 miles north-east) and Fordingbridge Doll Museum (2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
Extract fan cleaning in Alderholt, done properly
A clean fan is not 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 will know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. If you have a noisy fan that has got louder over time and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan, we can put it right, from axial fans, discharge points and in-line fans onwards.
Around a smaller place like Alderholt, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Alderholt (SP6)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Alderholt
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Your last certificate, test record or report
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
Why deal with it now?
A greasy fan at the discharge can spread grease onto the roof or wall around it. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. Around Alderholt, a kitchen or building out of action is missed straight away.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will explain what it covers.
Why Alderholt businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Alderholt
Which fire service covers Alderholt?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Alderholt. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you come to Alderholt after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Alderholt keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Check filters are seated before cooking
If the fan needs more than a clean, we’ll say so plainly. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
How the visit works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Alderholt can typically be finished without a second trip.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it can’t start while we work.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Common problems we fix in Alderholt
A fan in Alderholt builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: daily hours and the amount of frying and grilling. Under BESA guidance, the whole system, fan included, needs cleaning at least every 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily hours.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Where a hall near Church of St James, or anywhere in Alderholt, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Proof of insurance
Places near Alderholt
Other services in Alderholt
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.