Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Bockhanger extract fan cleaning
We cover Bockhanger for extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Bockhanger
If the extract fan in Bockhanger has become noisy, weak or greasy? A few details or a photo help when you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll give you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Bockhanger, usually within one working day. We are often asked to deal with a fan shaking on its mounts and a fan that no longer moves enough air, on in-line fans, discharge points and centrifugal fans.
For a smaller kitchen near Bockhanger, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Bockhanger (TN24, TN25)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Everything the job in Bockhanger needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- 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.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
If you need extract fan cleaning in Bockhanger, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Advice
Grease, kitchens and Bockhanger
Look up Bockhanger on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 86 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 23 takeaways and sandwich shops in Bockhanger and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Bockhanger sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Food hygiene inspections in Bockhanger are the job of Ashford council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Bockhanger, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Phoenix Community Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Bockhanger is about 2 miles north of Ashford, in Kent. From the centre of Bockhanger to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. 922 places in Kent are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (17 miles or so).
Work in TN24 and TN25 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Park Road, York Road and Tudor Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Kennington (1 mile north-east), Potters Corner (1 mile north-west), Godinton (2 miles south-west), Ashford (2 miles south) and Boughton Lees (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (12 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (14 miles north-west), Folkestone (14 miles south-east), Whitstable (15 miles north-east), Faversham (10 miles north) and Hythe (11 miles south-east).
Around Bockhanger
In Bockhanger, that means kitchens and buildings near Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Towers School and Sixth Form Centre and Ashford Warren and Hoads Wood. For rail, the closest station is Ashford International station, about 1.5 miles south. Nearby you’ll also find County Square (1.2 miles south) and William Harvey Hospital (2.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Make sure the fan is included each time
Once it’s clean, the fan is closed up and run to check it’s working smoothly. Anything we notice, like noise, vibration or a worn part, goes on the report, so you can plan any repair.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
Common questions in Bockhanger
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Bockhanger in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 11 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Bockhanger. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you work in villages like Bockhanger?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan sits right in that path, 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.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before we start.
Why deal with it now?
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the motor works harder. Even a site near Bockhanger that’s only busy part of the week needs its system checked on a schedule.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why book with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
- A fixed price before any work starts
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Places near Bockhanger
Other services in Bockhanger
How the job changes from site to site
Roof-mounted fans
A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so we clean what we safely can.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Common problems we fix in Bockhanger
A greasy fan in Bockhanger is fuel at the end of the duct. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; William Harvey Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bockhanger, about 2.2 miles south-east.
What your quote should include
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.