Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Hillborough
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for commercial sites in Hillborough and across Kent. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Questions from Hillborough
Who is the fire and rescue service for Hillborough?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Hillborough. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you work at weekends in Hillborough?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Hillborough needn’t be disturbed. When you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. Typically it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach.
Do you work in Hillborough?
Yes. Our technicians work in Hillborough, within the South East and London area we cover.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
Extract fan cleaning in Hillborough
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. A thorough clean removes the cause. Common call-outs are for burning smells from the fan area and grease stains around the discharge, across fan housings, discharge points and roof-mounted fans.
Around a smaller place like Hillborough, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Hillborough (CT6)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan cleaning in Hillborough: the local picture
Sea air reaches Hillborough, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. Food Standards Agency records include about 8 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Hillborough, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hillborough. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (about 5.2 miles west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Hillborough, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Hillborough is about 2 miles east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Across the CT6 area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Hillborough is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 29 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CT6. That includes premises on Manor Road, Puffin Road and Neville Road and nearby roads. Main roads around Hillborough include the A299, which makes travel easy for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Hillborough: Hawthorn (1 mile south-east), Bishopstone (1 mile north), Beltinge (1 mile north-west), Broomfield (1 mile south-west) and Highstead (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (7 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Ramsgate (11 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east), Whitstable (6 miles west) and Deal (14 miles south-east).
What’s near Hillborough
Typical jobs here are in premises near Bishopstone Cliffs and The Huntsman And Horn Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Herne Bay station, roughly 2.2 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (5.2 miles west). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. In a place like Hillborough, we fit the visit around your hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
When to call us in Hillborough
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Clients typically contact us when they notice one of these:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Rough running from the extract fan
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Reculver Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Hillborough, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether a survey comes first
- How they set the interval to the next visit
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How the job changes from site to site
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Roof-mounted fans
A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Leave it or put it right?
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 better to plan the work at a site near Hillborough than wait for a failure.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The condition we find in the survey
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The site address and the type of premises
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.