Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Horsleycross Street extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Horsleycross Street, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Horsleycross Street
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. We are often asked to deal with thick grease on the impeller and casing and a fan left out of previous cleans, on roof-mounted fans, in-line fans and discharge points.
In a small place like Horsleycross 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.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Horsleycross Street (CO11)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
A greasy fan at the discharge can spread grease onto the roof or wall around it. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. With notice, the visit to Horsleycross Street can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- Every job surveyed first
- Trading since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
FAQs for Horsleycross Street
Can you work in Horsleycross Street outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Horsleycross Street?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Horsleycross Street. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen can’t cook while we work. That’s why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What does extract fan cleaning cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so we clean what we safely can.
Extract fan cleaning around Horsleycross Street
At about 3 miles from the coast, Horsleycross Street is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Horsleycross Street sits within the area of Essex County 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. Environmental health officers from Tendring council inspect food businesses in Horsleycross Street. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Castle House is about 4.5 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Horsleycross Street is about 8 miles west of Harwich, in Essex. Across the CO11 area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Horsleycross Street is one of them. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, about 28 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the CO11 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. If your site is just outside Horsleycross Street, we cover Horsley Cross (1 mile south), Little Bromley (2 miles west), Mistley (2 miles north), Manningtree (2 miles north-west) and Lawford (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (8 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (8 miles south), Harwich (8 miles east), Camulodunum (9 miles west), Greenstead (7 miles west) and Wivenhoe (6 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Horsleycross Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Cross Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Mistley station, roughly 2 miles north of the centre. Green spaces nearby include Wrabness Nature Reserve.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
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Honest limits
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that will not start
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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 they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Horsleycross Street?
The cooler the air, the more grease drops out, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. That makes it a natural place for grease to settle.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Manningtree High School or anywhere near Horsleycross Street, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether VAT is included
The process
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Horsleycross Street.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.