Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Crays Hill extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Crays Hill, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Crays Hill
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: 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 that’s what we clean. The work covers in-line fans, discharge points and axial fans, and the jobs we see most are fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and less air being pulled from the kitchen.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Crays Hill (CM11)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Crays Hill
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Crays Hill?
Fire safety enforcement in Crays Hill is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you get to a site in Crays Hill?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Crays Hill included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
What does extract fan cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before any work starts.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Grease readings and the fan’s condition can show it needs more.
Common problems we fix in Crays Hill
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Crays Hill as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
Clients usually contact us when they notice one of these:
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Crays Hill, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Crays Hill
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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What extract fan cleaning looks like in Crays Hill
There are about 35 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 9 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Crays Hill, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. The fire and rescue service for Crays Hill is Essex County 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 Basildon council inspect food businesses in Crays Hill. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Crays Hill Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Basildon University Hospital about 3.1 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Crays Hill is about 2 miles north of Basildon, in Essex. Anywhere in CM11, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Crays Hill is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 9 miles away.
Here we cover the CM11 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. That includes premises on London Road, Hope Road and Crays Hill and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Crays Hill, we cover Great Burstead (1 mile west), Ramsden Bellhouse (1 mile north), Ramsden Heath (2 miles north), Downham (3 miles north) and Little Burstead (3 miles west). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (9 miles north), Brentwood (7 miles west), Maldon (13 miles north-east), Canvey Island (7 miles south-east), Rayleigh (6 miles east) and Witham (15 miles north-east).
What’s near Crays Hill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Bromfords School and Sixth Form College. The nearest railway station is Wickford station, about 2.2 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Barleylands Farm Museum (1.1 miles west) and Basildon University Hospital (3.1 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Norsey Wood.
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Damaged fan blades
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
You get before and after photos of the impeller and housing. It notes what was done and anything that couldn’t be reached, along with the recommended next clean date.
Don’t run the kitchen with the extract off. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes an hour or two for most single fans. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Crays Hill, let us know and we will plan around it.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
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. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Related advice
Why act early in Crays Hill
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. We also offer a 24/7 emergency callout if the worst happens. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why us?
- Trading since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.