Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Basingstoke extract fan cleaning
Specialist extract fan cleaning for Basingstoke: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A motor area thick with grease
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
About our extract fan cleaning in Basingstoke
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan and we clean it off. The work covers fan housings, discharge points and axial fans, and people most often call us about a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease and a heavily greased fan housing.
Kitchens in a place the size of Basingstoke are cleaned around trading, not the other way round: after the last cover, before breakfast or on a day the kitchen is shut. Sites with more than one kitchen can be cleaned in phases.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
Grease can mark the outside wall around the fan. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
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.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Basingstoke?
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 are most often called out for:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A motor area thick with grease
For schools such as King's Furlong Infant School and Nursery, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Proof of insurance
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How VAT is shown on the quote
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A motor that has burnt out
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
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.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Basingstoke
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Basingstoke out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 32 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Basingstoke. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Basingstoke?
Basingstoke is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
A clean won’t mend wear. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
What accreditations do you have?
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.
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 the record is accurate.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Whoever holds the keys and signs off contractors at your site in Basingstoke is the person we need to speak to before the day.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Basingstoke
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Extract fan cleaning around Basingstoke
Look up Basingstoke on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 114 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 39 sandwich bars and takeaways across Basingstoke and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. It’s Basingstoke and Deane council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Basingstoke. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Basingstoke falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Michael's Church or elsewhere in Basingstoke, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (about 1.1 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Basingstoke is in Hampshire. Wherever you are in the RG24 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Basingstoke is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Our Reading page covers sites nearby (14 miles or so).
Extract fan cleaning in RG24, RG22, RG21 and RG23 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets such as Church Square, Queen Annes Square and The Square, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Being close to the A30 and A33, Basingstoke is simple for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Basingstoke include South Ham (1 mile south-west), Winklebury (1 mile west), Brighton Hill (1 mile south), Rooksdown (1 mile north-west) and Buckskin (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (11 miles east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (13 miles north-east) and Tadley (6 miles north). Being one of Hampshire’s larger places, Basingstoke has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Basingstoke
Typical jobs here are in premises near Cranbourne, The Costello School and The Rising Sun pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Basingstoke is Basingstoke station, about 0.6 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Basing House (2.2 miles east) and The Malls (0.6 miles east). Not far away are Farleigh Hill and Daneshill Park Woods.