Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Harbledown, Kent
Extract fan cleaning for Harbledown and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Harbledown can be planned properly.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Preparing for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Related advice
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Harbledown
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. The work covers fan housings, in-line fans and axial fans, and people most often call us about a fan that no longer moves enough air and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Harbledown (CT2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Leave it or put it right?
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the motor works harder. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Harbledown is calmer for everyone.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- In business since 2009
- We’re fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Harbledown kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 183 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 31 takeaways across Harbledown and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Harbledown is covered by 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. Kitchens in Harbledown get their food hygiene inspections from Canterbury City council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A kitchen near Canterbury West station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as The Canterbury Primary School or anywhere near Harbledown, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Harbledown is about 1 mile west of Canterbury, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Harbledown, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Harbledown is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (23 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CT2. Whether your site is on Lanfranc Gardens, Mill Lane and Church Hill or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Harbledown, we cover Rough Common (1 mile north-west), Wincheap (1 mile south-east), Thanington (1 mile south), Upper Harbledown (1 mile west) and Canterbury (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover Ashford (13 miles south-west), Dover (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Folkestone (14 miles south), Whitstable (5 miles north) and Deal (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in Harbledown
Around Harbledown, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Whitehall Meadows, St Edmund's School and The Monument Inn, among other places. You will also find St Thomas of Canterbury Church (1.2 miles east) and The Canterbury Academy (less than half a mile south-east). The nearest railway station is Canterbury West station, about 0.8 miles east. A little further out are Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (0.9 miles east) and Sidney Cooper Museum (0.9 miles east). Not far away are Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Towns and villages near Harbledown
What else we do in Harbledown
Questions from Harbledown
Which fire service covers Harbledown?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Harbledown. 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 clean school canteen extracts around Harbledown out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 25 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Harbledown. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Is Harbledown in your area?
Yes. Harbledown is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
With the fan isolated, the extract isn’t running. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We can repair or replace it, and if it fails outright, our 24/7 emergency line is there.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Harbledown
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
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.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
When to call us in Harbledown
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that is left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Michael and All Angels Church, or anywhere in Harbledown, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.