West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Felpham extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Felpham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Felpham
Will you come out to Felpham?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Felpham is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Felpham?
Fire safety enforcement in Felpham is handled by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen cannot cook while we work. We work evenings, overnight or weekends, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
About our extract fan cleaning in Felpham
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. Common call-outs are for thick grease on the impeller and casing and hot, greasy smells near the fan, on centrifugal fans, axial fans and fan housings.
Kitchens around a place like Felpham 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Felpham (PO22, PO21)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Felpham
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. The difference throws the impeller off balance and puts strain on the bearings. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A motor area thick with grease
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Felpham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up, and we clear up before we go. Around Felpham, access is typically simpler than in a town centre, though gates and roof access are worth mentioning.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Related advice
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
How the job changes from site to site
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Roof-mounted fans
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. They’re cleaned where safe access allows, and anything we cannot reach is recorded.
Places near Felpham
What else we do in Felpham
Grease, kitchens and Felpham
The coast is only about 1 mile from Felpham. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. There are about 77 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 29 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Felpham, up to about a mile and a half out, 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. Felpham is covered by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hospital like Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital, about 1 mile west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Felpham Community College tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Felpham is about 1 mile east of Bognor Regis, in West Sussex. Felpham gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, and Felpham is one of them. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 19 miles away.
Every address in PO22 and PO21 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Sea Road, Ley Road and Limmer Lane and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include South Bersted (1 mile west), Flansham (1 mile north-east), Bognor Regis (1 mile west), Middleton-on-Sea (2 miles east) and Shripney (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Worthing (11 miles east), Chichester (6 miles north-west), Selsey (7 miles south-west), Littlehampton (6 miles east), Lancing (15 miles east) and Emsworth (13 miles west).
Landmarks near Felpham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Brooks Local Nature Reserve, The Thatched House and Downview Primary School and the streets around them. The closest station to Felpham is Bognor Regis station, roughly 1 mile west of the centre. A little further out are Bognor Regis Museum (1.2 miles south-west) and Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (1 mile west).
What happens if it’s left?
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. A quieter site near Felpham still needs its system looked after.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Every job surveyed first
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.