Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Headington Quarry, Oxfordshire
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Headington Quarry, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A motor area thick with grease
The process
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 an hour or two for most single fans. In a smaller place like Headington Quarry, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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About our extract fan cleaning in Headington Quarry
We’ve been trading since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you are dealing with thick grease on the impeller and casing and weak extraction at the canopy, we can put it right.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Headington Quarry gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Headington Quarry (OX3)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Headington Quarry
Look up Headington Quarry on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 79 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 19 sandwich bars and takeaways across Headington Quarry and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Environmental health officers from Oxford City council inspect food businesses in Headington Quarry. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Headington Quarry is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Historic houses near Headington Quarry, such as Holywell Manor about 2 miles west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is the nearest hospital to Headington Quarry, about 0.5 miles south-west.
Headington Quarry is about 2 miles north-east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Headington Quarry, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Headington Quarry is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we work for commercial clients.
All of OX3 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover sites on Old Road, Mark Road and York Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Headington (1 mile north-west), Headington Hill (1 mile west), Northway (1 mile north-west), Oxford (2 miles south-west) and New Marston (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (11 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south-west), Witney (13 miles west), Thame (10 miles east) and Wantage (15 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Headington Quarry
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Parish Church of St Mary, The Chequers pub and Bury Knowle Park and the streets around them. Also close by are Cheney School (1.1 miles south-west), Windmill Primary School (under half a mile south-west) and English Faculty Library (2 miles west). The closest station to Headington Quarry is Oxford station, about 3 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (0.5 miles south-west) and Templars Square (2.1 miles south). The countryside around Headington Quarry includes CS Lewis Nature Reserve and Shotover.
Common problems we fix in Headington Quarry
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.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Rough running from the extract fan
School kitchens, at schools like Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Towns and villages near Headington Quarry
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Questions from Headington Quarry
Will you come out to Headington Quarry?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Headington Quarry?
Fire safety enforcement in Headington Quarry is handled by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, whether that is late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
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.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
A single accessible fan doesn’t take long, but hard-to-reach fans take more time. It’s done while the kitchen is closed.
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: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What the work involves, part by part
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Why it’s worth doing now in Headington Quarry
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the motor runs under more strain. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why us?
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Each visit written up, with pictures
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
What affects the quote in Headington Quarry
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
- The size of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Aftercare tips
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Report rattles or humming early
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
The photo report shows the fan before and after cleaning. 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. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.