Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Coombe, Greater London
We cover Coombe for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Coombe questions
Do you work at weekends in Coombe?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Which fire authority looks after Coombe?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Coombe. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it doesn’t replace a full TR19 clean.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, it should be. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan sits right in that path, so it’s cleaned too.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What should I send you?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Extract fan cleaning in Coombe
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan and we clean it off. If you are dealing with weak extraction at the canopy and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, we can help, from centrifugal fans, in-line fans and axial fans onwards.
Kitchens in Coombe, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Coombe (CR0, CR2, CR9)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Coombe kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 15 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 10 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Coombe. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Coombe falls to London Fire Brigade. 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. Environmental health officers from Croydon council inspect food businesses in Coombe. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church Hall United Reformed Church Of St Paul or elsewhere in Coombe, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Coombe Wood School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Coombe is about 1 mile east of Croydon, in Greater London. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Coombe and the rest of Greater London. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small. We also work in London, around 9 miles away.
Here we cover the CR0, CR2 and CR9 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. You will find streets such as Oaks Road, Coombe Road and Coombe Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Croydon (1 mile west), Addiscombe (1 mile north), South Croydon (1 mile south-west), Shirley Oaks (1 mile north-east) and Shirley (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles north), City of Westminster (11 miles north), Marylebone (11 miles north), Kensington (11 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
Near you in Coombe
Typical jobs here are in premises near Coombe Lodge pub, Royal Russell School and St Peter's Primary School, among other places. The closest station to Coombe is South Croydon station, roughly 1 mile west. Nearby you’ll also find St George's Walk (1.4 miles north-west) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (2.1 miles west). For a walk, there’s Bramley Bank and Duppas Hill.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Any permits to work or inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The size of the system
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 not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- The postcode and the type of business
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
If you need extract fan cleaning in Coombe, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Coombe?
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 where the spinning blades spread it around.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Burning smells from the fan area
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Coombe is National Psychosis Unit, about 2.1 miles north-east.
Before you book anyone
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a survey comes first
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
The process
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. For a job in Coombe, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Make sure the fan is included each time
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Make sure the fan is reachable. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A fan that won’t start
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
Why act early in Coombe
A fan clean in Coombe does not take long: it takes an hour or two for most single fans. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. A building in Coombe may have flats or offices above and alongside, and a fault in the system can affect them too.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Trading since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Every visit written up, with pictures
Nearby places to Coombe
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What the work involves, part by part
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them, so the outlet area is checked too. Heavy staining is noted on the report.