Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Chelmsford
We cover Chelmsford for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
Different parts, different methods
Fan housings and motors
We clean around the motor without soaking its electrics, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so the surrounding area is cleaned carefully.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them and we check the area around the outlet. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
Extract fan cleaning in Chelmsford, done properly
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we will tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. Typical jobs include less air being pulled from the kitchen and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, on in-line fans, fan housings and centrifugal fans.
In a place the size of Chelmsford, the kitchens with extract systems range from takeaways and restaurants to hotel, school and workplace kitchens. Each cooks for a different number of hours a day, so each needs cleaning at its own interval.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
When to call us in Chelmsford
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. The difference throws the impeller off balance, wearing bearings and mounts. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
For schools such as Trinity Road Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before you book
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Managing agents and facilities teams in Chelmsford
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.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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. Leave those to us.
Why it’s worth doing now in Chelmsford
A fan that sounds rough in Chelmsford is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it normally is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Larger sites in Chelmsford are easier to manage on a planned schedule.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We’re fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
Chelmsford questions
Can you work in Chelmsford outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Chelmsford can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Chelmsford in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 33 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Chelmsford. Send us your term dates when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will fit the work in.
Do you work in Chelmsford?
Yes. We cover Chelmsford and the rest of Essex, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks in BESA guidance. Heavy use means at least every 3 months, light use at least every 12, fan included.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
A fan that needs repair is noted on the report, with what we found. We offer extract fan repair and replacement, and if it fails outright, our 24/7 emergency line is there.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Grease, kitchens and Chelmsford
Food Standards Agency records include about 52 pubs and bars and about 4 hotels and guest houses in Chelmsford and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s Chelmsford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Chelmsford. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Chelmsford is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Commuter trade near Chelmsford station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Where a hall near Church of the Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Chelmsford, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Chelmsford is about 30 miles north-east of London, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CM1 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Chelmsford among them.
We cover every part of the CM1, CM2, CM3 and CM4 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include Backnang Square, High Street and Barrack Square, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. You will find Chelmsford on the A12 and A130, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Moulsham (1 mile south-west), Patching (1 mile north-west), Widford (2 miles south-west), Broomfield (2 miles north) and Writtle (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Basildon (11 miles south), Braintree (11 miles north), Brentwood (11 miles south-west), Maldon (8 miles east), Canvey Island (15 miles south) and Billericay (8 miles south). As one of the bigger places in Essex, Chelmsford has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for extract fan cleaning.
Near you in Chelmsford
In Chelmsford, that means kitchens and buildings near Our Lady Immaculate Church, The Boswells School and Chelmsford College. Nearby too are Chelmer Valley Riverside (0.5 miles north-west) and The Two Brewers Public House (under half a mile south-west). Chelmsford’s nearest station is Chelmsford station, roughly 0.7 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Priory Hospital (less than half a mile north) and Peter Edwards Museum And Library (0.8 miles south-west). The countryside around Chelmsford includes Newland Grove.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
The area around the fan is left clean, with waste grease removed. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
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.
The process
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. We will ask where we can park in Chelmsford and how to get equipment to the system, as those shape the visit.
- 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.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.