East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Five Ashes, East Sussex
Extract fan cleaning across Five Ashes and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
About our extract fan cleaning in Five Ashes
We’ve been trading since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. Typical jobs include a noisy fan that has got louder over time and a fan that has never been cleaned, across roof-mounted fans, centrifugal fans and in-line fans.
In a village or hamlet like Five Ashes, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
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.
- Where
- Five Ashes (TN20)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The condition of the system
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- A few general shots of the system
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Five Ashes?
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Five Ashes is Crowborough War Memorial Hospital, about 4.3 miles north-west.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Five Ashes kitchens: local notes
The fire and rescue service for Five Ashes is East Sussex 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. At about 37 miles from central London, Five Ashes sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Five Ashes CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of the Good Shepherd, or anywhere in Five Ashes, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Five Ashes is about 4 miles south-east of Crowborough, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Five Ashes or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Five Ashes is one of them. We also work in Brighton, about 19 miles from Five Ashes.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: TN20. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Westfield Close, Leeds Lane and Spring Lane and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Skippers Hill (1 mile north), Butcher's Cross (1 mile north), Woolbridge (1 mile north-east), Wellbrook (1 mile north-east) and Mayfield (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (15 miles south), Bexhill-on-Sea (15 miles south-east), Lewes (13 miles south-west), Hailsham (10 miles south), Crowborough (4 miles north-west) and Uckfield (6 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Five Ashes
Typical jobs here are in premises near Skippers Hill Manor School and The Five Ashes Inn and the streets around them. Five Ashes’s nearest station is Crowborough station, about 3.3 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Tickerage Castle (3.8 miles south-west) and Crowborough War Memorial Hospital (4.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Selwyns Wood.
FAQs for Five Ashes
Do you work overnight in Five Ashes?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Five Ashes can fit around your hours. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Can you get to a site in Five Ashes?
Yes. Five Ashes is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
It has to be off and isolated, for safety. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking is not affected.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. Some fans need attention sooner.
How much notice do you need?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Never cook with a filter missing
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
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How the visit works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Somewhere as small as Five Ashes, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.