Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Northbourne extract fan cleaning
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for commercial sites in Northbourne and across Kent. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Grease stains around the discharge
How the visit works
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Northbourne knowing what to expect.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Advice
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Northbourne
In Northbourne, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. Common call-outs are for burning smells from the fan area and a heavily greased fan housing, across axial fans, roof-mounted fans and discharge points.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Northbourne (CT14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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What else we do in Northbourne
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’ll tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A fan that won’t start
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: chips, distortion or wear. We note any concerns.
Roof-mounted fans
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. We clean them where they can be safely reached, with any limits noted.
What affects the quote in Northbourne
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- What state the system is in
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How easy every part is to reach
- The scale of the work
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What we need to know
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Run the extract throughout cooking
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Listen to the fan. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Northbourne
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Grease, kitchens and Northbourne
In Northbourne, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Dover council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Northbourne. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Historic houses near Northbourne, such as Walmer Castle about 3 miles south-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. Where a hall near Church of St Augustine, or anywhere in Northbourne, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Northbourne Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Northbourne is about 2 miles west of Deal, in Kent. Northbourne gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Northbourne among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 35 miles from Northbourne.
Here we cover the CT14 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Streets in the area include Deal Road, Coulson Grove and Mill Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Northbourne, we cover Marley (1 mile north), Great Mongeham (1 mile south-east), Finglesham (1 mile north), Sholden Meadows (1 mile east) and Sholden (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (12 miles west), Margate (11 miles north), Dover (6 miles south), Folkestone (12 miles south-west), Ramsgate (9 miles north) and Broadstairs (11 miles north).
Local landmarks in Northbourne
In Northbourne, that means kitchens and buildings near Castle Community College, Hare & Hounds pub and Betteshanger Park and the streets around them. Northbourne’s nearest station is Walmer station, roughly 2.2 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Deal Castle (2.8 miles east) and Kent Museum of the Moving Image (2.7 miles east). The countryside around Northbourne includes Monk's Wall nature reserve.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Northbourne
Who is the fire and rescue service for Northbourne?
Fire safety enforcement in Northbourne is handled by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Will you come out to Northbourne?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Northbourne is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
A fan that needs repair is noted on the report, with what we found. We offer extract fan repair and replacement, and there’s a 24/7 emergency callout for breakdowns.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Who is the responsible person?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.