East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Little Horsted extract fan cleaning
Specialist extract fan cleaning for Little Horsted: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Weak extraction at the canopy
About our extract fan cleaning in Little Horsted
Any fan serving a kitchen in Little Horsted is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. The work covers centrifugal fans, in-line fans and roof-mounted fans, and the jobs we see most are an extract fan with no cleaning record and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan.
Work in a small place like Little Horsted starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Little Horsted (TN22)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Little Horsted before we set off.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it cannot 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
If you need extract fan cleaning in Little Horsted, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Questions from Little Horsted
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Little Horsted?
The local authority for Little Horsted is Wealden council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Little Horsted?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Little Horsted. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen cannot cook while we work. That’s why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. File it with your other extract records.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
Can the work be done while we are closed?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. The visit is timed for when the area isn’t in use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Are you insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Part by part
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. A clean fan is less likely to strain, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
Places near Little Horsted
What else we do in Little Horsted
What we’re called out for in Little Horsted
A greasy fan in Little Horsted is fuel at the end of the duct. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
Clients usually contact us when they notice something like this:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A motor area thick with grease
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels or elsewhere in Little Horsted, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before you book anyone
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether VAT is included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the price is fixed
Between visits
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Keep the route to the fan clear. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Little Horsted kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Little Horsted. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In Little Horsted, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Wealden council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Little Horsted sits within the area of East Sussex 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Little Horsted is Uckfield Community Hospital, about 1.3 miles north-east. For schools such as Little Horsted Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Little Horsted is about 1 mile south of Uckfield, in East Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Little Horsted, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. 289 places in East Sussex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Brighton is in our area too, around 13 miles away.
All of TN22 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Ayrshire Lane, White Park Avenue and Meadow Grass Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Little Horsted: Ridgewood (1 mile north-east), Isfield (1 mile south-west), Rose Hill (2 miles south-west), Budlett's Common (3 miles north) and Mount Pleasant (3 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (14 miles south-east), Seaford (12 miles south), Lewes (6 miles south-west), Hailsham (9 miles south-east), Crowborough (8 miles north-east) and Newhaven (11 miles south).
What’s near Little Horsted
Typical jobs here are in premises near Uckfield College, Hempstead Meadow and The Highlands pub. The closest station to Little Horsted is Uckfield station, roughly 1.3 miles north. A little further out are Uckfield Community Hospital (1.3 miles north-east) and Museum of Agricultural Bygones (3.8 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Brickfield Meadow.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Why act early in Little Horsted
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot cook safely. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Planning a trip to Little Horsted ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
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