Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Chalk
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Chalk, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
About our extract fan cleaning in Chalk
Kitchen extract fans come in different forms: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. The way in depends on the type and the survey shows us how to reach it. Typical jobs include grease escaping from the fan outlet and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, across in-line fans, discharge points and centrifugal fans.
Work in a small place like Chalk starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
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.
- Place
- Chalk (DA12)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Chalk
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How easy every part is to reach
- The size of the system
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Somewhere as small as Chalk, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- 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
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.
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.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Chalk
Do you cover smaller places like Chalk?
Yes. Chalk is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can sea air affect extract fan cleaning in Chalk?
It can. Chalk is within about 2 miles of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. Outdoor metalwork near the sea is worth inspecting at each visit.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We can repair or replace it, and if it fails outright, our 24/7 emergency line is there.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
The fan must be isolated before anyone touches it. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking isn’t affected.
What happens if it’s left?
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Chalk rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why Chalk businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that will not start
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Chalk
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Chalk
Chalk lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s data shows about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Chalk. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Chalk sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Chalk is Gravesham Community Hospital, about 2.1 miles north-west. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Chalk, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Cobham College is about 2.8 miles south), access may need planning.
Chalk is about 1 mile east of Gravesend, in Kent. Across the DA12 area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Chalk is one of them. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 12 miles away.
All of DA12 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Chalk Road, Castle Lane and Orlick Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Chalk include Upper Ifield (1 mile south), Thong (1 mile south), Shorne (1 mile south-east), Shorne Ridgeway (2 miles south-east) and Higham (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (12 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles south-east), Dartford (8 miles west), Sevenoaks (14 miles south-west), Northfleet (3 miles west) and Swanley (10 miles west).
Local landmarks in Chalk
Typical jobs here are in premises near Shorne Woods Country Park, Westcourt Primary School and St John's Catholic Comprehensive. For rail, the closest station is Gravesend station, roughly 2 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Rochester Castle (4.8 miles south-east) and Gravesham Museum (1.9 miles north-west). The countryside around Chalk includes Gad's Hill and Rede Common.
Towns and villages near Chalk
Also in Chalk
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Chalk and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.