Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Liphook extract fan cleaning
We cover Liphook for extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
Kitchen extracts in Liphook
Look up Liphook on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Liphook, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Liphook sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 East Hampshire council inspect food businesses in Liphook. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you cook for passing trade around Liphook station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. A hospital like Chase Community Hospital, about 3.3 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Liphook is about 8 miles north-east of Petersfield, in Hampshire. Liphook gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Liphook is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for extract fan cleaning. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page, about 15 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in GU30 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on London Road, Station Road and Childerstone Close and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Weavers Down (1 mile west), Conford (1 mile north-west), Passfield (2 miles north-west), Milland (3 miles south) and Longmoor (3 miles west). Larger places within reach include Farnborough (15 miles north), Fleet (14 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south-west), Aldershot (12 miles north), Alton (9 miles north-west) and Petersfield (8 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Liphook
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Green Dragon Public House and Liphook Infant School and the streets around them. Liphook’s nearest station is Liphook station, about 0.5 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Chase Community Hospital (3.3 miles north-west). The countryside around Liphook includes Lynchmere Commons and Wheeler's Down.
Extract fan cleaning in Liphook
If the ducts are the arteries, the fan is the heart. A greasy fan works harder and moves less air. We clean it, run it and note anything that needs a closer look, before signing it off. The work covers fan housings, centrifugal fans and in-line fans, and the jobs we see most are a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease and a fan that has never been cleaned.
In a smaller place like Liphook, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Liphook (GU30)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. We plan the journey to Liphook and bring what the job is likely to need.
- 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.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Liphook?
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that is left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A motor area thick with grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan left out of previous cleans
For schools such as Bohunt School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before booking anyone
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they recommend a next date
How we price extract fan cleaning
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The times the site is available
- Site rules, permits and inductions
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any previous report or certificate
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
For extract fan cleaning in Liphook, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Liphook: your questions answered
Can you work in Liphook outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Liphook does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Liphook?
That’s East Hampshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Liphook. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Honest limits
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Liphook
For a kitchen in Liphook, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it normally is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why us?
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fully insured
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.