Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Bicester
Extract fan cleaning for Bicester, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
About our extract fan cleaning in Bicester
We have been trading since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. Common call-outs are for a fan coated in grease inside its housing and grease stains around the discharge, across centrifugal fans, discharge points and roof-mounted fans.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Bicester, losing a day’s trade to cleaning isn’t an option, so cleans are booked after closing, early in the morning or on a quiet day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Bicester (OX26, OX27)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Bicester
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- What state the system is in
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A fan that will not start
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Damaged fan blades
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes an hour or two for most single fans. Before the visit, a few photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan the work in Bicester.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Extract fan cleaning in Bicester: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 70 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 34 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bicester. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. In Bicester, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Cherwell council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Bicester is Oxfordshire 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.
Commuter trade near Bicester North station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Brookside Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Edburg or elsewhere in Bicester, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Bicester is about 11 miles north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Sites in Bicester get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Bicester is one of them. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 11 miles away.
We work across OX26 and OX27 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Market Square, Market End Way and London Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A4095 and B4100, Bicester is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover the places around Bicester: Bure Park (1 mile north), Caversfield (1 mile north), Bucknell (2 miles north-west), Stratton Audley (3 miles north-east) and Stoke Lyne (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (11 miles south), Banbury (14 miles north-west), Thame (13 miles south-east), Kidlington (8 miles south-west), Headington Quarry (10 miles south) and St John Street area (11 miles south-west). Bicester is among the bigger places we cover in Oxfordshire for extract fan cleaning.
What’s near Bicester
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Bicester Technology Studio and The Plough pub and the streets around them. Bicester has its own railway station: Bicester North station. A little further out are Bicester Community Hospital (within half a mile south) and Bicester Village (0.7 miles south). The countryside around Bicester includes Graven Hill and Woodsides Meadow.
Why act early in Bicester
A fan clean in Bicester does not take long: the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. A fresh certificate on file is the best thing to have when someone asks to see your records.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why book with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Full insurance on every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Bicester: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Bicester?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Bicester. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Bicester out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 10 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Bicester. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
It has to be off and isolated, for safety. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking is not affected.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
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 for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
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. That is our job.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. We isolate it, then clean the blades and housing.
Inline duct fans
Some fans are built into the duct itself. We get to them through the duct or casing, once they’re isolated.