Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Dean Street extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Dean Street and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Questions from Dean Street
Which council inspects kitchens in Dean Street?
In Dean Street, it’s Maidstone 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.
Do you cover smaller places like Dean Street?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Dean Street is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, it should be. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen can’t cook while we work. That’s why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Dean Street
If the extract fan in Dean Street has become noisy, weak or greasy? Tell us about it when you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll send you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Dean Street, normally within one working day. The work covers in-line fans, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans, and common reasons people get in touch are rough running from the extract fan and a motor area thick with grease.
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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Dean Street (ME15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Dean Street
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
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, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
What we’re called out for in Dean Street
The cooler the air, the more grease drops out, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. So grease often settles heavily there.
Clients typically contact us after spotting something like this:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of Saint Mary or elsewhere in Dean Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What to look for in a quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
The photo report shows the fan before and after cleaning. It notes what was done and anything that couldn’t be reached, along with the recommended next clean date.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Dean Street kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 18 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 17 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Dean Street. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Dean Street sits within the area of Kent 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. It’s Maidstone council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Dean Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A kitchen near East Farleigh station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. School kitchens, at schools like East Farleigh Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Dean Street is about 2 miles south-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Sites in Dean Street get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Dean Street among them.
Our technicians cover all of the ME15 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. You will find streets such as Forge Lane and Dean Street, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Dean Street, we cover East Farleigh (1 mile west), Coxheath (1 mile south), Fant (1 mile north), Kettle Corner (1 mile west) and Farleigh Green (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (14 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west), Gravesend (13 miles north), Tonbridge (10 miles west) and Northfleet (14 miles north-west).
What’s near Dean Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near Walnut Tree pub, St Augustine Academy and Quarry Wood and the streets around them. The closest station to Dean Street is East Farleigh station, roughly 0.6 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Allington Castle (3 miles north) and Fremlin Walk (2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Boxley Hills.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
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How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Dean Street.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it cannot run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.