Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in North Street, Medway
Extract fan cleaning for North Street, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
Extract fan cleaning in North Street, done properly
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. Common call-outs are for fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and weak extraction at the canopy, across fan housings, roof-mounted fans and in-line fans.
In a village or hamlet like North Street, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- North Street (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from North Street
Which council inspects kitchens in North Street?
Kitchens in North Street are inspected by Medway council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Does the sea air around North Street make a difference to extract fan cleaning?
It can. Salt air reaches North Street, which is within about 1 mile of the coast, and it speeds up rust. Outdoor metalwork near the sea is worth inspecting at each visit.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: every 3, 6 or 12 months. Some fans need attention sooner.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We offer extract fan repair and replacement, and there’s a 24/7 emergency callout for breakdowns.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we will quote them together.
How long is a fan clean?
It takes an hour or two for most single fans. We’ll confirm the time when we quote.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in North Street and across Medway. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to North Street.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Getting a quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Do you need extract fan cleaning in North Street?
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.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Medway Maritime Hospital about 4.9 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What to look for in a quote
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Why act early in North Street
Cleaning the fan in North Street now is a short job: it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Trading since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in North Street
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
What extract fan cleaning looks like in North Street
Sea air reaches North Street, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around North Street, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. It’s Medway council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in North Street. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in North Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
North Street is about 5 miles north of Gillingham, in Medway. Whether your site is in the middle of North Street or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 68 places across Medway, large and small. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 12 miles away.
All of ME3 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside North Street, we cover Tunbridge Hill (1 mile south-west), Kingsnorth (1 mile south), Stoke (1 mile north-east), Fenn Street (1 mile north-west) and Sharnal Street (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (5 miles south), Chatham (7 miles south-west), Rochester (6 miles south-west), Rainham (5 miles south), Strood (6 miles south-west) and Luton (6 miles south-west).
Landmarks near North Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The White Horse pub. The closest station to North Street is Gillingham (Kent) station, roughly 4.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Medway Maritime Hospital (4.9 miles south-west) and Upnor Castle (4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Bishop Saltings.
Different parts, different methods
Inline duct fans
Space around an inline fan can be tight, so we plan how to reach and clean them. Anything out of reach is recorded.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.