East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Meads extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Meads. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
About our extract fan cleaning in Meads
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and discharge points, and people most often call us about a heavily greased fan housing and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan.
Kitchens around a place like Meads are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Meads (BN20, BN21)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Extract fan cleaning in Meads: the local picture
At about 1 mile from the coast, Meads is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency records list about 177 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 28 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Meads. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Food hygiene inspections in Meads are the job of Eastbourne council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Eastbourne District General Hospital (about 2.1 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Meads is about 2 miles south of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. Anywhere in BN20, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Meads is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex we cover for extract fan cleaning. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 18 miles away.
Every address in BN20 and BN21 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Link Road, Mount Road and Cliff Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Holywell (1 mile south-east), Old Town (1 mile north), Upperton (1 mile north), Eastbourne (2 miles north) and Ratton Village (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Hastings (15 miles north-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (11 miles north-east), Seaford (7 miles west), Lewes (14 miles north-west), Hailsham (7 miles north) and St Leonards (14 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Meads
In Meads, that means kitchens and buildings near Gildrege Park, Gildredge House and The Ship Inn. Meads’s nearest station is Eastbourne station, roughly 1.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.1 miles north) and Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum (0.9 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Combe Hill.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Report rattles or humming early
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.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Meads?
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.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Meads, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Before you book anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the extract fan cleaning, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Everything the job in Meads needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it can’t start while we work.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and blades
The impeller is the spinning part that moves the air, and grease builds up on them unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Why act early in Meads
A fan that sounds rough in Meads is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it usually is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Booking now means the visit to Meads is planned around you, not forced by a breakdown.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why book with us
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Photo reports with every job
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Trading since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Towns and villages near Meads
What else we do in Meads
FAQs for Meads
Can sea air affect extract fan cleaning in Meads?
It can. Meads is within about 1 mile of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. A fan housing that is rusting near the coast can fail sooner, so it’s worth catching early.
Which fire service covers Meads?
Meads is in the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
You get a photo report with before and after photos of the fan. If it’s part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
One easily reached fan is quick, while fans on high roofs or in tight voids take longer. We plan it out of hours.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
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.