Surrey · Extract fan cleaning
East Horsley extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for East Horsley, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that has never been cleaned
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the extract fan cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. For a place like East Horsley, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it cannot run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
About our extract fan cleaning in East Horsley
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. The work covers axial fans, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans, and people most often call us about a fan shaking on its mounts and a fan left out of previous cleans.
Kitchens around a place like East Horsley are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- East Horsley (KT24, KT11)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near East Horsley
What else we do in East Horsley
Common questions in East Horsley
Which fire authority looks after East Horsley?
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for East Horsley. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can a school canteen extract in East Horsley be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 6 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of East Horsley. Send us your term dates when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will fit the work in.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
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 isolated during cleaning?
The fan must be isolated before anyone touches it. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking is not affected.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. That helps when the fan needs attention before the next full clean, but it doesn’t replace a full TR19 clean.
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Do not store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in East Horsley?
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Look out for any of the following:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Hatchlands Park is about 2.3 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Proof of insurance
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If they look at the system before pricing
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Extract fan cleaning in East Horsley: the local picture
There are about 13 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central East Horsley, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. In East Horsley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Guildford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for East Horsley is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Martin or elsewhere in East Horsley, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Raleigh School or anywhere near East Horsley, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
East Horsley is about 5 miles west of Leatherhead, in Surrey. Whether your site is in the middle of East Horsley or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, East Horsley among them. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 7 miles away.
Every address in KT24 and KT11 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Glendene Avenue, Cobham Way and High Park Avenue, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside East Horsley, we cover West Horsley (1 mile west), Effingham (1 mile east), Ockham (2 miles north-west), East Clandon (3 miles south-west) and Ripley (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (7 miles west), Woking (7 miles north-west), Camberley (13 miles west), Epsom (8 miles north-east), Horley (13 miles south-east) and Redhill (12 miles east).
Near you in East Horsley
In East Horsley, that means kitchens and buildings near Howard of Effingham School, The Forest and the Highlands and Duke Of Wellington Public House, among other places. East Horsley has its own railway station: Horsley station. A little further out are Send and Ripley History Society Museum (3.2 miles north-west). Not far away are Papercourt Marshes and Boldermere Lake.
Part by part
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Why it’s worth doing now in East Horsley
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Booking now means the visit to East Horsley is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in East Horsley
- In business since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.