West Berkshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Kintbury
Extract fan cleaning across Kintbury and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Kintbury
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. The work covers fan housings, in-line fans and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are burning smells from the fan area and weak extraction at the canopy.
In a village or hamlet like Kintbury, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Kintbury (RG17)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Kintbury
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan, wearing bearings and mounts. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
What we are most often called out for:
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A motor area thick with grease
- Burning smells from the fan area
Benham Park, about 3.4 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Kintbury; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Before booking anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
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.
What we do, step by step
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes an hour or two for most single fans. In a small place like Kintbury, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Common questions in Kintbury
Can you get to a site in Kintbury?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Kintbury?
Fire safety enforcement in Kintbury is handled by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Why has my extract fan got louder?
Build-up on the impeller is a frequent reason, because it unbalances the fan. It can also be wear in the bearings or motor, which our report will flag.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan must be isolated before anyone touches it. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking isn’t affected.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
The fan follows the full system’s interval at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
Why it’s worth doing now in Kintbury
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure and a kitchen cannot cook safely without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. A planned visit to Kintbury is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
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. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Photo reports with every job
Extract fan cleaning around Kintbury
Fire safety in Kintbury falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Environmental health officers from West Berkshire council inspect food businesses in Kintbury. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
School kitchens, at schools like Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Commuter trade near Kintbury station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Kintbury is about 5 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Every kind of commercial site in Kintbury, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Kintbury is one of 155 places in West Berkshire we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Reading, roughly 21 miles from Kintbury.
Work in RG17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Station Road, High Street and Morrish Grove, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Close by, we work in Hell Corner (2 miles south), Inkpen (2 miles south-west), Inkpen Common (2 miles south), Lower Green (2 miles south-west) and Upper Green (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (5 miles east), Thatcham (8 miles east), Speenhamland (5 miles east), Hungerford (3 miles west), Lambourn (8 miles north-west) and Shaw (6 miles east).
Around Kintbury
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Prince of Wales pub and the streets around them. Kintbury has its own railway station: Kintbury station. Nearby you’ll also find Hamstead Marshall 3 (2.2 miles east). Not far away are Inkpen Hill and Kintbury Newt Ponds.
What the work involves, 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.
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.