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Extract Fan Cleaning in Hillgrove
Extract fan cleaning across Hillgrove and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Grease stains around the discharge
Kitchen extracts in Hillgrove
Food Standards Agency records list about 10 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hillgrove. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Fire safety in Hillgrove falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Food hygiene inspections in Hillgrove are the job of Isle of Wight council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Arreton Manor is about 2.4 miles south), access may need planning. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Wootton Community Primary School or anywhere near Hillgrove, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St. Mark's Church or elsewhere in Hillgrove, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Hillgrove is about 2 miles north-east of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Hillgrove gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. We cover 125 places across the Isle of Wight, large and small. We also work in Portsmouth, about 10 miles from Hillgrove.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: PO33. If your site is just outside Hillgrove, we cover Staplers (1 mile south-west), Wootton (1 mile north-east), Fairlee (1 mile west), Cross Lane (1 mile south-west) and Barton (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Ryde (4 miles east), Cowes (4 miles north-west), Sandown (6 miles south-east), Shanklin (6 miles south-east), Ventnor (8 miles south) and East Cowes (3 miles north-west). Island and remote sites take a little more planning, so please mention your location when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Local landmarks in Hillgrove
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Woodmans Arms, Seaclose Park and Medina College and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Smallbrook Junction station, about 4.3 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Carisbrooke Castle (3.2 miles south-west) and Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (1.7 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Mill Hill.
Extract fan cleaning in Hillgrove
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. Common call-outs are for a fan that has never been cleaned and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles, on in-line fans, centrifugal fans and axial fans.
Somewhere as small as Hillgrove, 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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Hillgrove (PO33)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Hillgrove
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Leave it or put it right?
A fan that fails mid-service can stop a kitchen cooking. Many fan problems start with grease, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. We also offer a 24/7 emergency callout if the worst happens. If the system at a site near Hillgrove fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Hillgrove businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Hillgrove
Do you work at weekends in Hillgrove?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Hillgrove can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Hillgrove during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 2 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Hillgrove. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll fit the work in.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
At least as often as the rest of the extract, which BESA guidance sets by daily cooking hours: every 3, 6 or 12 months. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
With the fan isolated, the extract is not running. We work evenings, overnight or weekends, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition we find in the survey
- The times the site is available
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What we need to know
When you contact us, these details help:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email 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 usually have a quote within one working day.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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.
How the job changes from site to site
Fan housings and motors
Inside the casing, grease is thrown onto the walls. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. The survey makes sure it’s part of the clean.
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits, and we clear up before we go. For a village or hamlet like Hillgrove, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.