Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Gravesend, Hertfordshire
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Gravesend, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Grease stains around the discharge
Extract fan cleaning in Gravesend
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. Each is isolated and opened in its own way and the survey shows us how to reach it. If you are dealing with grease stains around the discharge and hot, greasy smells near the fan, we can put it right, from centrifugal fans, in-line fans and fan housings onwards.
Somewhere as small as Gravesend, 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, whatever the size of the place.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Gravesend (SG11)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan cleaning around Gravesend
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Gravesend. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Gravesend. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Gravesend get their food hygiene inspections from East Hertfordshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Gravesend (Much Hadham Palace is about 3.6 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. School kitchens, at schools like Albury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Gravesend is about 4 miles north-west of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. Sites in Gravesend get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, and Gravesend is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 21 miles away.
Work in SG11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Albury (1 mile west), Clapgate (1 mile south-east), Furneux Pelham (2 miles north), Braughing (3 miles west) and Hay Street (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Stevenage (12 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (4 miles south-east), Welwyn Garden City (14 miles south-west), Hoddesdon (12 miles south-west), Cheshunt (15 miles south-west) and Hertford (11 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Gravesend
Around Gravesend, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Catherine Wheel pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Gravesend is Bishops Stortford station, roughly 4.2 miles south-east. A little further out are Herts and Essex Hospital (4.6 miles south-east) and Bishops Stortford Local History Museum (3.1 miles south-east).
Gravesend questions
Can you come to Gravesend after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Who inspects food businesses in Gravesend?
Food hygiene inspections in Gravesend are carried out by East Hertfordshire council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
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.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, it should be. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
When to call us in Gravesend
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan left out of previous cleans
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Herts and Essex Hospital is the nearest hospital to Gravesend, about 4.6 miles south-east.
Before booking anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What paperwork you get at the end
Leave it or put it right?
Cleaning the fan in Gravesend now is a short job: the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. A fault that closes a site in a village like Gravesend 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. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What you get with us
- We’re fully insured
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Photo reports with every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- An impeller that’s bent or split
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A fan that will not start
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
How it works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. For a village or hamlet like Gravesend, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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What else we do in Gravesend
Part by part
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. A clean fan is less likely to strain, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Gravesend
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The size of the system
- The times the site is available
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- A few general shots of the system
- The postcode and the type of business
If you need extract fan cleaning in Gravesend, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Gravesend
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.