Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Clapham, Greater London
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Clapham, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Clapham
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. The work covers centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and in-line fans, and the jobs we see most are grease stains around the discharge and a heavily greased fan housing.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Clapham, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Clapham (SW4, SW8, SW9)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something 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.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Common problems we fix in Clapham
How fast a fan gets greasy in Clapham depends on the cooking: how many hours a day the kitchen runs and what it cooks. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A heavily greased fan housing
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A motor area thick with grease
A kitchen near Clapham High Street station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
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Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Clapham is no exception.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll typically have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. The survey makes sure it’s part of the clean.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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’re happy to quote for all of it.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Clapham questions
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Clapham during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 54 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Clapham. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Can you come to Clapham after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Clapham doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
We always isolate the fan first, so it can’t start while we work. With the extract off, the kitchen can’t cook, so we work out of hours.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few photos and any previous report.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The number of sites or systems
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Where the site is and how we reach it
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Extract fan cleaning around Clapham
The FSA’s data shows about 119 pubs, bars and clubs and about 10 hotels and guest houses registered across Clapham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Clapham sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Clapham Manor Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Battersea General Hospital is the nearest hospital to Clapham, about 1.3 miles north-west.
Clapham is about 3 miles north of Streatham, in Greater London. We carry out extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Clapham and the rest of Greater London. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
All of SW4, SW8 and SW9 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Grafton Square, Clapham High Street and Houghton Square and the roads around them. You’ll find Clapham on the B224 and B303, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Stockwell (1 mile east), Little Portugal (1 mile north-east), Clapham Park (1 mile south), South Lambeth (1 mile north-east) and Brixton (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (3 miles north-east), City of Westminster (3 miles north), Marylebone (4 miles north), Kensington (4 miles north-west), St Pancras (4 miles north) and Shoreditch (5 miles north-east).
Around Clapham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Lambeth Academy, Larkhall Park and Trinity Academy. There’s a railway station in Clapham itself: Clapham High Street station. A little further out are Baynard's Castle (3.5 miles north-east) and Harrods (2.6 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Battersea Park Lake and Knight's Hill.