Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Charlton, Hampshire
Extract fan cleaning across Charlton and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
The impeller is the spinning part that moves the air, and grease builds up on them unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so we plan how to reach and clean them. Anything out of reach is recorded.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Charlton
Is the extract fan louder than it used to be, or the airflow weaker? Tell us about it when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will send you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Charlton, normally within one working day. The work covers roof-mounted fans, in-line fans and centrifugal fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and grease stains around the discharge.
Somewhere as small as Charlton, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Charlton (SP10)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What else we do in Charlton
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Charlton and across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Charlton kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 55 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 33 takeaways in Charlton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. In Charlton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Charlton. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Charlton is Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 0.5 miles south-east. For kitchens close to Andover station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Thomas or elsewhere in Charlton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Charlton is about 1 mile north-west of Andover, in Hampshire. From the centre of Charlton to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Charlton is one of them. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 22 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: SP10. We cover sites on Dacre Close, Home Farm Gardens and Augustine Way and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Charlton, we cover Foxcotte (1 mile north-west), Penton Mewsey (1 mile west), Penton Corner (1 mile west), Penton Grafton (1 mile west) and Red Post Bridge (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (14 miles south-east), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (7 miles west), Weeke (13 miles south-east), Stanmore (14 miles south-east) and Ludgershall (6 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Charlton
Typical jobs here are in premises near Portway Infant School. For rail, the closest station is Andover station, roughly 0.8 miles south-east. Nearby you’ll also find Andover War Memorial Hospital (0.5 miles south-east) and Andover Museum (1.3 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Check filters are seated before cooking
When we’ve finished, the fan is reassembled and run. Anything we notice, like noise, vibration or a worn part, goes on the report, so you can plan any repair.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Charlton
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
Charlton questions
Do you work in villages like Charlton?
Yes, Charlton is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can the work in Charlton be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Charlton needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
You get a photo report with before and after pictures of the fan. Full system cleans come with a TR19 certificate as well.
Do we need to close while you work?
Typically not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that 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 Charlton before we set off.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Advice
What affects the quote in Charlton
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
If you need extract fan cleaning in Charlton, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.