Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Dibden extract fan cleaning
Looking for extract fan cleaning in Dibden? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
What a clean will not put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Extract fan cleaning in Dibden
If the extract fan in Dibden has become noisy, weak or greasy? Tell us about it when you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and you will get a fixed price, typically within one working day. The work covers fan housings, axial fans and in-line fans, and the jobs we see most are a heavily greased fan housing and an extract fan with no cleaning record.
Kitchens around a place like Dibden are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Dibden (SO45)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Dibden
Dibden lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 17 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 11 takeaways and sandwich shops across Dibden and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. The fire and rescue service for Dibden is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Medieval Merchant's House is about 2.5 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Dibden, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Dibden is about 1 mile west of Hythe, in Hampshire. We carry out extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Dibden and the rest of Hampshire. Dibden is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients.
All of SO45 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Cavalier Close, Cathay Gardens and Canterbury Drive or a nearby road, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Dibden Purlieu (1 mile south-east), Hythe (1 mile east), Marchwood (2 miles north-west), Beaulieu (3 miles south) and The Hummicks (4 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (14 miles north), Gosport (13 miles east), Eastleigh (8 miles north-east), Fareham (10 miles east), Totton (5 miles north-west) and Chandler's Ford (8 miles north).
Near you in Dibden
Around Dibden, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Testwood School and Orchard Junior School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Southampton Town Quay station, roughly 2.2 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Royal South Hants Hospital (3.5 miles north) and Westquay (2.8 miles north).
Places near Dibden
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Part by part
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and it collects grease unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Wall fans
Grease can mark the outside wall around the fan. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
How the visit works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the extract fan cleaning, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Everything the job in Dibden needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
What affects the quote in Dibden
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- The size of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The postcode and the type of business
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. That stains surfaces and can add to the fire risk outside the building, which is one more reason to keep it clean. Light use slows the build-up but doesn’t stop it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why Dibden businesses choose us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- In business since 2009
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
What we’re called out for in Dibden
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal South Hants Hospital is the nearest hospital to Dibden, about 3.5 miles north.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What hours they’ll be on site
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
FAQs for Dibden
Who inspects food businesses in Dibden?
That is New Forest council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Dibden. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Does being near the coast affect extract fan cleaning in Dibden?
It can. Salt air reaches Dibden, which is within about 2 miles of the coast, and it speeds up rust. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. The visit is timed for when the area isn’t in use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we are there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before we start.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits.