West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Hammerwood extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Hammerwood and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A motor area thick with grease
- Burning smells from the fan area
About our extract fan cleaning in Hammerwood
Grease on a fan is not spread evenly. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. A thorough clean removes the cause. If you have a heavily greased fan housing and a noisy fan that has got louder over time, we can help, from fan housings, centrifugal fans and axial fans onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Hammerwood (RH19)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Hammerwood run smoothly.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Advice
Questions from Hammerwood
Can you come to Hammerwood after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Is Hammerwood within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Hammerwood is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
At least as often as the rest of the extract, which BESA guidance sets by daily cooking hours: every 3, 6 or 12 months. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. That helps when the fan needs attention before the next full clean, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
Which sectors do you work in?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep records of every fan clean
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.
How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and blades
The impeller is the spinning part that moves the air, and it collects grease unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The scale of the work
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
What we are called out for in Hammerwood
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A motor area thick with grease
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Queen Victoria Hospital (about 1.9 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before you book
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether VAT is included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Also near Hammerwood
What else we do in Hammerwood
Kitchen extracts in Hammerwood
In Hammerwood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Hammerwood sits within the area of West Sussex 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Hammerwood Park is about 0.8 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Where a hall near Church of St Stephen, or anywhere in Hammerwood, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Hammerwood is about 3 miles east of East Grinstead, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Hammerwood, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Hammerwood is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 22 miles away.
We cover every part of the RH19 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If your site is just outside Hammerwood, we cover Ashurst Wood (2 miles south-west), Cowden (2 miles east), Dormansland (2 miles north-west), Dormans Park (2 miles west) and East Grinstead (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Crawley (10 miles west), Haywards Heath (11 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (15 miles south-west), Broadfield (11 miles west), Bewbush (12 miles west) and Southgate (10 miles west).
What’s near Hammerwood
The nearest railway station is Dormans station, roughly 2.4 miles north-west. Nearby you will also find Bolebroke Castle (2.9 miles south-east) and East Grinstead Museum (2.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Hedgecourt Lake.