Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Astwick, Hertfordshire
Need extract fan cleaning in Astwick? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
About our extract fan cleaning in Astwick
In Astwick, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. The work covers discharge points, axial fans and centrifugal fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and a motor area thick with grease.
In a village or hamlet like Astwick, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Astwick (SG5)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Astwick: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Astwick?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Astwick keeps running as normal. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire service covers Astwick?
That is Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, a full TR19 clean includes the fan. If a fan cannot be reached, the report says so, so you always know what was cleaned.
What’s TR19?
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 it takes a risk-based approach.
When to call us in Astwick
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Astwick as anywhere. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A fan shaking on its mounts
A hospital like Fairfield Hospital, about 2.2 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- When the next visit should be, and why
How the job changes from site to site
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, so grease and wear build up together. Regular cleans help it keep going.
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 we clean what we safely can.
What affects the quote in Astwick
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
- How easy every part is to reach
- The scale of the work
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any previous report or certificate
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Astwick before we set off.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Grease, kitchens and Astwick
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 4 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Astwick, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. It’s Central Bedfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Astwick. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Astwick is Hertfordshire 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of Saint Guthlac, or anywhere in Astwick, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. For schools such as St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Astwick is about 1 mile north of Stotfold, in Hertfordshire. Wherever you are in the SG5 postcode area, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Our area takes in 381 places across Hertfordshire, large and small. You can also see our page for Milton Keynes, about 23 miles away.
All of SG5 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Astwick Road and Sycamore Avenue or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Stotfold Common (1 mile south), Stotfold (1 mile south) and Radwell (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Stevenage (9 miles south), Hitchin (6 miles south), Letchworth (4 miles south), Letchworth Garden City (4 miles south), Baldock (4 miles south-east) and Benslow (6 miles south).
Local landmarks in Astwick
The closest station to Astwick is Arlesey station, roughly 1.5 miles west. A little further out are Fairfield Hospital (2.2 miles south) and Bygrave House (3.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Astwick include Arlesey Old Moat and Glebe Meadows.
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Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Check filters are seated before cooking
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.