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Extract Fan Cleaning in New Barn
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around New Barn, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Extract fan cleaning in New Barn, done properly
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. The work covers discharge points, centrifugal fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are weak extraction at the canopy and a motor area thick with grease.
Around a smaller place like New Barn, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- New Barn (DA3, DA13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
New Barn: your questions answered
Can a school canteen extract in New Barn be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around New Barn, the Food Standards Agency lists about 12 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after New Barn?
That’s Kent 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 you work out of hours?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so you don’t have to close during trading.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you work in New Barn?
Yes. Our technicians work in New Barn, as part of our area across London and the South East.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, the fan is part of a full TR19® Grease clean. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
Why act early in New Barn
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What you get with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in New Barn
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition of the system
- The scale of the work
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Visits to a place like New Barn are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- 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
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Extract fan cleaning in New Barn: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 8 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops across New Barn and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. New Barn is covered by 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 in New Barn get their food hygiene inspections from Dartford council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in New Barn, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Longfield Academy, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to New Barn is Gravesham Community Hospital, about 3.6 miles north-east.
New Barn is about 3 miles south of Northfleet, in Kent. Across the DA3 area, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, New Barn among them. We also work in Maidstone, about 12 miles from New Barn.
Extract fan cleaning in DA3 and DA13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on The Maples, Kenwood Avenue and Merileys Close or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Longfield Hill (1 mile south-east), Longfield (1 mile west), Hartley (1 mile south-west), Nash Street (1 mile east) and Meopham (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (12 miles south-east), Dartford (6 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (10 miles south-west), Gravesend (3 miles north-east), Tonbridge (14 miles south) and Northfleet (3 miles north).
Local landmarks in New Barn
Typical jobs here are in premises near Istead Rise Primary School and Rectory Meadow, among other places. The closest station to New Barn is Longfield station, roughly 1.2 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Gravesham Museum (3.6 miles north-east) and Stone Castle (3.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Sawyers Lake.
For landlords and multi-site operators
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Between visits
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep records of every fan clean
Keep the report with the maintenance log and fire risk assessment. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Keep the route to the fan clear. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings