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Extract fan cleaning in Langley, Slough
Extract fan cleaning across Langley and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Rough running from the extract fan
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Listen to the fan. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear and early action can save a repair.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Langley
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. The work covers fan housings, in-line fans and roof-mounted fans, and common reasons people get in touch are grease escaping from the fan outlet and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles.
Around a smaller place like Langley, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
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
- Langley (SL3)
- Wider area
- Slough
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What else we do in Langley
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
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.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Langley can usually be finished without a second trip.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it can’t start while we work.
- 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.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Langley kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 8 pubs, bars and clubs and about 9 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered within about 1.5 miles of central Langley. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Fire safety in Langley falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Langley get their food hygiene inspections from Buckinghamshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Langley Academy Primary tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Mary the Virgin Church, or anywhere in Langley, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Langley is about 2 miles east of Slough, in Slough. Whatever kind of site you run in Langley, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 31 places across Slough, large and small. There’s also a page for Guildford, roughly 18 miles from Langley.
We cover every part of SL3 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Fox Road, New Road and Ives Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Langley: Middlegreen (1 mile north-west), George Green (1 mile north), Shreding Green (1 mile north-east), Upton (2 miles west) and Richings Park (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Cippenham (4 miles west), Britwell (4 miles north-west), Burnham (5 miles west), Stoke Poges (3 miles north-west), Huntercombe (5 miles west) and Farnham Common (4 miles north-west). As one of the bigger places in Slough, Langley has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for extract fan cleaning.
Around Langley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Upton Court Grammar School, The Red Lion Public House and Langley Academy and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Langley station, about 0.5 miles east. A little further out are Windsor Castle (2.7 miles south-west) and Upton Hospital (1.7 miles west). Open spaces near Langley include Staines Reservoirs and Uxbridge Moor.
What we are called out for in Langley
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. When filters don’t seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
A kitchen near Langley station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
Common questions in Langley
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Langley?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Langley. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Langley out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. There are about 11 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Langley. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s 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?
We always isolate the fan first, so it can’t start while we work. That means the extract is off, so we clean while the kitchen is closed.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so you don’t have to close during trading.
Why deal with it now?
For a kitchen in Langley, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it usually is too so a full TR19 clean may be due. Around Langley, a kitchen or building out of action is missed straight away.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Langley and across Slough. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.