West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Billingshurst extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Billingshurst, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A motor area thick with grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The number of sites or systems
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Billingshurst
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. Typical jobs include a fan coated in grease inside its housing and a motor area thick with grease, across fan housings, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans.
In a smaller place like Billingshurst, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Billingshurst (RH14)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Billingshurst
Look up Billingshurst on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 14 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Billingshurst, up to about a mile and a half out. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Billingshurst. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Billingshurst, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Horsham council. 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.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Billingshurst (Old Place Manor is about 4.9 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like Billingshurst Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Billingshurst is about 6 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Sites in Billingshurst get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Billingshurst is one of them. You can also see our page for Guildford, roughly 16 miles from Billingshurst.
Here we cover the RH14 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. We cover sites on High Street, Station Road and Lower Station Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Coneyhurst (2 miles south-east), Newpound Common (2 miles north-west), Five Oaks (2 miles north-east), The Haven (3 miles north) and Slinfold (4 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (13 miles north-east), Horsham (6 miles north-east), Worthing (14 miles south), Haywards Heath (15 miles east), Burgess Hill (15 miles east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south).
Landmarks near Billingshurst
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Railway Inn and The Weald School, among other places. Billingshurst has its own railway station: Billingshurst station. For a walk, there’s The Mens.
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When to call us in Billingshurst
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
For kitchens close to Billingshurst station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Comparing quotes
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Billingshurst and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Billingshurst: your questions answered
Who is the fire and rescue service for Billingshurst?
Fire safety enforcement in Billingshurst is handled by West Sussex 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 would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Billingshurst?
That’s Horsham council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Billingshurst. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like Billingshurst, so let us know how to reach it.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
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. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans sit within the duct run, often above a ceiling. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing after isolating them.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Report grease escaping from the fan
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Keep the route to the fan clear. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- An impeller that is bent or split
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that won’t start
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans