Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Deal extract fan cleaning
We cover Deal for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan shaking on its mounts
What happens if it’s left?
Cleaning the fan in Deal now is a short job: the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. Booking now keeps it a routine visit to Deal rather than an urgent one.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Deal
- A written report with photos after each visit
- In business since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
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Extract fan cleaning in Deal, done properly
If the extract fan in Deal has become noisy, weak or greasy? Tell us about it when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will give you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Deal, usually within one working day. The work covers in-line fans, fan housings and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are grease around the motor and its mounts and vibration from an unbalanced impeller.
Most kitchens in a town like Deal cannot close for a day, so the work is done after service, overnight or on a closed day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Deal (CT14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Leave a clear route to the fan
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.
Do not run the kitchen with the extract off. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Deal: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Deal?
In Deal, it’s Dover council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Deal out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 12 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Deal. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we will plan around them.
How much notice should we give?
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.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
A clean won’t mend wear. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, if the fan needs it. We’ll often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan normally means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. For a site in a town like Deal, tell us your opening hours, where we can park and how we reach the roof or plant.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
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What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The times the site is available
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How easy every part is to reach
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The site address and the type of premises
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Grease, kitchens and Deal
The coast is only about 1 mile from Deal. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. The FSA’s data shows about 34 pubs and bars and about 5 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered in Deal and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Deal. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
For schools such as Castle Community College, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Deal (Walmer Castle is about 1.2 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
Deal is about 14 miles east of Canterbury, in Kent. For extract fan cleaning in and around Deal, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, including Deal. Deal is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 38 miles from Deal.
Extract fan cleaning in CT14 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on London Road, Forelands Square and Herschell Square or a nearby road, we can help. Deal is on the A258 and B2056, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Deal, we cover Mill Hill (1 mile west), Walmer (1 mile south), Sholden (1 mile north-west), Sholden Meadows (1 mile north-west) and Great Mongeham (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (14 miles west), Margate (11 miles north), Dover (7 miles south-west), Folkestone (13 miles south-west), Ramsgate (8 miles north) and Broadstairs (10 miles north).
What’s near Deal
Around Deal, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Betteshanger Park, Brickmakers Arms and Deal Parochial Church of England Primary School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Deal station, roughly 0.5 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Kent Museum of the Moving Image (0.6 miles north-east) and Deal Castle (0.5 miles east).
What we are called out for in Deal
Grease condenses as the air cools, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. That makes it a natural place for grease to settle.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A heavily greased fan housing
If you cook for passing trade around Deal station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Before booking anyone
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.