Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Blewbury
Need extract fan cleaning in Blewbury? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Blewbury
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. The work covers axial fans, fan housings and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are a noisy fan that has got louder over time and a fan shaking on its mounts.
Work in a small place like Blewbury starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Blewbury (OX11)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Blewbury
Do you work at weekends in Blewbury?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Blewbury needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Blewbury?
Blewbury is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
You get a photo report with before and after pictures of the fan. Full system cleans come with a TR19 certificate as well.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
It has to be off and isolated before anyone touches it. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking is not affected.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Oxfordshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
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 to a regular schedule.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Blewbury?
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Rough running from the extract fan
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Blewbury Endowed Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Blewbury, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- What insurance they carry
- Whether VAT is included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What paperwork you get at the end
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
- A motor that has burnt out
- Wiring faults to the fan
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Blewbury
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
How we price extract fan cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- What state the system is in
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- A few general shots of the system
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
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.
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. In a small place like Blewbury, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- 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.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: cracks, bent blades or wear. We note any concerns.
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
Extract fan cleaning in Blewbury: the local picture
Blewbury is covered by Oxfordshire 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. Blewbury, about 49 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Brightwell Manor is about 4.1 miles north-east), access may need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Michael or elsewhere in Blewbury, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Blewbury is about 3 miles south of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. If you need extract fan cleaning in Blewbury, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Blewbury included. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. We also work in Oxford, around 12 miles away.
Here we cover the OX11 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. We cover sites on Church Road, London Road and Church End and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Woodway (1 mile south), Upton (1 mile north-west), Aston Tirrold (1 mile east), East Hagbourne (2 miles north) and West Hagbourne (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Oxford (12 miles north), Didcot (3 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (8 miles north), Wantage (8 miles west), Henley-on-Thames (14 miles east) and Grove (9 miles west).
Local landmarks in Blewbury
Typical jobs here are in premises near St Birinus School and The Load of Mischief pub. For rail, the closest station is Didcot Parkway station, roughly 2.9 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Brightwell Castle (4.1 miles north-east) and Atlas Computer Laboratory (3.5 miles west). Open spaces near Blewbury include Mowbray Fields and Churn Hill.