Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Cricklewood extract fan cleaning
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for commercial sites in Cricklewood and across Greater London. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Extract fan cleaning in Cricklewood, done properly
Kitchen extract fans come in different forms: fans on the roof, fans built into the duct run, and fans on an outside wall. Each is isolated and opened in its own way, and we plan that during the survey. The work covers axial fans, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans, and people most often call us about a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and thick grease on the impeller and casing.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Cricklewood is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, 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.
- Where
- Cricklewood (NW2, NW6, NW10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Nearby places to Cricklewood
What else we do in Cricklewood
What affects the quote in Cricklewood
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Helping us quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- A few general shots of the system
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
For extract fan cleaning in Cricklewood, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A fan that won’t start
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Cricklewood
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
Cricklewood kitchens: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 43 pubs and bars and about 10 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Cricklewood. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. The fire and rescue service for Cricklewood is 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. It’s Brent council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Cricklewood. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Cricklewood is St Andrew's Hospital, about 0.8 miles north-west. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Gabriel's Church or anywhere around Cricklewood, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. For kitchens close to Cricklewood station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Cricklewood is about 1 mile north-west of Kilburn, in Greater London. Cricklewood 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 photos. 764 places in Greater London are on our list, large and small. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 7 miles away.
All of NW2, NW6 and NW10 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You’ll find streets such as Ivy Road, Walm Lane and Dean Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Main roads around Cricklewood include the A407, which makes travel easy for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Cricklewood, we cover Brondesbury (1 mile south-east), Willesden (1 mile south-west), Dollis Hill (1 mile north-west), Willesden Green (1 mile south-west) and Neasden (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (7 miles south-east), City of Westminster (4 miles south-east), Marylebone (4 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south), St Pancras (5 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (6 miles east).
What’s near Cricklewood
Around Cricklewood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Hampstead School, The Crown Public House and Gladstone Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Cricklewood itself: Cricklewood station. A little further out are St Andrew's Hospital (0.8 miles north-west) and Brent Museum and Archives (0.7 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Parliament Hill and Westbere Copse.
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Report grease escaping from the fan
Keep the report with the maintenance log and fire risk assessment. It gives a dated record of the fan’s condition, which helps if anything changes later.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Cricklewood: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Cricklewood?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Cricklewood needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Can parking be tricky for a job in Cricklewood?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Cricklewood makes the visit easier to plan. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We can repair or replace it, and there’s a 24/7 emergency callout for breakdowns.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system and many insurers require the full system to be cleaned to TR19. In Cricklewood, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. 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, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- We are fully insured
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
What happens on the day
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. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Expect the work in Cricklewood to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Getting a quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.