Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Fareham Common extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Fareham Common from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Fareham Common
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Wykeham House School or anywhere near Fareham Common, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the price is fixed
About our extract fan cleaning in Fareham Common
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers fan housings, discharge points and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are hot, greasy smells near the fan and grease escaping from the fan outlet.
In a smaller place like Fareham Common, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Fareham Common (PO16, PO14)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Leave a clear route to the fan
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 whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Everything the job in Fareham Common needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
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What affects the quote in Fareham Common
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Different parts, different methods
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them and we check the area around the outlet. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
Fareham Common kitchens: local notes
Fareham Common is within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency records include about 20 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Fareham Common. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In Fareham Common, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Fareham council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or anywhere around Fareham Common, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run a café or takeaway near Fareham station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Fareham Common is about 1 mile east of Fareham, in Hampshire. Fareham Common gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small.
All of PO16 and PO14 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. You will find streets such as Bath Lane, Osborn Road and High Street, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Fareham Common is on the A32, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Fareham Common include Wallington (1 mile north-east), Fareham (1 mile west), North Fareham (1 mile north), Boarhunt (2 miles north-east) and Crockerhill (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Gosport (3 miles south), Havant (8 miles east), Eastleigh (11 miles north-west), Horndean (8 miles north-east), Totton (15 miles west) and Chandler's Ford (13 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Fareham Common
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Harrison Primary School, The Red Lion Hotel and Cams Hill School. The closest station to Fareham Common is Fareham station, about 0.8 miles west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Portchester Castle (2.8 miles east) and Carron Row Farm Museum (2.6 miles west). The countryside around Fareham Common includes West of the River Alver and Portsdown Hill.
What a clean will not put right
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that won’t start
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
FAQs for Fareham Common
Which council inspects kitchens in Fareham Common?
Kitchens in Fareham Common are inspected by Fareham council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you cover smaller places like Fareham Common?
Yes, Fareham Common is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t start while we work. With the extract off, the kitchen can’t cook, so we work out of hours.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Fareham Common?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Ask us for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.