Surrey · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Farleigh
For extract fan cleaning in Farleigh, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Farleigh
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. The way in depends on the type and the survey shows us how to reach it. The work covers axial fans, centrifugal fans and in-line fans, and people most often call us about a motor area thick with grease and a heavily greased fan housing.
Somewhere as small as Farleigh, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of 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 to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Farleigh (CR6)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re 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 most single fans. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Farleigh knowing what to expect.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- 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
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. 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.
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Farleigh: your questions answered
Is Farleigh within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Farleigh during the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Around Farleigh, the Food Standards Agency lists about 6 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Evenings, nights and weekends are normal working hours for us, so the site doesn’t lose a service.
How long is a fan clean?
A single accessible fan does not take long, but hard-to-reach fans take more time. We plan it 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 affects the quote in Farleigh
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Any permits to work or inductions
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What the work involves, part by part
Fan housings and motors
Belt-driven fans have a drive belt and pulleys that can collect grease. Belts and pulleys are checked and cleaned where safe for your records.
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. We isolate it, then clean the blades and housing.
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Farleigh?
How fast a fan gets greasy in Farleigh depends on the cooking: how many hours a day the kitchen runs and what it cooks. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
Clients normally contact us when they notice one of these:
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Meridian High School or anywhere near Farleigh, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger and the motor works harder. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
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 unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
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Extract fan cleaning in Farleigh: the local picture
Look up Farleigh on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 15 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 12 takeaways in Farleigh and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. In Farleigh, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tandridge council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Farleigh is covered by Surrey 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Addington Palace is about 2.2 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 St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Farleigh, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Farleigh is about 4 miles north-east of Caterham, in Surrey. We provide extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Farleigh and the rest of Surrey. Our Surrey coverage runs to 395 places, and Farleigh is one of them. Our London page covers sites nearby (12 miles or so).
All of CR6 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Farleigh Court Road and Old Farleigh Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Chelsham (1 mile south), Fickleshole (1 mile east), Forestdale (1 mile north), New Addington (1 mile north-east) and Hamsey Green (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Epsom (10 miles west), Horley (12 miles south-west), Redhill (9 miles south-west), Ewell (10 miles west), Reigate (10 miles south-west) and Caterham (4 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Farleigh
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Ledgers Wood and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Upper Warlingham station, about 2.3 miles south-west. Nearby you will also find Warlingham Park Hospital (0.6 miles south) and East Surrey Museum (3.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Farleigh includes Nore Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.