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Extract Fan Cleaning in Felsted
Extract fan cleaning across Felsted and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Felsted
Is Felsted within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Felsted is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Felsted in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 5 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Felsted. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen can’t cook while we work. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Can you clean the fan on its own?
Yes, where it makes sense. We’ll often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan normally means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Felsted
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing, and that’s what we clean. The work covers roof-mounted fans, fan housings and axial fans, and people most often call us about a heavily greased fan housing and a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease.
Somewhere as small as Felsted, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Felsted (CM6)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A fan that won’t start
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
We don’t publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The size of the system
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Parking and loading at the site
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
If the fan needs more than a clean, we’ll say so plainly. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
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.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. For a village or hamlet like Felsted, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
Why it’s worth doing now in Felsted
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the motor runs under more strain. A fault that closes a site in a village like Felsted affects everyone who depends on it.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why us?
- In business since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Every job surveyed first
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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 will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Part by part
Inline duct fans
Some fans are built into the duct itself. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing, once they’re isolated.
Wall fans
With little duct before them, wall fans collect grease fast. They may need cleaning as often as the canopy, which grease readings will show.
Places near Felsted
Other services in Felsted
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Felsted
Look up Felsted on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Felsted and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. It’s Uttlesford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Felsted. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Felsted. 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.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Felsted is Braintree Community Hospital, about 4.6 miles east. Where a hall near Church of the Holy Cross, or anywhere in Felsted, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Felsted Primary School or anywhere near Felsted, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Felsted is about 6 miles west of Braintree, in Essex. Felsted gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Felsted is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, about 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CM6. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Station Road, Braintree Road and Chelmsford Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around Felsted: Causeway End (1 mile south), Watch House Green (1 mile north-east), Little Dunmow (1 mile west), Bannister Green (1 mile east) and Brookstreet (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (9 miles south), Braintree (6 miles east), Harlow (15 miles south-west), Maldon (14 miles south-east), Witham (9 miles south-east) and Saffron Walden (14 miles north-west).
Near you in Felsted
Around Felsted, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Chequers pub. Well-known places in the area include Little Easton Moat (4.9 miles north-west) and Braintree Community Hospital (4.6 miles east). Open spaces near Felsted include Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve.