Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Brentwood
Extract fan cleaning across Brentwood and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
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.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Extract fan cleaning in Brentwood
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. A thorough clean removes the cause. The work covers in-line fans, fan housings and axial fans, and people most often call us about less air being pulled from the kitchen and a smell of hot grease from the extract.
Most kitchens in a town like Brentwood can’t close for a day, 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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. 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 ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
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The process
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. A few pictures of the system and its access points help us plan a visit in Brentwood.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Brentwood
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Brentwood as anywhere. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
If you cook for passing trade around Brentwood station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Questions to ask before booking
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What insurance they carry
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A fan that won’t start
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
FAQs for Brentwood
Can the work in Brentwood be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Brentwood needn’t be disturbed. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Brentwood?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Brentwood. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: every 3, 6 or 12 months. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
Why has my extract fan got louder?
A common cause is grease. Uneven build-up on the blades throws the fan off balance, causing vibration and noise. If cleaning doesn’t, the bearings or motor may need attention.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
A clean won’t mend wear. We repair and replace extract fans as well, with a fixed quote first.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Report rattles or humming early
You get before and after pictures of the impeller and housing. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.
Kitchen extracts in Brentwood
There are about 80 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 32 sandwich bars and takeaways across Brentwood and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. The fire and rescue service for Brentwood is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Brentwood council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Brentwood. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Brentwood Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Brentwood, about 0.5 miles east. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Thomas of Canterbury or elsewhere in Brentwood, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Brentwood is about 19 miles north-east of London, in Essex. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Brentwood and the rest of Essex. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 11 miles from Brentwood.
Extract fan cleaning in CM13, CM14, CM15 and CM4 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include High Street, London Road and Old Church Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Main roads around Brentwood include the A12 and A128, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Other places close to Brentwood include Shenfield (1 mile north-east), Hutton Mount (1 mile east), Ingrave (2 miles south-east), Hutton (2 miles east) and Doddinghurst (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (11 miles north-east), Basildon (8 miles south-east), Harlow (13 miles north-west), Canvey Island (14 miles south-east), Billericay (5 miles east) and Rayleigh (13 miles east). As one of the bigger places in Essex, Brentwood has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Brentwood
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Sawyers Hall College, Weald Country Park and St Helen's Catholic Junior School and the streets around them. The closest station to Brentwood is Brentwood station, about 0.9 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Brentwood Community Hospital (0.5 miles east). Open spaces near Brentwood include Thorndon Park.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that fails mid-service can stop a kitchen cooking. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. We also offer a 24/7 emergency callout if the worst happens. Dealt with now, it’s a planned visit around your hours rather than a callout when the site needs to be open.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why Brentwood businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- In business since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line