Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Long Hanborough
We cover Long Hanborough for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Rough running from the extract fan
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Impellers and blades
The impeller is the spinning part that moves the air, and it collects grease unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Long Hanborough
A clean fan is not a repaired fan. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You will know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. Common call-outs are for a fan shaking on its mounts and grease stains around the discharge, on roof-mounted fans, fan housings and discharge points.
In a smaller place like Long Hanborough, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Long Hanborough (OX29)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes an hour or two for most single fans. Your opening hours decide when we come to Long Hanborough, not ours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Keeping the system healthy
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Report rattles or humming early
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Make sure the fan is reachable. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Long Hanborough
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The number of sites or systems
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
What happens if it’s left?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. That stains surfaces and can add to the fire risk outside the building, which is one more reason to keep it clean. When a site near Long Hanborough shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Long Hanborough
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- We’re fully insured
Long Hanborough: your questions answered
Which fire authority looks after Long Hanborough?
It’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Long Hanborough. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you cover smaller places like Long Hanborough?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Long Hanborough included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
We also repair and replace extract fans. If cleaning shows a worn motor, bearings or impeller, we’ll tell you and quote for the repair.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Every clean has a photo report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Long Hanborough kitchens: local notes
There are about 7 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Long Hanborough and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Long Hanborough. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Long Hanborough, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
For schools such as Hanborough Manor CofE School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Blenheim Palace, about 1.9 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Long Hanborough; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Christ Church, or anywhere in Long Hanborough, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Long Hanborough is about 5 miles north-east of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Long Hanborough, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby (9 miles or so).
Every address in OX29 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Church Road, New Road and Churchill Way, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Church Hanborough (1 mile south-east), Bladon (2 miles east), Woodstock (3 miles north-east), Worton (3 miles south-east) and Begbroke (3 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (9 miles south-east), Bicester (12 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (11 miles south-east), Witney (5 miles south-west), Carterton (9 miles south-west) and Grove (15 miles south).
Local landmarks in Long Hanborough
Around Long Hanborough, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Three Horseshoes pub and the streets around them. Long Hanborough’s nearest station is Combe station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Morris Motors Museum (1 mile east). Open spaces near Long Hanborough include Blenheim Farm.