Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Medstead, Hampshire
We cover Medstead for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Weak extraction at the canopy
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Medstead
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. Each is isolated and opened in its own way and the survey shows us how to reach it. If you are dealing with rough running from the extract fan and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, we can help, from axial fans, roof-mounted fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
Around a smaller place like Medstead, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Medstead (GU34)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Medstead can usually be finished without a second trip.
- 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.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
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When to call us in Medstead
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Medstead as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Medstead Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Medstead, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
FAQs for Medstead
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Medstead?
Medstead is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Medstead?
In Medstead, it’s East Hampshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t start while we work. With the extract off, the kitchen cannot cook, so we work out of hours.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A motor that has burnt out
- An impeller that is bent or split
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why us?
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
How we price extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Report rattles or humming early
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 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 looks like in Medstead
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Medstead. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. At about 49 miles from central London, Medstead sits well inside the area we cover. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Alton Community Hospital (about 3.1 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Medstead (Bentworth Hall is about 2.1 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Medstead is about 4 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Medstead, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Medstead among them. Southampton is in our area too, around 20 miles away.
Work in GU34 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on High Street, Five Ash Road and Stoney Lane and nearby roads. Other places close to Medstead include Four Marks (1 mile south), South Town (1 mile north-west), Soldridge (1 mile south-west), New Copse (1 mile north) and Hattingley (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (10 miles north), Winchester (12 miles west), Fleet (14 miles north-east), Horndean (15 miles south), Alton (4 miles north-east) and Petersfield (9 miles south-east).
Around Medstead
The closest station to Medstead is Alton station, about 4.4 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Barton Castle (3 miles north-west) and Alton Community Hospital (3.1 miles north-east). The countryside around Medstead includes Red Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.