Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Felden extract fan cleaning
Specialist extract fan cleaning for Felden: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Common questions in Felden
Can school kitchens in Felden be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 17 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Felden. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which environmental health team covers Felden?
Kitchens in Felden are inspected by Dacorum council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Felden?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
How long is a fan clean?
It takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Your quote will give an idea.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® itself is not law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
About our extract fan cleaning in Felden
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. If you have vibration from an unbalanced impeller and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, we can help.
In a smaller place like Felden, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later 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.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Felden (HP3, WD4)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Report grease escaping from 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. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Make sure the fan is reachable. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
More services for Felden
Part by part
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: cracks, bent blades or wear. Anything we see goes on the report.
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two for most single fans. A site near Felden normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Related advice
When to call us in Felden
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Hemel Hempstead Hospital (about 1.5 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the price is fixed
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Grease, kitchens and Felden
The Food Standards Agency lists about 16 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Felden. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Dacorum council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Felden. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Felden. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Felden, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Commuter trade near Apsley station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Felden is about 2 miles south of Hemel Hempstead, in Hertfordshire. We provide extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Felden and the rest of Hertfordshire. We cover 381 places across Hertfordshire, large and small. London is in our area too, around 22 miles away.
We cover every part of HP3 and WD4 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Pond Road, Rose Lane and Lower Road and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Nash Mills (1 mile east), Rucklers Lane (1 mile south), Apsley (1 mile north-west), Bennetts End (1 mile north-east) and Kings Langley (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Watford (5 miles south-east), St Albans (6 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (12 miles east), Harpenden (8 miles north-east), Hatfield (10 miles east) and Borehamwood (9 miles south-east).
Near you in Felden
In Felden, that means kitchens and buildings near Kings Langley School and The Paper Mill pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Felden itself: Apsley station. Nearby you’ll also find Hemel Hempstead Hospital (1.5 miles north). Open spaces near Felden include Long Deans and Verulamium Lake.
Why it’s worth doing now in Felden
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- In business since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
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