West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Atherington extract fan cleaning
We cover Atherington for extract fan cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes an hour or two for most single fans. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Atherington before we set off.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Extract fan cleaning in Atherington
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing and we clean it off. If you have a fan left out of previous cleans and a motor area thick with grease, we can put it right.
Work in a small place like Atherington starts with a call to agree access and timings, 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 paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Atherington (BN17)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Atherington
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
What we are most often called out for:
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A motor area thick with grease
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
Where a hall near Bailiffscourt Chapel, or anywhere in Atherington, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before you book
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so we plan how to reach and clean them. Anything out of reach is recorded.
Honest limits
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- An impeller that’s bent or split
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
Grease, kitchens and Atherington
Sea air reaches Atherington, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Atherington, up to about a mile and a half out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Food hygiene inspections in Atherington are the job of Arun council’s environmental health team. 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Mary's CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. A hospital like Zachary Merton Hospital, about 3.4 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Atherington is about 2 miles west of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Atherington, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Atherington is one of them. We also work in Brighton, around 20 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in BN17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Climping (1 mile north), Horsemere Green (1 mile north-west), Ford (2 miles north), Wick (2 miles north-east) and Littlehampton (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Worthing (8 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles west), Chichester (9 miles west), Selsey (10 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles east) and Lancing (11 miles east).
Near you in Atherington
In Atherington, that means kitchens and buildings near The Littlehampton Academy and The Black Horse Public House, among other places. Atherington’s nearest station is Littlehampton station, roughly 1.5 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Lyminster Siege Castle (3.8 miles north-east) and Rustington Museum (3.3 miles east). Not far away are WWT Arundel.
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Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Atherington
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Atherington in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 4 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Atherington, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Atherington?
Fire safety enforcement in Atherington is handled by West Sussex 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.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Why deal with it now?
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller doesn’t stay small. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Atherington rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Trading since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
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