East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Down Street extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Down Street and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A motor area thick with grease
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Down Street
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan and we clean it off. If you’re dealing with a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan, we can put it right, from discharge points, axial fans and roof-mounted fans onwards.
Somewhere as small as Down Street, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, 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 ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Down Street (TN22)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across East Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
FAQs for Down Street
Can you get to a site in Down Street?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Down Street included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Down Street?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Down Street. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we’ll book around them.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. File it with your other extract records.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Down Street?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
How the job changes from site to site
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Wall fans
Grease can mark the outside wall around the fan. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
Nearby places to Down Street
What else we do in Down Street
How the visit works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes an hour or two for most single fans. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Down Street.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- 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.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
How to get a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Down Street
A fan in Down Street builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: daily hours and the amount of frying and grilling. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
A hospital like Uckfield Community Hospital, about 3 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether VAT is included
- What paperwork you get at the end
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
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.
What affects the quote in Down Street
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- What state the system is in
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The size of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- 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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. TR19® Grease covers the whole extract, fan included, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What you get with us
- Trading since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Down Street kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs and bars registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Down Street. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Down Street falls to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. 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 Wealden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Down Street. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Fletching Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Andrew and St Mary, or anywhere in Down Street, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Down Street is about 3 miles north-west of Uckfield, in East Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Down Street, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Down Street is one of them. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 14 miles from Down Street.
Every address in TN22 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Maresfield (1 mile east), Budlett's Common (2 miles east), Newick (3 miles south-west), Founthill (3 miles south-west) and Ridgewood (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Seaford (15 miles south), Lewes (9 miles south), Hailsham (13 miles south-east), Crowborough (6 miles north-east), Uckfield (3 miles south-east) and Newhaven (14 miles south).
Around Down Street
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around West Park, among other places. The nearest railway station is Uckfield station, roughly 2.6 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Uckfield Community Hospital (3 miles south-east) and Heaven Farm Museum (2.8 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Brickfield Meadow.