Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Luddesdown, Kent
Extract fan cleaning for Luddesdown, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Luddesdown
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Luddesdown?
The local authority for Luddesdown is Gravesham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. 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 clean school canteen extracts around Luddesdown out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Luddesdown, the Food Standards Agency lists about 2 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. That helps when the fan needs attention before the next full clean, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We always isolate the fan first, so it cannot start while we work. With the extract off, the kitchen cannot cook, so we work out of hours.
Extract fan cleaning in Luddesdown, done properly
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you are dealing with weak extraction at the canopy and rough running from the extract fan, we can put it right.
In a small place like Luddesdown, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
We have been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Luddesdown (DA13)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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When to call us in Luddesdown
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Luddesdown, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Luddesdown
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- What state the system is in
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- A few general shots of the system
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
What we do, step by step
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Somewhere as small as Luddesdown, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email 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.
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Extract fan cleaning around Luddesdown
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 8 pubs, bars and clubs in and around Luddesdown, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Luddesdown sits within the area of Kent 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. Food hygiene inspections in Luddesdown are the job of Gravesham council’s environmental health team. 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; French Hospital is the nearest hospital to Luddesdown, about 4.7 miles east. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Luddesdown (Cobham College is about 1.2 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Luddesdown is about 4 miles south of Gravesend, in Kent. Across the DA13 area, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Luddesdown among them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (9 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: DA13. Other places close to Luddesdown include Henley Street (1 mile north), Gold Street (1 mile north-west), Foxendown (1 mile west), Sole Street (1 mile north-west) and Round Street (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (9 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles east), Dartford (9 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (11 miles south-west), Gravesend (4 miles north) and Tonbridge (13 miles south-west).
Near you in Luddesdown
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Golden Lion pub and Camer Park Country Park, among other places. Luddesdown’s nearest station is Sole Street station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west. A little further out are French Hospital (4.7 miles east) and Rochester Castle (4.6 miles east). Open spaces near Luddesdown include Ranscombe Farm and Gad's Hill.
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
What happens if it’s left?
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Luddesdown is calmer for everyone.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Luddesdown
- Full insurance on every job
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat