Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Galleywood, Essex
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Galleywood: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Grease stains around the discharge
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- An impeller that’s bent or split
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Galleywood
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 we clean it off. If you have a fan shaking on its mounts and weak extraction at the canopy, we can put it right.
Kitchens around a place like Galleywood are often in older buildings or single-storey 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.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Galleywood (CM2)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in Galleywood
How fast a fan gets greasy in Galleywood 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.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School or anywhere near Galleywood, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- What state the system is in
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Report rattles or humming early
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.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. In a smaller place like Galleywood, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Galleywood: your questions answered
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Galleywood?
Food hygiene inspections in Galleywood are carried out by Chelmsford council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire service covers Galleywood?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Galleywood. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen cannot cook while we work. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
Daily cooking hours set the minimum, under BESA guidance. Heavy use means at least every 3 months, light use at least every 12, fan included.
Can you clean the fan on its own?
Yes, a fan can be cleaned on its own. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
What the work involves, 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.
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Nearby places to Galleywood
What else we do in Galleywood
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Extract fan cleaning around Galleywood
The Food Standards Agency lists about 8 pubs and bars as registered food businesses in Galleywood and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Galleywood. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Galleywood are the job of Chelmsford council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Hylands is about 1.8 miles north-west), access may need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Baddow Hospital about 1.3 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Galleywood is about 3 miles south of Chelmsford, in Essex. Galleywood 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 area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Work in CM2 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You will find streets such as The Street, Attwoods Close and Markland Close, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Margaretting Tye (2 miles south-west), Margaretting (3 miles west), Stock (3 miles south-west), Ramsden Heath (4 miles south) and Downham (4 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (3 miles north), Basildon (9 miles south), Braintree (13 miles north), Brentwood (9 miles south-west), Maldon (9 miles east) and Canvey Island (13 miles south).
Local landmarks in Galleywood
In Galleywood, that means kitchens and buildings near Great Baddow High School, Galleywood Common and The Eagle Public House, among other places. The closest station to Galleywood is Chelmsford station, about 2.6 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Peter Edwards Museum And Library (2.3 miles north) and Baddow Hospital (1.3 miles east). Not far away are Hanningfield Reservoir.