Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Hayes, Greater London
Extract fan cleaning across Hayes and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan that has never been cleaned
How it works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. 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. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we are happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Hayes.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
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 any work starts.
Advice
Extract fan cleaning in Hayes
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing, and that’s what we clean. We’re often asked to deal with grease stains around the discharge and a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease, on fan housings, axial fans and centrifugal fans.
In a London area like Hayes, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Hayes (UB3, UB4, UB8, UB10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Hayes
Do you work at weekends in Hayes?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
How do you handle parking and loading in Hayes?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Hayes makes the visit easier to plan. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. Some fans need attention sooner.
How long is a fan clean?
That depends on the fan’s size, its position and how much grease there is. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for most single fans.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Hayes?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before any work starts.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What a clean will not put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A fan that will not start
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Hayes
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Hayes kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 22 pubs, bars and clubs and about 3 hotels and guest houses across Hayes and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In Hayes, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Hillingdon council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
Northolt Manor, about 3 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Hayes; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. If you cook for passing trade around Hayes & Harlington station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Hayes is about 8 miles east of Slough, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Hayes, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Hayes among them. We also work in London, around 14 miles away.
We cover every part of UB3, UB4, UB8 and UB10 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Church Road, Drenon Square and Townfield Square or a nearby road, we can help. Main roads around Hayes include the A312, so getting to you is simple for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Hillingdon (2 miles north-west), Yiewsley (2 miles west), West Drayton (2 miles west), Cowley (3 miles west) and Uxbridge (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (14 miles east), City of Westminster (12 miles east), Marylebone (12 miles east), Kensington (9 miles east), St Pancras (13 miles east) and Shoreditch (15 miles east).
Local landmarks in Hayes
Around Hayes, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Dr Triplett's CofE Primary School, Rosedale College and Barra Hall Park. The nearest railway station is Hayes & Harlington station, roughly 0.9 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Hillingdon Museum and Archives Services (3.2 miles north-west) and Hayes Cottage Hospital (under half a mile north). For a walk, there’s Middle Lake and Yeading Brook Meadows.
Different parts, different methods
Wall fans
With little duct before them, wall fans collect grease fast. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and it collects grease unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
You get before and after pictures of the impeller and housing. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Towns and villages near Hayes
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When to call us in Hayes
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Clients typically contact us after spotting something like this:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Hayes, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.