Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Burkham extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Burkham, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Extract fan cleaning in Burkham, done properly
If the ducts are the arteries, the fan is the heart. A greasy fan works harder and moves less air. Our job is to clear it, check it runs smoothly and record what we found so you get a clean bill of health. Common call-outs are for a fan left out of previous cleans and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, on fan housings, in-line fans and centrifugal fans.
In a village or hamlet like Burkham, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Burkham (GU34)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
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Common questions in Burkham
Can you get to a site in Burkham?
Yes. Burkham is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Burkham?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Burkham. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
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 may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes. The report will make clear that only the fan was cleaned, so your TR19 records stay accurate. The full system still needs its regular TR19 clean.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What the work involves, part by part
Inline duct fans
Space around an inline fan can be tight, so the method is planned in advance. Anything out of reach is recorded.
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Extract fan cleaning in Burkham: the local picture
Food hygiene inspections in Burkham are the job of East Hampshire council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. We cover Burkham, about 47 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Alton Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Burkham, about 4.4 miles south-east.
Burkham is about 4 miles north-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Burkham gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Burkham is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Reading, about 19 miles from Burkham.
Work in GU34 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Burkham: Bagmore (1 mile north-east), Bradley (1 mile south-west), Southrope (2 miles north-east), Bentworth (2 miles south) and Holt End (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (6 miles north), Winchester (14 miles south-west), Farnborough (15 miles north-east), Fleet (12 miles north-east), Aldershot (14 miles east) and Alton (4 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Burkham
Burkham’s nearest station is Alton station, roughly 4.7 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Barton Castle (3.7 miles south-west) and Alton Community Hospital (4.4 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Farleigh Hill.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Burkham
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Report rattles or humming early
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- File the fan’s report with your other records
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
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 happens if it’s left?
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- We’re fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Common problems we fix in Burkham
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. When filters don’t seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
Hall Place, about 1.9 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Burkham; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Visits to a village like Burkham are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.