Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Lenham
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Lenham. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A motor area thick with grease
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Lenham
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing, and that’s what we clean. The work covers discharge points, roof-mounted fans and fan housings, and common reasons people get in touch are rough running from the extract fan and a heavily greased fan housing.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Lenham gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Lenham (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
When to call us in Lenham
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Lenham Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before you book anyone
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What records you will receive afterwards
How we price extract fan cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The number of sites or systems
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Also near Lenham
What else we do in Lenham
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Lenham
The FSA’s data shows about 4 pubs, bars and clubs registered across Lenham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. The fire and rescue service for Lenham is Kent 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. In Lenham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Maidstone council. 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 St Mary's Church, or anywhere in Lenham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Commuter trade near Lenham station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Lenham is about 7 miles south of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Lenham and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Lenham is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 8 miles from Lenham.
We work across the ME17 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on High Street, Mitchell Close and Hatch Road and the roads around them. We also cover Leadingcross Green (1 mile south), Woodside Green (1 mile north-east), West Street (1 mile north-east), Lenham Forstal (2 miles south-east) and Lenham Heath (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles west), Ashford (9 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (7 miles north), Faversham (9 miles north-east), Minster (13 miles north) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
Near you in Lenham
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Kiln Wood, The Red Lion pub and The Lenham School, among other places. Lenham has its own railway station: Lenham station. Nearby you’ll also find Coldbridge Castle (2.7 miles south) and The Dog Collar Museum (3.6 miles west).
Lenham questions
Is Lenham within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Lenham is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can school kitchens in Lenham be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 4 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Lenham. You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. File it with your other extract records.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, we do. We record it as a fan-only clean, so your TR19 records stay accurate. The whole system still needs cleaning at the intervals in BESA guidance.
Leave it or put it right?
Cleaning the fan in Lenham now is a short job: it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. A planned visit to Lenham fits your hours; an emergency does not.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them and we check the area around the outlet. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. A site near Lenham normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
For extract fan cleaning in Lenham, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.