Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Gillingham, Medway
Our technicians work in Gillingham on extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that has never been cleaned
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Gillingham
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. We are often asked to deal with fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, across centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and in-line fans.
In the busier parts of Gillingham, kitchens are often on the ground floor with flats or offices above, and the extract can climb several storeys before it discharges. A riser needs proper access to be cleaned top to bottom, and anything we cannot reach goes on the report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Whether several sites go on one quote
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will talk you through it.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Getting a quote does not take long. 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.
What else we do in Gillingham
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Gillingham
Which environmental health team covers Gillingham?
The local authority for Gillingham is Medway council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can the work in Gillingham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Gillingham keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Usually not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
An unbalanced impeller, typically from uneven grease, is a common cause. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, we do. We record it as a fan-only clean, so your TR19 records stay accurate. The whole system still needs cleaning at the intervals in BESA guidance.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Grease, kitchens and Gillingham
At about 2 miles from the coast, Gillingham is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency records include about 15 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Gillingham. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Gillingham falls to Kent 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Featherby Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Medway Maritime Hospital (about 1.6 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Church and community hall kitchens, near Holy Trinity Church or anywhere around Gillingham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Gillingham is about 30 miles east of London, in Medway. From the centre of Gillingham to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Gillingham is one of 68 places in Medway we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 8 miles away.
Every address in ME8, ME7, ME4 and ME5 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as Leeds Square, London Road and Dorset Square, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Gillingham is on the A2 and A231, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Gillingham: Twydall (1 mile east), Lower Twydall (1 mile north-east), Grange (1 mile north), Darland (1 mile south-west) and Hale (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Rochester (4 miles west), Strood (4 miles west), Lordswood (3 miles south-west), Hoo St Werburgh (4 miles north), Rochester Riverside (3 miles north-west) and Walderslade (3 miles south-west). Gillingham is one of the larger places we cover in Medway for extract fan cleaning.
What’s near Gillingham
In Gillingham, that means kitchens and buildings near The Robert Napier School, The Robert Napier School and The Star pub. The closest station to Gillingham is Gillingham (Kent) station, about 1.5 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include Medway Maritime Hospital (1.6 miles west) and Six Poor Travellers House (3.3 miles west). The countryside around Gillingham includes Blue Bell Hill and Bishop Saltings.
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Never cook with a filter missing
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. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Different parts, different methods
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease on and around the motor can trap heat, so the surrounding area is cleaned carefully.
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In Gillingham, bigger jobs are often split over several out-of-hours visits.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A fan that will not start
- Damaged fan blades
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Why deal with it now?
Cleaning the fan in Gillingham now is a short job: the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. The longer a system in Gillingham goes without attention, the more there is to clean or fix.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why Gillingham businesses choose us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
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