Essex · Extract fan cleaning

Great Baddow extract fan cleaning

One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Great Baddow, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.

  • A fan coated in grease inside its housing
  • A motor area thick with grease
  • A fan that hums, whines or rumbles

Need extract fan cleaning in Great Baddow?

Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Great Baddow

Any fan serving a kitchen in Great Baddow is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. The result is photographed for your records. Typical jobs include a fan that has never been cleaned and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, across axial fans, fan housings and centrifugal fans.

Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Great Baddow gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.

The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.

Inside an extract duct: heavy deposits on the left, cleaned metal on the right
Place
Great Baddow (CM2)
Wider area
Essex
Reporting
Certificate and photo report
Price
A fixed quote up front
When we work
After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
Phone
0345 646 2711
Checked
30 October 2026

Looking after it afterwards

Once we have finished, these simple steps help:

  • Keep records of every fan clean
  • Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
  • Watch for grease marks around the outlet
  • Check the report shows the fan was cleaned

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. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.

What we do, step by step

We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or two for most single fans. We plan the journey to Great Baddow and bring what the job is likely to need.

  1. First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
  2. With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
  3. We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
  4. We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
  5. It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.

Preparing for the visit

  • Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
  • Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
  • Move anything stored near the system

Get a fixed quote

Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.

Get a price

Advice

Extract fan cleaning around Great Baddow

There are about 121 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 19 takeaways in Great Baddow and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. It’s Chelmsford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Baddow. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Great Baddow falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.

Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Baddow Hospital is the nearest hospital to Great Baddow, about 0.6 miles south. School kitchens, at schools like Baddow Hall Infant School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Great Baddow, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.

Great Baddow is about 2 miles south-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. From the centre of Great Baddow to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Great Baddow is one of 644 places in Essex we cover for extract fan cleaning.

All of CM2 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as New Road, High Street and Colley Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Great Baddow, we cover Sandon (1 mile east), Butt's Green (2 miles south-east), Springfield (2 miles north), Little Baddow (3 miles north-east) and Boreham (4 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Basildon (10 miles south), Braintree (12 miles north), Brentwood (10 miles south-west), Maldon (8 miles east), Canvey Island (14 miles south) and Billericay (7 miles south-west).

Near you in Great Baddow

Typical jobs here are in premises near Oaklands Park, White Horse Inn and The Sandon School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Chelmsford station, about 2 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Bond Street Chelmsford (1.6 miles north-west) and Baddow Hospital (0.6 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Newland Grove.

Map of Great Baddow © OpenStreetMap contributors

Different parts, different methods

Roof-mounted fans

A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.

Impellers and blades

Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.

When it’s something else

We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:

  • An impeller that’s bent or split
  • Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
  • A fan that was never right for the kitchen

Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.

Where we work

  • Roof-mounted fans
  • Discharge points
  • Fan housings
  • Axial fans
  • Centrifugal fans
  • In-line fans

For landlords and multi-site operators

Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.

Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.

FAQs for Great Baddow

Can you come to Great Baddow after we close?

Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.

Do you work in villages like Great Baddow?

Yes, Great Baddow is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.

Can you look after several sites?

Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.

What does extract fan cleaning cost?

There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before work begins.

Why has my extract fan got louder?

Build-up on the impeller is a frequent reason, since uneven grease makes it run out of balance. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.

How do you keep the site clean during the work?

By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.

What should I send you?

Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.

What happens if you can’t reach some of it?

We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.

Staff cleaning versus specialist work

Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.

A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.

Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Great Baddow

The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:

  • The scale of the work
  • How many systems or sites are involved
  • How easy every part is to reach
  • Parking and loading at the site

One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.

What we need to know

Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:

  • Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
  • Where the site is and what kind of site it is
  • Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
  • Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall

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 we start.

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