Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Hever
Extract fan cleaning across Hever and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Extract fan cleaning in Hever, done properly
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. The work covers fan housings, centrifugal fans and axial fans, and common reasons people get in touch are grease escaping from the fan outlet and burning smells from the fan area.
Somewhere as small as Hever, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Hever (TN8)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Hever
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Hever?
Hever is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Will you come out to Hever?
Yes, Hever is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
An unbalanced impeller, usually from uneven grease, is a common cause. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Parking and loading at the site
- The condition we find in the survey
- A single visit or a regular plan
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will talk you through it.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or two for most single fans. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Hever.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Advice
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Do not run the kitchen with the extract off. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Different parts, different methods
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A long-hours kitchen can’t 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.
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A motor that has burnt out
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Hever
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Kitchen extracts in Hever
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in Hever and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Kitchens in Hever get their food hygiene inspections from Sevenoaks council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Hever. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
For kitchens close to Hever station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Queen Victoria Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hever, about 5.7 miles south-west. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Hever is about 6 miles north-east of East Grinstead, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Hever, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Hever is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for extract fan cleaning. Maidstone is in our area too, around 19 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the TN8 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Hever Road and Uckfield Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Newtown (1 mile south), How Green (1 mile north), Markbeech (1 mile south), Chiddingstone Hoath (2 miles south-east) and Chiddingstone Causeway (3 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Sevenoaks (8 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (8 miles south-east), Tonbridge (7 miles east), Swanley (15 miles north), Kings Hill (14 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (12 miles east).
Landmarks near Hever
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around King Henry VIII pub and Chiddingstone Castle Park and Gardens. The closest station to Hever is Hever station, about 0.5 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Haxted Watermill Museum (3.4 miles west) and Hever Castle (less than half a mile north-east).