Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Charney Bassett
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Charney Bassett, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Charney Bassett
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers in-line fans, discharge points and roof-mounted fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan coated in grease inside its housing and a motor area thick with grease.
In a small place like Charney Bassett, 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.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Charney Bassett (OX12)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Charney Bassett questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Charney Bassett?
The local authority for Charney Bassett is Vale of White Horse council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Charney Bassett?
That’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
A single accessible fan does not take long, while fans on high roofs or in tight voids take longer. We plan it out of hours.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
The fan must be isolated, for safety. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking is not affected.
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
Impellers and blades
Grease on the leading edges of the blades cuts the fan’s efficiency. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
Common problems we fix in Charney Bassett
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A motor area thick with grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Charney Bassett is Longworth Hospital, about 5.7 miles west.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Charney Bassett and across Oxfordshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Extract fan cleaning in Charney Bassett: the local picture
In Charney Bassett, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Vale of White Horse council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. The fire and rescue service for Charney Bassett is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Charney Bassett (Longworth House is about 2.9 miles north), fitting access panels needs care. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Peter or anywhere around Charney Bassett, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Charney Bassett is about 4 miles north of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. Charney Bassett 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. 443 places in Oxfordshire are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Oxford, roughly 12 miles from Charney Bassett.
Extract fan cleaning in OX12 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on Main Street, Buckland Road and New Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Lyford (1 mile east), Denchworth (2 miles south), Pusey (2 miles north-west), West Hanney (2 miles south-east) and Goosey (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Oxford (12 miles north-east), Didcot (9 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (8 miles east), Witney (10 miles north), Carterton (10 miles north-west) and Wantage (4 miles south).
What’s near Charney Bassett
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Chequers pub. Other landmarks nearby include Longworth Hospital (5.7 miles west) and Hinton Waldrist Castle (2.7 miles north). Open spaces near Charney Bassett include Chain Hill.
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Other services in Charney Bassett
Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Make sure the fan is reachable. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Charney Bassett
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition we find in the survey
- The times the site is available
- Travel, parking and unloading
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. In a small place like Charney Bassett, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.