East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Guestling Green, East Sussex
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for commercial sites in Guestling Green and across East Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
Questions from Guestling Green
Can sea air affect extract fan cleaning in Guestling Green?
It can, as Guestling Green is within about 2 miles of the sea, where salt in the air is hard on metal. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Guestling Green during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Food Standards Agency records list about 3 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Guestling Green. You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
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.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
A single accessible fan does not take long, while fans on high roofs or in tight voids take longer. We plan it out of hours.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If we find wear or damage, we will explain it and send you a fixed quote.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
Extract fan cleaning in Guestling Green
Grease on a fan isn’t spread evenly. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. The work covers in-line fans, fan housings and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease and thick grease on the impeller and casing.
For a kitchen in or near Guestling Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Guestling Green (TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition we find in the survey
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The scale of the work
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What we need to know
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, 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.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Guestling Green kitchens: local notes
At about 2 miles from the coast, Guestling Green is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Guestling Green. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Guestling Green. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Conquest Hospital about 3 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Where a hall near St Laurence's Church, or anywhere in Guestling Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Guestling Green is about 4 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Guestling Green 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. Guestling Green is one of 289 places in East Sussex where we work for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 26 miles from Guestling Green.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: TN35. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Chapel Lane, Higham Gardens and Winchelsea Road and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Guestling Green, we cover Guestling (1 mile south-west), Friar's Hill (1 mile south-east), Bachelor's Bump (1 mile south-west), Fairlight (1 mile south-east) and Pett (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Hastings (4 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles south-west), St Leonards (4 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (3 miles south-west), Belmont (3 miles south-west) and Langney (15 miles south-west).
Near you in Guestling Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Buckswood School, The Hope Public House and The Hastings Academy. The nearest railway station is Three Oaks station, roughly 1.1 miles north-west. A little further out are Hastings Castle (3.3 miles south-west) and Priory Meadow Shopping Centre (3.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
What a clean won’t put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- An impeller that’s bent or split
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Guestling Green
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
When we’ve finished, the fan is reassembled and run. Anything we notice, like noise, vibration or a worn part, goes on the report, so you can plan any repair.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two for most single fans. The timing of a visit to Guestling Green is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Guestling Green
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. When filters do not seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Weak extraction at the canopy
For schools such as Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How VAT is shown on the quote
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across East Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.