Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Great Leighs, Essex
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Great Leighs: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Extract fan cleaning in Great Leighs
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. The work covers axial fans, fan housings and roof-mounted fans, and people most often call us about a noisy fan that has got louder over time and a smell of hot grease from the extract.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Great Leighs (CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
Wall fans
Grease can mark the outside wall around the fan. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
Common problems we fix in Great Leighs
A greasy fan in Great Leighs is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like William Julien Courtauld Hospital about 3.6 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
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What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- What state the system is in
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Any permits to work or inductions
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
What happens if it’s left?
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller doesn’t stay small. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. It’s simpler to plan the work at Great Leighs now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why Great Leighs businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Full insurance on every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Honest limits
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Great Leighs
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Great Leighs
Do you work overnight in Great Leighs?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Great Leighs can fit around your hours. Just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Do you work in villages like Great Leighs?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Great Leighs included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
The fan follows the full system’s interval at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Great Leighs before we set off.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Related advice
Grease, kitchens and Great Leighs
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs, bars and clubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Great Leighs. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Environmental health officers from Chelmsford council inspect food businesses in Great Leighs. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Great Leighs is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Great Leighs Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Evangelist or anywhere around Great Leighs, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Great Leighs is about 4 miles south-west of Braintree, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Great Leighs, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 6 miles away.
All of CM3 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Aragon Road, Fortune Close and Audley Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Great Leighs, we cover Gubbion's Green (1 mile east), Young's End (1 mile north-east), Fuller Street (1 mile south-east), Row Green (2 miles north-east) and Fairstead (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (6 miles south), Braintree (4 miles north-east), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Billericay (14 miles south), Witham (6 miles east) and Wickford (15 miles south).
Landmarks near Great Leighs
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Castle pub and the streets around them. Great Leighs’s nearest station is Cressing station, roughly 3.4 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include William Julien Courtauld Hospital (3.6 miles north-east). Open spaces near Great Leighs include Sandylay and Moat Woods.