Wokingham · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Crowthorne, Wokingham
We cover Crowthorne for extract fan cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Kitchen extracts in Crowthorne
Food Standards Agency records list about 20 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Crowthorne. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. In Crowthorne, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Bracknell Forest council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Crowthorne falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Crowthorne Methodist Church or elsewhere in Crowthorne, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Crowthorne is Pinewood Hospital, about 0.9 miles north.
Crowthorne is about 3 miles south-west of Bracknell, in Wokingham. Whether your site is in the middle of Crowthorne or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. 35 places in Wokingham are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Reading, roughly 9 miles from Crowthorne.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: RG45 and RG40. Local streets include Church Road East, Church Road West and High Street, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Main roads around Crowthorne include the A321 and B3348, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Crowthorne, we cover Owlsmoor (1 mile south-east), Home Farm (1 mile north-east), Wooden Hill (2 miles north-east), Sandhurst (2 miles south) and Hanworth (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Reading (9 miles north-west), Wokingham (3 miles north-west), Woodley (7 miles north-west), Earley (7 miles north-west), Lower Earley (6 miles north-west) and Winnersh (5 miles north-west). Crowthorne is one of the larger places we cover in Wokingham for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Crowthorne
Around Crowthorne, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near King Edward VI Aston School, The Prince pub and Edgbarrow Woods and the streets around them. Crowthorne’s nearest station is Crowthorne station, about 1 mile south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find The Lexicon (3.7 miles north-east) and Pinewood Hospital (0.9 miles north). Open spaces near Crowthorne include Wildmoor Heath and Heath Lake.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Crowthorne
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. The work covers in-line fans, fan housings and roof-mounted fans, and the jobs we see most are a motor area thick with grease and grease escaping from the fan outlet.
Around a town like Crowthorne, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Crowthorne (RG45, RG40)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Common questions in Crowthorne
Which fire authority looks after Crowthorne?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Crowthorne. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Who inspects food businesses in Crowthorne?
In Crowthorne, it’s Bracknell Forest council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
Daily cooking hours set the minimum in BESA guidance. Heavy use means at least every 3 months, light use at least every 12, fan included.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then call 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Why deal with it now?
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen can’t cook safely. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. If an inspection, an insurer’s survey or a fire risk assessment is coming up in Crowthorne, having the work done and recorded first helps.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Report rattles or humming early
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
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The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes an hour or two for most single fans. In a town like Crowthorne, we normally work after closing or on a quiet day, so the site opens again on time.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Crowthorne
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Crowthorne
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
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.
What we’re called out for in Crowthorne
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Crowthorne Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What paperwork you get at the end