East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Cliffe, East Sussex
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Cliffe. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Extract fan cleaning in Cliffe
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. If you have grease stains around the discharge and grease around the motor and its mounts, we can help, from axial fans, fan housings and discharge points onwards.
In a smaller place like Cliffe, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Cliffe (BN7, BN8)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Everything the job in Cliffe needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- 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.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
Grease, kitchens and Cliffe
Food Standards Agency records include about 19 bars, pubs and nightclubs across Cliffe 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. Environmental health officers from Lewes council inspect food businesses in Cliffe. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Cliffe is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Commuter trade near Lewes station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Thomas at Cliffe, or anywhere in Cliffe, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A hospital like Lewes Victoria Hospital, about 1.1 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Cliffe is about 1 mile east of Lewes, in East Sussex. Cliffe 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 pictures. Cliffe is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Brighton, around 7 miles away.
We cover every part of the BN7 and BN8 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Ham Lane, New Road and Court Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. You will find Cliffe on the A26, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Cliffe, we cover Southover (1 mile south-west), South Malling (1 mile north-west), Lewes (1 mile west), Hamsey (2 miles north) and Offham (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (13 miles south-east), Seaford (8 miles south-east), Hailsham (10 miles east), Crowborough (14 miles north-east), Uckfield (7 miles north-east) and Newhaven (6 miles south).
Local landmarks in Cliffe
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Gardeners Arms, Railway Land and Lewes Old Grammar School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Cliffe itself: Lewes station. Well-known places in the area include Lewes Castle (0.5 miles west) and Lewes Victoria Hospital (1.1 miles west). Not far away are Cliffe Hill and Malling Down.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Cliffe
Do you work overnight in Cliffe?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Cliffe keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which council inspects kitchens in Cliffe?
Kitchens in Cliffe are inspected by Lewes council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is Cliffe in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Cliffe included.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If cleaning shows a worn motor, bearings or impeller, we’ll tell you and quote for the repair.
Which accreditations do you hold?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
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
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. The impeller and housing are scraped and degreased.
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How we price extract fan cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- What state the system is in
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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.
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
Why it’s worth doing now in Cliffe
A fan clean in Cliffe doesn’t take long: the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. When a site near Cliffe shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why Cliffe businesses choose us
- We are fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Between visits
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Report rattles or humming early
- Run the extract throughout cooking
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Do not run the kitchen with the extract off. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.