Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Cliffe, Medway
We cover Cliffe 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.
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
About our extract fan cleaning in Cliffe
In Cliffe, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. The result is photographed for your records. If you have a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and burning smells from the fan area, we can help, from discharge points, axial fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Cliffe, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Cliffe (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Cliffe
Does the sea air around Cliffe make a difference to extract fan cleaning?
It can. Cliffe is within about 2 miles of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Cliffe?
Food hygiene inspections in Cliffe are carried out by Medway council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
What does extract fan cleaning cost?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Leave it or put it right?
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger and the motor works harder. It’s simpler to plan the work at Cliffe now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Impellers and blades
Grease on the leading edges of the blades cuts the fan’s efficiency. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
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 can quote for the whole system.
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.
Towns and villages near Cliffe
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What we are called out for in Cliffe
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as French Hospital (about 4.9 miles south), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before you book
- What paperwork you get at the end
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether they’re fully insured
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or two for most single fans. Visits to a village like Cliffe are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Cliffe
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How big the system is
- How many systems or sites are involved
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, send us:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Cliffe kitchens: local notes
Sea air reaches Cliffe, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs, bars and clubs registered in Cliffe and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Kitchens in Cliffe get their food hygiene inspections from Medway council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Helen or elsewhere in Cliffe, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Temple Manor is about 4.9 miles south), access may need planning.
Cliffe is about 5 miles north of Rochester, in Medway. Wherever you are in the ME3 postcode area, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and Cliffe is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 13 miles from Cliffe.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: ME3. You will find streets such as Station Road, St Helens Road and Chesterton Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Cliffe Woods (2 miles south), Church Street (2 miles south-west), Mockbeggar (3 miles south), Lower Higham (3 miles south-west) and Higham (4 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (7 miles south-east), Chatham (7 miles south), Rochester (5 miles south), Rainham (8 miles south-east), Strood (5 miles south) and Luton (6 miles south).
Local landmarks in Cliffe
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Evening Star pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Higham station, roughly 2.6 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find French Hospital (4.9 miles south) and Upnor Castle (3.8 miles south). For a walk, there’s Gad's Hill and Thurrock Thameside Nature Park.