Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Hackington, Kent
We cover Hackington for extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Do not run the kitchen with the extract off. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Extract fan cleaning in Hackington
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing and we clean it off. Common call-outs are for a fan coated in grease inside its housing and grease escaping from the fan outlet, on roof-mounted fans, in-line fans and discharge points.
For a kitchen in or near Hackington, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Hackington (CT2)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Hackington
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan, wearing bearings and mounts. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that has never been cleaned
A hospital like Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, about 1.7 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before you book
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What happens on the day
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Hackington knowing what to expect.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
Common questions in Hackington
Can school kitchens in Hackington be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Hackington. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll fit the work in.
Which fire service covers Hackington?
Fire safety enforcement in Hackington is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What affects the quote in Hackington
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
- Site rules, permits and inductions
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 play a part.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The postcode and the type of business
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Also near Hackington
More services for Hackington
Grease, kitchens and Hackington
Food Standards Agency records list about 20 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hackington. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hackington. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Hackington falls to Kent 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Cosmus and St Damian or anywhere around Hackington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Archbishop's School or anywhere near Hackington, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Hackington is about 2 miles north of Canterbury, in Kent. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Hackington and the rest of Kent. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 24 miles away.
We cover every part of CT2 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Link Road, Fleets Lane and Darwin Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Hackington include Tyler Hill (1 mile north-west), Blean (1 mile west), Honey Hill (2 miles north-west), Radfall (2 miles north) and Denstroude (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (14 miles south-west), Margate (14 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Ramsgate (15 miles east) and Whitstable (4 miles north-west).
Around Hackington
Typical jobs here are in premises near St Edmund's School, Ye Olde Beverlie Inn and St Stephen's Junior School and the streets around them. The closest station to Hackington is Canterbury West station, about 1.4 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Canterbury Castle (2 miles south) and Whitefriars Shopping Centre (1.9 miles south). Not far away are Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
When something else is needed
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.