West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Maudlin, West Sussex
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Maudlin and across West Sussex. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Questions from Maudlin
Do you work overnight in Maudlin?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Will you come out to Maudlin?
Yes. Maudlin is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, a fan can be cleaned on its own. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Extract fan cleaning in Maudlin, done properly
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we will tell you and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. If you are dealing with a motor area thick with grease and thick grease on the impeller and casing, we can help, from fan housings, centrifugal fans and discharge points onwards.
Work in a small place like Maudlin starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Maudlin (PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Keep records of every fan clean
The area around the fan is left clean, with waste grease removed. 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.
What we are called out for in Maudlin
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Maudlin, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- What records you will receive afterwards
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before any work starts, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. In a small place like Maudlin, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- 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
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
What affects the quote in Maudlin
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The scale of the work
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The condition we find in the survey
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Extract fan cleaning in Maudlin: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 26 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Maudlin, up to about a mile and a half out. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. It’s Chichester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Maudlin. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Maudlin is covered by West Sussex 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Maudlin is Chichester Centre, about 1.3 miles west. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Goodwood House is about 1.5 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Maudlin is about 2 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Maudlin, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Maudlin among them. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, roughly 15 miles from Maudlin.
Work in PO18 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Augustus Way, Vespasian Close and Stane Street or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Maudlin: Westhampnett (1 mile west), Shopwyke (1 mile south), Westerton (1 mile north), Strettington (1 mile north-east) and Waterbeach (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Worthing (15 miles east), Bognor Regis (5 miles south-east), Selsey (8 miles south), Littlehampton (10 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west) and Rustington (11 miles east).
Around Maudlin
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Chichester High School For Girls, The Coach And Horses Public House and Westbourne House School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Chichester station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Chichester Castle (1.6 miles south-west) and The Chichester City Museum (1.7 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve and Levin Down.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that won’t start
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Maudlin
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Leave it or put it right?
Cleaning the fan in Maudlin now is a short job: it takes an hour or two for most single fans. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout