Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Ardleigh extract fan cleaning
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Ardleigh, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A fan that has never been cleaned
Questions from Ardleigh
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Ardleigh out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Ardleigh, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Ardleigh?
In Ardleigh, it’s Tendring council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Allow a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Your quote will give an idea.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Extract fan cleaning in Ardleigh, done properly
We’ve been trading since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you’re dealing with a fan that no longer moves enough air and a motor area thick with grease, we can help, from roof-mounted fans, axial fans and fan housings onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Ardleigh, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Ardleigh (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Ardleigh
What else we do in Ardleigh
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what extract fan cleaning won’t do:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that will not start
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
The photo report shows the fan before and after cleaning. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Ardleigh and across Essex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Extract fan cleaning around Ardleigh
Food Standards Agency records list about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Ardleigh and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. In Ardleigh, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tendring council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Ardleigh is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Ardleigh is Colchester Hospital, about 3.8 miles west. Historic houses near Ardleigh, such as Castle House about 1.8 miles north, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Ardleigh is about 4 miles north-east of Colchester, in Essex. We provide extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Ardleigh and the rest of Essex. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 25 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CO7. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Station Road, The Street and Mary Warner Road and the roads around them. We also cover Ardleigh Heath (1 mile north), Dedham Heath (1 mile north), Lamb Corner (2 miles north), Fox Street (2 miles south-west) and Dedham (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (4 miles south-west), Clacton-on-Sea (11 miles south-east), Harwich (12 miles east), Camulodunum (6 miles south-west), Halstead (15 miles west) and Greenstead (3 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Ardleigh
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Ardleigh Park and The Lion Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Manningtree station, about 3.1 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Colchester Hospital (3.8 miles west) and The Munnings Museum (1.8 miles north). Open spaces near Ardleigh include Cattawade Marshes.
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes an hour or two for most single fans. Somewhere as small as Ardleigh, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Why act early in Ardleigh
For a kitchen in Ardleigh, 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 it’s worth checking the whole system. In a small place like Ardleigh, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What you get with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- In business since 2009
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Ardleigh
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. A fan that has never been cleaned can be heavily coated, and the report will show it.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease stains around the discharge
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Ardleigh, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- Whether a survey comes first
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed