Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Gosport, Hampshire
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Gosport. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
Why act early in Gosport
Cleaning the fan in Gosport now is a short job: it takes an hour or two for most single fans. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. A fault that closes a site in a village like Gosport affects everyone who depends on it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- We’re fully insured
- Every job surveyed first
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Trading since 2009
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How we handle extract fan cleaning in Gosport
We have been trading since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. The work covers in-line fans, axial fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are thick grease on the impeller and casing and less air being pulled from the kitchen.
In a small place like Gosport, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Gosport (SO51)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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FAQs for Gosport
Can the work in Gosport be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Gosport keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Gosport?
The local authority for Gosport is Test Valley council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan sits right in that path, so it’s cleaned too.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. File it with your other extract records.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
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 need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t start while we work. That means the extract is off, so we clean while the kitchen is closed.
The process
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Gosport, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, which means grease and wear add up quickly. Regular cleans help it keep going.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them, so the outlet area is checked too. We note any grease around the fan.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Run the extract throughout cooking
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.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
What we are called out for in Gosport
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
For schools such as Ampfield Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When the next visit should be, and why
Grease, kitchens and Gosport
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Gosport. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Fire safety in Gosport falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Gosport, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
A hospital like Romsey Community Hospital, about 2.2 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Where a hall near Church of St Mark, or anywhere in Gosport, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Gosport is about 2 miles east of Romsey, in Hampshire. For extract fan cleaning in and around Gosport, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. We work across South East England and London, Gosport included. Gosport is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Southampton, about 6 miles from Gosport.
Work in SO51 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Ampfield (1 mile north-east), Crampmoor (1 mile west), Knapp (1 mile north-east), Broadgate (1 mile east) and Lower Slackstead (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Winchester (6 miles north-east), Eastleigh (5 miles south-east), Fareham (15 miles south-east), Andover (14 miles north), Totton (7 miles south-west) and Hedge End (8 miles south-east).
What’s near Gosport
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to White Horse Public House and The Mountbatten School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Chandlers Ford station, about 2.6 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are King Johns House (2.9 miles west) and Romsey Community Hospital (2.2 miles west). The countryside around Gosport includes Emer Bog and Baddesley Common.