Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Burham, Medway
Extract fan cleaning across Burham and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A motor area thick with grease
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Burham
There are about 14 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops in Burham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Burham. 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. The fire and rescue service for Burham is 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.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Starkey Castle is about 2.4 miles north), access may need planning. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Burham Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Burham is about 3 miles south-west of Chatham, in Medway. Anywhere in ME1, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, Burham among them.
Work in ME1 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on New Road, St Mary's Walk and Brisley's Row and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Scarborough (1 mile north-west), Eccles (1 mile south), Peters Village (1 mile north-west), Holborough (2 miles west) and Wouldham (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Gillingham (5 miles north-east), Chatham (3 miles north-east), Rochester (4 miles north), Rainham (6 miles east), Strood (4 miles north) and Luton (4 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Burham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Windmill pub, The Holmesdale School and Burham Marsh and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Snodland station, roughly 1.3 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find St. Catherine's Hospital (3.8 miles north) and Medway megaliths (1.3 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Burham
We’ve been trading since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. Common call-outs are for grease around the motor and its mounts and grease escaping from the fan outlet, across axial fans, centrifugal fans and in-line fans.
In a small place like Burham, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Burham (ME1)
- Region
- Medway
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Burham
Can you work in Burham outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Burham keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can you get to a site in Burham?
Yes, Burham is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
Daily cooking hours set the minimum, under BESA guidance. Heavy use means at least every 3 months, light use at least every 12, fan included.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Before and after photos go into a report, with anything we noticed. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Burham can be planned properly.
- 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.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Burham
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.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan left out of previous cleans
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St. Catherine's Hospital about 3.8 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What insurance they carry
- What records you will receive afterwards
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Run the extract throughout cooking
The photo report shows the fan before and after cleaning. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
What affects the quote in Burham
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- How big the system is
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The times the site is available
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any previous report or certificate
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What else we do in Burham
What the work involves, part by part
Inline duct fans
Some fans are built into the duct itself. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing after isolating them.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
In a busy kitchen, the fan rarely gets a rest, which means grease and wear add up quickly. Regular cleans help it keep going.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- A fan that won’t start
- Wiring faults to the fan
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Burham
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points