East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Bodiam, East Sussex
Need extract fan cleaning in Bodiam? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Bodiam
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Bodiam, up to about a mile and a half out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Bodiam. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Bodiam are the job of Rother council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Bodiam Manor School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Giles, or anywhere in Bodiam, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Bodiam is about 10 miles north of Hastings, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Bodiam or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Bodiam is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 18 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in TN32 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Bodiam include Sandhurst Cross (1 mile north-east), Sandhurst (2 miles north-east), Little Conghurst (2 miles north), Four Throws (2 miles north) and Linkhill (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Hastings (10 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (11 miles south), St Leonards (10 miles south), Hastings Old Town (11 miles south), Belmont (10 miles south) and Heathfield (13 miles west).
Landmarks near Bodiam
Typical jobs here are in premises near Bodiam Church of England Primary School and Castle Inn and the streets around them. Bodiam’s nearest station is Robertsbridge station, roughly 3.3 miles south-west.
Extract fan cleaning in Bodiam
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. The work covers centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are a fan left out of previous cleans and grease escaping from the fan outlet.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Bodiam (TN32)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A motor that has burnt out
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
Bodiam questions
Can you come to Bodiam after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Bodiam keeps running as normal. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Bodiam?
Fire safety enforcement in Bodiam is handled by East 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.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
Allow an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Your quote will give an idea.
What does extract fan cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Grease readings and the fan’s condition can show it needs more.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Cleaning removes grease, but it cannot fix worn parts. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Different parts, different methods
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans sit at the top of the riser. They’re cleaned where safe access allows, and anything we cannot reach is recorded.
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: cracks, bent blades or wear. We note any concerns.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bodiam
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
What else we do in Bodiam
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. With notice, the visit to Bodiam can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Bodiam?
A greasy fan in Bodiam is fuel at the end of the duct. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A motor area thick with grease
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Great Dixter, about 2.5 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Bodiam; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- What insurance they carry
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Bodiam before we set off.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.