West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Gay Street extract fan cleaning
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Gay Street, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
FAQs for Gay Street
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Gay Street?
In Gay Street, it’s Horsham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work at weekends in Gay Street?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Gay Street can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and give you a fixed quote.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
Before and after photos go into a report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Are you accredited?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
Extract fan cleaning in Gay Street
Any fan serving a kitchen in Gay Street is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. Typical jobs include grease around the motor and its mounts and weak extraction at the canopy, across centrifugal fans, in-line fans and axial fans.
Somewhere as small as Gay Street, 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.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Gay Street (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Extract fan cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- A motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Gay Street
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
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’s where we come in.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- File the fan’s report with your other records
Once it’s clean, the fan is closed up and run to check it’s working smoothly. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
What affects the quote in Gay Street
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The size of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The number of sites or systems
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any previous report or certificate
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Common problems we fix in Gay Street
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan, wearing bearings and mounts. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Old Place Manor, about 2.4 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses near Gay Street; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Before you book anyone
- Proof of insurance
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Gay Street, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. The survey makes sure it’s part of the clean.
Fan housings and motors
We clean around the motor without soaking its electrics, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease on and around the motor can trap heat, so we clean what we safely can.
Gay Street kitchens: local notes
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Gay Street. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Gay Street is about 40 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
For kitchens in and around Gay Street, the clean covers everything from the canopy to the discharge.
Gay Street is about 9 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Anywhere in RH20, we can take on extract fan cleaning. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, large and small. We also work in Brighton, around 17 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in RH20 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include North Heath (1 mile north-west), Nutbourne (1 mile south), Broomershill (1 mile south-west), West Chiltington (2 miles south) and Codmore Hill (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Crawley (15 miles north-east), Horsham (9 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south), Burgess Hill (15 miles east), Littlehampton (12 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles south-east).
What’s near Gay Street
Gay Street’s nearest station is Pulborough station, roughly 2.7 miles south-west. Not far away are The Mens.