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Extract Fan Cleaning in Hickmans Green
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Hickmans Green and across Kent. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Report rattles or humming early
The area around the fan is left clean, with waste grease removed. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Hickmans Green
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that is what we clean. If you have hot, greasy smells near the fan and a motor area thick with grease, we can put it right, from centrifugal fans, discharge points and in-line fans onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Hickmans Green, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Hickmans Green (ME13)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near Hickmans Green
What else we do in Hickmans Green
Grease, kitchens and Hickmans Green
Food Standards Agency data counts about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hickmans Green. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Fire safety in Hickmans Green falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Hickmans Green are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. 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.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr about 5.4 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Barnabas, or anywhere in Hickmans Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School or anywhere near Hickmans Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Hickmans Green is about 3 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. If you need extract fan cleaning in Hickmans Green, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Hickmans Green included. Hickmans Green is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 19 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: ME13. If your site is just outside Hickmans Green, we cover Winterbourne (1 mile south-east), Boughton under Blean (1 mile north-east), Oversland (1 mile south), South Street (1 mile south-west) and Crouch (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (11 miles south), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles west), Whitstable (6 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (9 miles north-east).
Around Hickmans Green
Around Hickmans Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Mount Ephraim Gardens and The Queens Head pub. The closest station to Hickmans Green is Selling station, roughly 1 mile south-west of the centre. A little further out are Tower keep castle at Chilham (3.1 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that sounds rough in Hickmans Green is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it typically is too so a full TR19 clean may be due. With notice, the visit to Hickmans Green can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why Hickmans Green businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Hickmans Green
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hickmans Green?
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.
Is Hickmans Green within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Hickmans Green included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, if the fan needs it. We’ll often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan usually means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks in BESA guidance. At the extremes, that is 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: 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 call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans sit at the top of the riser. We clean them where they can be safely reached, and anything we cannot reach is recorded.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Hickmans Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
How we price extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Where the site is and how we reach it
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.