Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Andover
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Andover, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
About our extract fan cleaning in Andover
Any fan serving a kitchen in Andover is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. The result is photographed for your records. Typical jobs include vibration from an unbalanced impeller and a fan that has never been cleaned, across roof-mounted fans, in-line fans and axial fans.
Kitchens in towns like Andover are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, so duct runs can be awkward, with bends, long horizontal sections and too few access panels. Sections we can’t reach are listed on the report, and access panels can be added.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Andover (SP10, SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
What a clean won’t put right
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what extract fan cleaning won’t do:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A motor that has burnt out
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
Places near Andover
Other services in Andover
Extract fan cleaning around Andover
The FSA’s data shows about 26 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 4 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered across Andover and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Andover get their food hygiene inspections from Test Valley council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Andover 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Andover, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you cook for passing trade around Andover station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Andover is about 17 miles west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Andover, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Andover is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Southampton is in our area too, around 21 miles away.
All of SP10 and SP11 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include High Street, Goddard Square and London Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Andover is on the A303 and A342, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in Picket Twenty (1 mile east), East Anton (1 mile north-east), Knights Enham (1 mile north), Finkley Down (2 miles north-east) and Picket Piece (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (12 miles south-east), Tidworth (8 miles west), Weeke (12 miles south-east) and Kempshott (15 miles east). Andover is among the bigger places we cover in Hampshire for extract fan cleaning.
Around Andover
Around Andover, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Angel Inn, Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Andover is Andover station, about 0.5 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Andover War Memorial Hospital (0.7 miles north-west) and Andover Museum (within half a mile east). For a walk, there’s Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
Common problems we fix in Andover
The cooler the air, the more grease drops out, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. That makes it a natural place for grease to settle.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
School kitchens, at schools like St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Comparing quotes
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Sites in a town like Andover rarely need to lose trading hours, as the work fits around them.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Advice
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Andover
Do you work at weekends in Andover?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Andover can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which fire authority looks after Andover?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Andover. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What about areas you cannot get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Are you insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
The fan follows the full system’s interval, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Grease readings and the fan’s condition can show it needs more.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Why deal with it now?
For a kitchen in Andover, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it typically is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. A small fault found now is a quick job; the same fault found later can close the site.
What you pay 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 we start, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Andover
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- A few general shots of the system
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
If you need extract fan cleaning in Andover, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.