Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Coldharbour, Kent
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Coldharbour, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Burning smells from the fan area
About our extract fan cleaning in Coldharbour
In Coldharbour, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. The result is photographed for your records. If you’re dealing with vibration from an unbalanced impeller and less air being pulled from the kitchen, we can help.
Somewhere as small as Coldharbour, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Coldharbour (TN11)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
For a kitchen in Coldharbour, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it, so it’s worth checking the whole system. A planned visit to Coldharbour is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why Coldharbour businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Photo reports with every job
- Fully insured
Aftercare tips
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
File the photo report with your other extract records. It gives a dated record of the fan’s condition, which helps if anything changes later.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
How we price extract fan cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How big the system is
- What state the system is in
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
How the visit works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Coldharbour knowing what to expect.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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When to call us in Coldharbour
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
School kitchens, at schools like St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the price is fixed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Coldharbour
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Towns and villages near Coldharbour
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What extract fan cleaning looks like in Coldharbour
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Coldharbour. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Fire safety in Coldharbour falls to Kent 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. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Coldharbour. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Ightham Mote is about 2.2 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Coldharbour is Tonbridge Cottage Hospital, about 3.4 miles south.
Coldharbour is about 2 miles north of Tonbridge, in Kent. Sites in Coldharbour 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 Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Coldharbour is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, around 12 miles away.
Here we cover the TN11 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Coldharbour, we cover Hildenborough (1 mile south-west), Hilden Park (1 mile south), Watt's Cross (1 mile west), Budds (1 mile north) and Stocks Green (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (12 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north), Sevenoaks (5 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (6 miles south), Gravesend (15 miles north) and Northfleet (15 miles north).
Near you in Coldharbour
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hugh Christie Technology College and The Flying Dutchman Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Hildenborough station, about 1.6 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Tonbridge Castle (2.2 miles south) and The Milne Museum (2 miles south). The countryside around Coldharbour includes Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve and Barden Lake.
FAQs for Coldharbour
Which council inspects kitchens in Coldharbour?
Kitchens in Coldharbour are inspected by Tonbridge and Malling council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you cover smaller places like Coldharbour?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Coldharbour is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, usually ready within one working day.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.