Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Longfield extract fan cleaning
Need extract fan cleaning in Longfield? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Longfield
Think of the fan as the system’s heart and the grease as a clot. A heart under strain works harder for less. Our job is to clear it, check it runs smoothly and record what we found so you get a clean bill of health. If you have grease stains around the discharge and hot, greasy smells near the fan, we can put it right, from discharge points, axial fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Longfield, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Longfield (DA3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Do not store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
Once it’s clean, the fan is closed up and run to check it’s working smoothly. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.
Extract fan cleaning around Longfield
Look up Longfield on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 6 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 6 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Longfield. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Environmental health officers from Dartford council inspect food businesses in Longfield. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Longfield 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Darent Valley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Longfield, about 3.3 miles north-west. For schools such as Longfield Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Longfield is about 3 miles south-west of Northfleet, in Kent. For extract fan cleaning in and around Longfield, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, Longfield included. Longfield is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Maidstone, around 13 miles away.
We work across the DA3 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. We cover sites on Station Road, Main Road and Ightham Close and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Hartley (1 mile south), New Barn (1 mile east), Longfield Hill (1 mile south-east), New Ash Green (2 miles south) and Nash Street (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (13 miles south-east), Dartford (5 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (10 miles south-west), Gravesend (4 miles north-east), Tonbridge (14 miles south) and Northfleet (3 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Longfield
Typical jobs here are in premises near Railway Tavern, Hartley Primary Academy and Rectory Meadow, among other places. There’s a railway station in Longfield itself: Longfield station. Well-known places in the area include Darent Valley Hospital (3.3 miles north-west) and Stone Castle (3.4 miles north). For a walk, there’s Sawyers Lake.
Common questions in Longfield
Do you work overnight in Longfield?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Longfield keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which environmental health team covers Longfield?
That’s Dartford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Longfield. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
Before and after photos go into a report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Do you work in Longfield?
Yes. Longfield is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Why deal with it now?
Cleaning the fan in Longfield 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 Longfield is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
What you get with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Longfield?
A greasy fan in Longfield is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
For kitchens close to Longfield station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Part by part
Inline duct fans
Space around an inline fan can be tight, so the method is planned in advance. If it can’t be reached fully, the report says so.
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Damaged fan blades
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- Wiring faults to the fan
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
Towns and villages near Longfield
Other services in Longfield
The process
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. For a village or hamlet like Longfield, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- 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
- Clear the space around the work
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.