Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Chestfield, Kent
Extract fan cleaning for Chestfield, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
About our extract fan cleaning in Chestfield
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You will know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. If you have a fan that has never been cleaned and a motor area thick with grease, we can put it right.
For a kitchen in or near Chestfield, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.

- Place
- Chestfield (CT5)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Fan housings and motors
We clean around the motor without soaking its electrics, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease on and around the motor can trap heat, so the surrounding area is cleaned carefully.
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. 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.
The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. The timing of a visit to Chestfield is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
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What extract fan cleaning looks like in Chestfield
Chestfield lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. There are about 47 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 14 takeaways and sandwich shops in Chestfield and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Chestfield. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (about 0.7 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in Chestfield, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Chestfield is about 1 mile east of Whitstable, in Kent. Sites in Chestfield get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. We also work in Maidstone, around 24 miles away.
Work in CT5 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Maydowns Road, Chestfield Road and Woodvale Avenue or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. With the A2990 close by, Chestfield is simple for us to get to at any hour. If your site is just outside Chestfield, we cover Swalecliffe (1 mile north), Tankerton (1 mile north-west), Radfall (1 mile south), West End (1 mile east) and Whitstable (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (5 miles south), Margate (14 miles east), Sittingbourne (14 miles west), Ramsgate (15 miles east), Faversham (8 miles west) and Herne Bay (3 miles east).
Near you in Chestfield
In Chestfield, that means kitchens and buildings near The Plough pub and The Whitstable School, among other places. Chestfield has its own railway station: Chestfield & Swalecliffe station. Other landmarks nearby include Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (0.7 miles north-west) and Tankerton Castle (1.4 miles north-west). Open spaces near Chestfield include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Between visits
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
When we have 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.
Do not run the kitchen with the extract off. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
What we’re called out for in Chestfield
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that is left lands on the blades and the casing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Swalecliffe Community Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Before you book anyone
- What insurance they carry
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Chestfield questions
Who is the fire and rescue service for Chestfield?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you get to a site in Chestfield?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Chestfield is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, it should be. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan sits right in that path, so it’s cleaned too.
Can you clean the fan on its own?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
What affects the quote in Chestfield
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- What state the system is in
- How big the system is
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.