Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Claygate Cross, Kent
Extract fan cleaning across Claygate Cross and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease stains around the discharge
Extract fan cleaning in Claygate Cross, done properly
Any fan serving a kitchen in Claygate Cross is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. Common call-outs are for fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, across centrifugal fans, discharge points and axial fans.
For a kitchen in or near Claygate Cross, 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Claygate Cross (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
The process
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up, and we clear up before we go. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Claygate Cross knowing what to expect.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Part by part
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.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A long-hours kitchen cannot afford a fan failure. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
What else we do in Claygate Cross
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Claygate Cross
A greasy fan in Claygate Cross is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire, and a hot, struggling motor does not help.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A motor area thick with grease
School kitchens, at schools like Borough Green Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether VAT is included
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Questions from Claygate Cross
Which council inspects kitchens in Claygate Cross?
That’s Tonbridge and Malling council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Claygate Cross. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you work overnight in Claygate Cross?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, usually ready within one working day.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
The fan follows the full system’s interval at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Grease readings and the fan’s condition can show it needs more.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Grease on the blades and housing is one of the usual causes, since uneven grease makes it run out of balance. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
Claygate Cross kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways across Claygate Cross and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. In Claygate Cross, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Claygate Cross is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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, like those at hospitals such as Sevenoaks Hospital (about 5.1 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Old Soar Manor, about 0.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Claygate Cross; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Claygate Cross is about 5 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Claygate Cross, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Claygate Cross among them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 9 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of TN15 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Claygate Cross, Basted Lane and Winfield Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Close by, we work in Crouch (1 mile east), Basted (1 mile north-west), Borough Green (1 mile north), Plaxtol (1 mile south) and Platt (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (9 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (5 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north) and Tonbridge (5 miles south).
Landmarks near Claygate Cross
Typical jobs here are in premises near Wrotham School, The Chequers Inn and Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, about 1.2 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Ightham Court (1.7 miles north-west) and Beechin Wood Archery Museum (1.1 miles north-east).
When it’s something else
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
Why it’s worth doing now in Claygate Cross
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller doesn’t stay small. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Photo reports with every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
How we price extract fan cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- What state the system is in
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.