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Extract Fan Cleaning in Herne Common
Looking for extract fan cleaning in Herne Common? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Grease, kitchens and Herne Common
At about 3 miles from the coast, Herne Common is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency records list about 11 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 4 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Herne Common. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Herne Common. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Where a hall near Church of St Martin, or anywhere in Herne Common, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Herne Church of England Infant School or anywhere near Herne Common, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital about 3.4 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Herne Common is about 2 miles south of Herne Bay, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Herne Common, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Herne Common is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 26 miles from Herne Common.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CT6. Whether your site is on Canterbury Road, Nightingale Road and Falcon Close or anywhere close by, we can help. Other places close to Herne Common include Bullockstone (1 mile north-west), Herne (1 mile north-east), Hicks Forstal (1 mile south), Eddington (1 mile north) and Hunters Forstal (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (5 miles south), Margate (12 miles east), Ramsgate (12 miles east), Broadstairs (13 miles east), Whitstable (4 miles west) and Deal (15 miles south-east).
Near you in Herne Common
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Curtis Wood and Herne Bay High School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Herne Bay station, roughly 1.4 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (3.4 miles west) and Tankerton Castle (4 miles west). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Herne Common
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. If you are dealing with a heavily greased fan housing and a fan left out of previous cleans, we can help, from discharge points, axial fans and fan housings onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Herne Common (CT6)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
The fan is part of the fire path. TR19® Grease covers the whole extract, fan included and many insurers require the full system to be cleaned to TR19. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Photo reports with every job
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
How we price extract fan cleaning
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition of the system
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. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Asking for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your last certificate, test record or report
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us 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. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
What the work involves, part by part
Inline duct fans
Inline fans sit within the duct run, often above a ceiling. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing, once they’re isolated.
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: chips, distortion or wear. We note any concerns.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Herne Common
Which environmental health team covers Herne Common?
In Herne Common, it’s Canterbury City council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Herne Common?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
Why has my extract fan got louder?
Uneven grease on the impeller often causes it. After cleaning, we will tell you if wear or damage is also involved.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, where it makes sense. We’ll often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan typically means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
Towns and villages near Herne Common
What else we do in Herne Common
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Herne Common and across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Keep access to the fan clear
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
Make sure the fan is reachable. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes an hour or two for most single fans. Somewhere like Herne Common, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.