Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Great Tew
Extract fan cleaning across Great Tew and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
When we have finished, the fan is reassembled and run. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Extract fan cleaning in Great Tew
Any fan serving a kitchen in Great Tew is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. The result is photographed for your records. If you’re dealing with hot, greasy smells near the fan and a fan that has never been cleaned, we can put it right, from centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and discharge points onwards.
Work in a small place like Great Tew starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Great Tew (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Great Tew
In Great Tew, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Great Tew is covered by Oxfordshire 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.
Where a hall near Church of St Michael and All Angels, or anywhere in Great Tew, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Great Tew is about 8 miles south-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Great Tew or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Great Tew is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients. Oxford is in our area too, about 17 miles from Great Tew.
All of OX7 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on The Square, Old Road and New Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Great Tew, we cover Little Tew (1 mile south-west), Swerford (2 miles north-west), Wigginton (2 miles north), South Newington (3 miles north) and Church Enstone (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Banbury (8 miles north-east), Bicester (12 miles east), Witney (12 miles south), Carterton (15 miles south-west), Kidlington (11 miles south-east) and Bure Park (12 miles east).
Around Great Tew
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Falkland Arms Public House, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Old Forge Museum (Great Tew) (under half a mile north) and Deddington Castle (4.9 miles east). Not far away are Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool.
FAQs for Great Tew
Can you get to a site in Great Tew?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Great Tew included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which fire service covers Great Tew?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Great Tew. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we will ask.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If cleaning shows a worn motor, bearings or impeller, we will tell you and quote for the repair.
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Places near Great Tew
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Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. The timing of a visit to Great Tew is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- 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.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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When to call us in Great Tew
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Great Tew as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan that has never been cleaned
For schools such as Great Tew County Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
- What insurance they carry
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
What affects the quote in Great Tew
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We typically come back within one working day.
Different parts, different methods
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
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. We clean them where they can be safely reached, with any limits noted.