Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Haultwick, Hertfordshire
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Haultwick, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A motor area thick with grease
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
What happens on the day
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Visits to a village like Haultwick are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Haultwick
If the ducts are the arteries, the fan is the heart. A heart under strain works harder for less. We clean it, run it and note anything that needs a closer look so you get a clean bill of health. The work covers in-line fans, axial fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are a fan left out of previous cleans and grease escaping from the fan outlet.
For a kitchen in or near Haultwick, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Haultwick (SG11)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Haultwick
Haultwick is covered by Hertfordshire 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. Haultwick, about 27 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Aston Bury is about 3.9 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Parish Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Haultwick, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Haultwick is about 5 miles east of Stevenage, in Hertfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Haultwick or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, and Haultwick is one of them. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, about 26 miles away.
Every address in SG11 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on The Street, Frogs Hall Lane and Gifford's Lane and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Dane End (1 mile south), Whempstead (2 miles south-west), Burn's Green (2 miles west), Sacombe Green (2 miles south) and Sacombe (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Stevenage (5 miles west), St Albans (15 miles south-west), Bishop's Stortford (9 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (9 miles south-west), Harpenden (13 miles west) and Hitchin (10 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Haultwick
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Rest And Welcome Public House and Ralph Sadleir Middle School. For rail, the closest station is Watton-At-Stone station, roughly 3.6 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Benington Castle (2.6 miles west). The countryside around Haultwick includes Astonbury Wood.
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Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Haultwick
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The number of sites or systems
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How big the system is
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Hertfordshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Never cook with a filter missing
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.
Don’t run the kitchen with the extract off. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Haultwick: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Haultwick?
That’s Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work overnight in Haultwick?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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 without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, a full TR19 clean includes the fan. Anything that cannot be reached is recorded, so you always know what was cleaned.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What the work involves, part by part
Roof-mounted fans
Grease can escape from a roof fan onto the surrounding surface, so the outlet area is checked too. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
Fan housings and motors
Inside the casing, grease is thrown onto the walls. We clean it along with the blades.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It will not put right:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Damaged fan blades
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: 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.