Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Hoe Gate, Hampshire
Extract fan cleaning for Hoe Gate, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Hoe Gate
A clean fan is not a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. If you’re dealing with a noisy fan that has got louder over time and burning smells from the fan area, we can help, from axial fans, fan housings and roof-mounted fans onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Hoe Gate (PO7)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Hoe Gate
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs and bars registered in Hoe Gate and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Hoe Gate. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Hoe Gate, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Winchester City council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Knowle Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hoe Gate, about 4.6 miles south-west. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of the Holy Trinity or anywhere around Hoe Gate, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Hoe Gate is about 4 miles north-west of Waterlooville, in Hampshire. Wherever you are in the PO7 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Hoe Gate is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Portsmouth, about 7 miles from Hoe Gate.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: PO7. Other places close to Hoe Gate include Southend (1 mile north-west), Hipley (1 mile south), Worlds End (1 mile south), Newtown (1 mile west) and Soberton Heath (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (14 miles north-west), Gosport (8 miles south), Havant (6 miles south-east), Eastleigh (11 miles west), Fareham (6 miles south-west) and Horndean (4 miles east).
Near you in Hoe Gate
The nearest railway station is Portchester station, about 4.5 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Knowle Hospital (4.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Hoe Gate includes St Clair's Meadow and Portsdown Hill.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Visits to a village like Hoe Gate are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Hoe Gate
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease stains around the discharge
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Newtown Soberton Infant School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Hoe Gate: your questions answered
Which fire authority looks after Hoe Gate?
Fire safety enforcement in Hoe Gate is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Hoe Gate in the summer 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 Hoe Gate. You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
We always isolate the fan first, so it cannot start while we work. With the extract off, the kitchen cannot cook, so we work out of hours.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Cleaning removes grease, but it cannot fix worn parts. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you work in Hoe Gate?
Yes. Our technicians work in Hoe Gate, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hoe Gate
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller doesn’t stay small. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure and a kitchen can’t cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Hoe Gate rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why Hoe Gate businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A written report with pictures after every visit
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What else we do in Hoe Gate
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Hoe Gate
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
Part by part
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Roof-mounted fans
Grease can escape from a roof fan onto the surrounding surface and we check the area around the outlet. Heavy staining is noted on the report.