Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Heart's Delight, Kent
Extract fan cleaning in Heart's Delight from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Rough running from the extract fan
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Heart's Delight
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that’s what we clean. The work covers discharge points, fan housings and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are less air being pulled from the kitchen and a heavily greased fan housing.
Somewhere as small as Heart's Delight, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Heart's Delight (ME10, ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Heart's Delight before we set off.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A motor that has burnt out
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
Common problems we fix in Heart's Delight
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, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease stains around the discharge
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Heart's Delight, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Managing agents and facilities teams in Heart's Delight
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Heart's Delight kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 18 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses across Heart's Delight and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. The fire and rescue service for Heart's Delight is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Heart's Delight. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Minterne Community Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Heart's Delight is about 1 mile south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Heart's Delight, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in Maidstone, about 9 miles from Heart's Delight.
Here we cover the ME10 and ME9 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. You’ll find streets such as The Street, Borden Lane and Coppins Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Heart's Delight: Borden (1 mile north-west), Tunstall (1 mile south-east), Sittingbourne (1 mile north-east), Highsted (2 miles south-east) and Rodmersham Green (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (9 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east), Minster (7 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (14 miles west).
Around Heart's Delight
In Heart's Delight, that means kitchens and buildings near Westlands School and Cromers Wood, among other places. The closest station to Heart's Delight is Sittingbourne station, about 1.4 miles north-east. A little further out are Bayford Court (1.7 miles north-east) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.5 miles north-east).
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A long-hours kitchen cannot afford a fan failure. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
Why it’s worth doing now in Heart's Delight
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Heart's Delight rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A fixed price before any work starts
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Common questions in Heart's Delight
Can the work in Heart's Delight be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Heart's Delight does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Heart's Delight during the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 16 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Heart's Delight. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.