Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Ashdon, Essex
Extract fan cleaning for Ashdon and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Ashdon
Grease on a fan is not spread evenly. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. The work covers fan housings, roof-mounted fans and in-line fans, and people most often call us about hot, greasy smells near the fan and less air being pulled from the kitchen.
Work in a small place like Ashdon starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, 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.
- Where
- Ashdon (CB10)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and grease builds up on them unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them and we check the area around the outlet. We note any grease around the fan.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Damaged fan blades
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
Towns and villages near Ashdon
What else we do in Ashdon
Ashdon: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Ashdon?
That’s Uttlesford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Ashdon. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Ashdon?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ashdon. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
A single accessible fan does not take long, while fans on high roofs or in tight voids take longer. It’s done while the kitchen is closed.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
A photo report shows the fan before and after. If it’s part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself is not law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: 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. Visits to a village like Ashdon are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it cannot run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- 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
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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Why act early in Ashdon
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the motor runs under more strain. In a small place like Ashdon, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Full insurance on every job
- A written report with pictures after each visit
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
When to call us in Ashdon
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Ashdon as anywhere. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Rough running from the extract fan
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Ashdon Primary School or anywhere near Ashdon, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the price is fixed
- When the next visit should be, and why
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Kitchen extracts in Ashdon
Ashdon 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. Environmental health officers from Uttlesford council inspect food businesses in Ashdon. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hospital like Saffron Walden Community Hospital, about 3.3 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Ashdon, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Ashdon is about 4 miles north-east of Saffron Walden, in Essex. We carry out extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Ashdon and the rest of Essex. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. We also work in Chelmsford, about 23 miles from Ashdon.
Work in CB10 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Dorvis Lane, Carters Croft and Radwinter Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Ashdon, we cover Steventon End (1 mile east), Church End (1 mile south-west) and The Common (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Saffron Walden (4 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (13 miles south), Stansted Mountfitchet (12 miles south-west), Elsenham (10 miles south), Sible Hedingham (13 miles south-east) and Church End (12 miles south).
Landmarks near Ashdon
Typical jobs here are in premises near Rose And Crown Inn. Other landmarks nearby include Saffron Walden Museum (3.8 miles south-west) and Castle Camps (2.4 miles east). Not far away are Hales and Shadwell Woods and Rivey Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.