Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Ardington
Need extract fan cleaning in Ardington? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
Extract fan cleaning in Ardington, done properly
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. Typical jobs include a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and grease stains around the discharge, across in-line fans, roof-mounted fans and discharge points.
For a kitchen in or near Ardington, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Ardington (OX12)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep records of every fan clean
Once it’s clean, the fan is closed up and run to check it’s working smoothly. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Ardington.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Ardington
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Ardington in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 2 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Ardington. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Ardington?
Fire safety enforcement in Ardington is handled by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
Cleaning removes grease, but it cannot fix worn parts. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, the fan is cleaned as part of TR19. If a fan can’t be reached, the report says so, so you always know what was cleaned.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Before and after pictures go into a report, with anything we noticed. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Extract fan cleaning around Ardington
Kitchens in Ardington get their food hygiene inspections from Vale of White Horse council. 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. Ardington is about 56 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Wantage Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Ardington is about 2 miles east of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Ardington or further out, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. Oxford is in our area too, around 13 miles away.
Here we cover the OX12 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Whether your site is on High Street, Church Street and Well Street or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Ardington, we cover East Lockinge (1 mile south), West Hendred (1 mile east), East Hendred (2 miles east), Rowstock (3 miles east) and Farnborough (4 miles south). Larger places within reach include Oxford (13 miles north-east), Didcot (6 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles north-east), Witney (14 miles north), Carterton (15 miles north-west) and Faringdon (10 miles north-west).
Near you in Ardington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Boar's Head pub and King Alfred's, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection (2.3 miles north-west). Not far away are Letcombe Valley and Chain Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They may need cleaning as often as the canopy, which grease readings will show.
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease on and around the motor can trap heat, so the surrounding area is cleaned carefully.
Leave it or put it right?
For a kitchen in Ardington, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it so a full TR19 clean may be due. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Ardington
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Ardington?
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing where the spinning blades spread it around.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Ardington, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether VAT is included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
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How we price extract fan cleaning
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
- Parking and loading at the site
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.