Surrey · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Newdigate, Surrey
Extract fan cleaning across Newdigate and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Extract fan cleaning in Newdigate, done properly
Grease on a fan is not spread evenly. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. A thorough clean removes the cause. If you’re dealing with a fan that has never been cleaned and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, we can put it right.
Somewhere as small as Newdigate, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Newdigate (RH5)
- Region
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Newdigate.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- The fan is isolated so it can’t start while we work.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
When to call us in Newdigate
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan left out of previous cleans
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Newdigate, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What paperwork you get at the end
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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What else we do in Newdigate
Why act early in Newdigate
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger, while the motor runs under more strain. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Newdigate
- We diagnose before we treat
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Photo reports with every job
- We’re fully insured
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
Newdigate questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Newdigate?
It’s Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Newdigate. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which council inspects kitchens in Newdigate?
In Newdigate, it’s Mole Valley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t run during the clean. With the extract off, the kitchen can’t cook, so we work out of hours.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
A photo report shows the fan before and after. If it’s part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
Kitchen extracts in Newdigate
Look up Newdigate on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Newdigate. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. Newdigate sits within the area of Surrey 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. It’s Mole Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Newdigate. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Newdigate CofE Endowed Aided Infant School or anywhere near Newdigate, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Langley Green Hospital (about 4.9 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Newdigate is about 5 miles south of Dorking, in Surrey. Newdigate gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Newdigate is one of 395 towns, villages and districts in Surrey we cover for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 14 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the RH5 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Church Road, Underhill Road and Village Street or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover Cudworth (1 mile east), Parkgate (1 mile north-east), Shellwood Cross (2 miles north), Russ Hill (2 miles south-east) and Nalderswood (3 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Guildford (14 miles north-west), Epsom (12 miles north), Horley (5 miles east), Redhill (7 miles north-east), Ewell (13 miles north) and Reigate (6 miles north-east).
What’s near Newdigate
In Newdigate, that means kitchens and buildings near Six Bells pub and Newdigate Brickworks. The nearest railway station is Holmwood station, roughly 1.7 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Langley Green Hospital (4.9 miles south-east) and Betchworth Castle (4.9 miles north). The countryside around Newdigate includes Leith Hill and Vann Lake.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A motor that has burnt out
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points