Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar, Kent
One call covers extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Grease stains around the discharge
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar?
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A motor area thick with grease
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
A hospital like Ramsgate General Hospital, about 4.2 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What insurance they carry
- What records you will receive afterwards
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. The way in depends on the type and the survey shows us how to reach it. If you’re dealing with a motor area thick with grease and rough running from the extract fan, we can help, from roof-mounted fans, fan housings and in-line fans onwards.
In a small place like Great Stonar, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Great Stonar (CT13)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar
Which environmental health team covers Great Stonar?
Kitchens in Great Stonar are inspected by Dover council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Which fire authority looks after Great Stonar?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Which accreditations do you hold?
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.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What happens if it’s left?
A greasy fan at the discharge can spread grease onto the roof or wall around it. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. If the system at a site near Great Stonar fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
- Photo reports with every job
- Fully insured
See how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Great Stonar kitchens: local notes
Great Stonar is within about 2 miles of the coast. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 24 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 6 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Great Stonar. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Great Stonar sits within the area of 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary's Church or elsewhere in Great Stonar, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. School kitchens, at schools like Sandwich Infant School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Great Stonar is about 5 miles south-west of Ramsgate, in Kent. Great Stonar gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Great Stonar is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 35 miles from Great Stonar.
We cover every part of the CT13 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Kitchener Drive, Spitfire Way and Hugin Lane, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Sandwich (1 mile south), Cooper Street (2 miles west), East Street (2 miles west), Marshborough (2 miles south-west) and Woodnesborough (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (11 miles west), Margate (7 miles north), Dover (10 miles south), Ramsgate (5 miles north-east), Broadstairs (6 miles north-east) and Whitstable (14 miles west).
Local landmarks in Great Stonar
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Prince's Beachlands, Sir Roger Manwood's School and Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms. For rail, the closest station is Sandwich station, roughly 1.2 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Precinct Toy Collection (0.8 miles south) and Sandown Castle (4.3 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Monk's Wall nature reserve.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Great Stonar
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Run the extract throughout cooking
If the fan needs more than a clean, we will say so plainly. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Great Stonar
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What happens on the day
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. For a village or hamlet like Great Stonar, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed 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 we can price many jobs without a visit.