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Extract fan cleaning in Kingston, Portsmouth
Need extract fan cleaning in Kingston? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the motor works harder. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Extract fan cleaning in Kingston, done properly
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that’s what we clean. Typical jobs include a motor area thick with grease and thick grease on the impeller and casing, on discharge points, roof-mounted fans and centrifugal fans.
In a smaller place like Kingston, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Kingston (PO1, PO3, PO4)
- Wider area
- Portsmouth
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
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. The work on site takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up, and we clear up before we go. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Kingston.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it cannot run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
For extract fan cleaning in Kingston, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Kingston
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan, wearing bearings and mounts. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
What we are most often called out for:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Rough running from the extract fan
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Cuthbert or elsewhere in Kingston, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
How we price extract fan cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Travel, parking and unloading
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
What else we do in Kingston
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Kingston
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Kingston during the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 40 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Kingston. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Does the sea air around Kingston make a difference to extract fan cleaning?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, Kingston gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan must be isolated before anyone touches it. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking is not affected.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. File it with your other extract records.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
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 the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Fan housings and motors
Belt-driven fans have a drive belt and pulleys that can collect grease. We clean around them and note any wear for your records.
Extract fan cleaning in Kingston: the local picture
At about 1 mile from the coast, Kingston is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. There are about 195 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 133 takeaways in Kingston and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Kingston sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
A kitchen near Fratton station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Mary's Hospital about within half a mile south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Kingston is about 1 mile south-east of Portsmouth, in Portsmouth. For extract fan cleaning in and around Kingston, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. We work across South East England and London, Kingston included. Kingston is one of 19 places in Portsmouth we cover for extract fan cleaning.
Every address in PO1, PO3 and PO4 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You’ll find streets such as Renny Road, Clive Road and Union Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Kingston is on the A288, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. If your site is just outside Kingston, we cover Fratton (1 mile south-west), Baffins (1 mile north-east), Copnor (1 mile north), Portsmouth (1 mile north-west) and Landport (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Wymering (3 miles north), Paulsgrove (3 miles north), Cosham (3 miles north), Drayton (3 miles north) and Farlington (3 miles north-east).
Near you in Kingston
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Langstone Infant School, Graham Arms and Alexandra Park, among other places. The closest station to Kingston is Fratton station, about 0.5 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum (1 mile west) and St Mary's Hospital (under half a mile south-east). Open spaces near Kingston include Milton Locks and Portsdown Hill.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- Wiring faults to the fan
- 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’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Kingston
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans