Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Hillhead
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Hillhead, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Damaged fan blades
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
Extract fan cleaning in Hillhead
Not all extract fans are the same: fans on the roof, fans built into the duct run, and fans on an outside wall. Each is isolated and opened in its own way, and we plan that during the survey. The work covers discharge points, axial fans and roof-mounted fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan left out of previous cleans and grease around the motor and its mounts.
In a small place like Hillhead, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Hillhead (SO45)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Also near Hillhead
Other services in Hillhead
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Grease, kitchens and Hillhead
Sea air reaches Hillhead, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Hillhead on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Hillhead. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Hillhead sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St George, or anywhere in Hillhead, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Osborne House is about 4.7 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Hillhead is about 4 miles north of Cowes, in Hampshire. Sites in Hillhead get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Hillhead among them. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (8 miles or so).
Work in SO45 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Calshot (1 mile north-west), Sprat's Down (1 mile west), Stanswood (1 mile south-west), Stonehills (1 mile north-west) and Ashlett (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Gosport (7 miles east), Havant (15 miles east), Eastleigh (11 miles north), Fareham (6 miles north-east), Horndean (15 miles north-east) and Totton (11 miles north-west).
Near you in Hillhead
For rail, the closest station is Hamble station, roughly 4.3 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Sir Max Aitken Museum (3.3 miles south) and Calshot Castle (1 mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Mercury Marshes and Mill Hill.
Common questions in Hillhead
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Hillhead?
Hillhead is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you work in Hillhead outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Hillhead needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
The fan follows the full system’s interval, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Grease readings and the fan’s condition can show it needs more.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
It has to be off and isolated before anyone touches it. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking is not affected.
Is Hillhead in your area?
Yes. Hillhead is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. In a small place like Hillhead, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Do not store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hillhead
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure and a kitchen cannot cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Hillhead rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- Trading since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Hillhead?
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. The difference throws the impeller off balance, wearing bearings and mounts. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Coldeast is the nearest hospital to Hillhead, about 4.6 miles north-east.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Proof of insurance