Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Hollow Street extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Grease stains around the discharge
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hollow Street
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.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street
Think of the fan as the system’s heart and the grease as a clot. A heart under strain works harder for less. We clean it, run it and note anything that needs a closer look, before signing it off. The work covers axial fans, fan housings and in-line fans, and people most often call us about a fan that no longer moves enough air and a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease.
In a small place like Hollow Street, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Hollow Street (CT3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street?
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that’s left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A fan left out of previous cleans
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Martins Hospital about 5.1 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Other services in Hollow Street
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Report rattles or humming early
The area around the fan is left clean, with waste grease removed. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
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 your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street: the local picture
Look up Hollow Street on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Hollow Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Hollow Street. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. It’s Canterbury City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hollow Street. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Hollow Street, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Chislet Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Hollow Street is about 3 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Hollow Street, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Hollow Street is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for extract fan cleaning. Maidstone is in our area too, around 29 miles away.
We cover every part of CT3 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. We also cover the places around Hollow Street: Chislet (1 mile north-east), Chitty (1 mile north-east), Old Tree (1 mile north-west), Boyden Gate (1 mile north) and Hoath (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (6 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Dover (14 miles south), Ramsgate (10 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east) and Whitstable (7 miles west).
What’s near Hollow Street
Around Hollow Street, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Grove Ferry Picnic Area and Spires Academy and the streets around them. Hollow Street’s nearest station is Sturry station, about 3.6 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St Martins Hospital (5.1 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- The condition of the system
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Parking and loading at the site
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Why act early in Hollow Street
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen can’t cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. We also offer a 24/7 emergency callout if the worst happens. In a small place like Hollow Street, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Full insurance on every job
- Trading since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Hollow Street
Can the work in Hollow Street be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Hollow Street keeps running as normal. When you call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Hollow Street?
Food hygiene inspections in Hollow Street are carried out by Canterbury City council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, we are fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
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 typically means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Hollow Street.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s 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.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.