Windsor and Maidenhead · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in North Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead
Extract fan cleaning across North Ascot and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in North Ascot
Grease on a fan isn’t spread evenly. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. The work covers centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and fan housings, and people most often call us about rough running from the extract fan and a fan coated in grease inside its housing.
For a smaller kitchen near North Ascot, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- North Ascot (SL5)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that fails mid-service can stop a kitchen cooking. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Around North Ascot, a kitchen or building out of action is missed right away.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why us?
- Photo reports with every job
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in North Ascot
Grease condenses as the air cools, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. That makes it a natural place for grease to settle.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A motor area thick with grease
St Leonard's Hill, about 3.9 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near North Ascot; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Report rattles or humming early
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
North Ascot kitchens: local notes
There are about 20 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of North Ascot, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Environmental health officers from Bracknell Forest council inspect food businesses in North Ascot. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. North Ascot sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Heatherwood Hospital (about 0.5 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. School kitchens, at schools like Ascot Heath Church of England Junior School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
North Ascot is about 3 miles east of Bracknell, in Windsor and Maidenhead. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in North Ascot and the rest of Windsor and Maidenhead. North Ascot is one of 57 places in Windsor and Maidenhead we cover for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Reading, roughly 12 miles from North Ascot.
Here we cover the SL5 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Whether your site is on London Road, Mansfield Place and Bowyer Walk or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Brookside (1 mile north-east), Ascot (1 mile south-east), Plaistow Green (1 mile north-east), Woodside (2 miles north-east) and Winkfield (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Maidenhead (7 miles north), Windsor (5 miles north-east), Boyn Hill (7 miles north), Cookham (10 miles north), Furze Platt (8 miles north) and Dedworth (5 miles north-east). North Ascot is among the bigger places we cover in Windsor and Maidenhead for extract fan cleaning.
Around North Ascot
Typical jobs here are in premises near Garth Hill College, Royal Hunt pub and LVS Ascot and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Ascot station, roughly 1 mile south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Heatherwood Hospital (0.5 miles south-east) and The Lexicon (2.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s Virginia Water Lake.
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In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
What happens on the day
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. In a smaller place like North Ascot, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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How we price extract fan cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The condition of the system
- How big the system is
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
Questions from North Ascot
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in North Ascot in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 9 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of North Ascot. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Do you work in villages like North Ascot?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, North Ascot included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so the site does not lose a service.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Grease on the blades and housing is one of the usual causes, because it unbalances the fan. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Are you insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.