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Norwood Green extract fan cleaning
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Norwood Green, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Norwood Green
Food Standards Agency data counts about 221 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 101 takeaways and sandwich shops across Norwood Green 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. Food hygiene inspections in Norwood Green are the job of Ealing council’s environmental health team. 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. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Osterley House is about 0.6 miles south-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. For schools such as St Mary's Church of England Primary Norwood Green, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Norwood Green is about 1 mile south-east of Southall, in Greater London. Across the UB2 area, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Norwood Green among them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 12 miles from Norwood Green.
We work across UB2, TW5 and TW7 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Norwood Road, Stour Avenue and Durham Avenue and the roads around them. You will find Norwood Green on the M4 and A3005, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in North Hyde (1 mile west), Heston (1 mile south-west), Osterley (1 mile south-east), Spring Grove (1 mile south-east) and Lampton (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (12 miles east), City of Westminster (9 miles east), Marylebone (9 miles east), Kensington (7 miles east), St Pancras (11 miles east) and Shoreditch (13 miles east).
Around Norwood Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Inwood Park, The Plough Public House and Heston Community School. The nearest railway station is Southall station, about 1 mile north-west. Well-known places in the area include St Bernard's Hospital (1 mile north-east) and Museum of Army Music (2.7 miles south). For a walk, there’s Garden Lake and Castlebar Hill.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Norwood Green
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you are dealing with a smell of hot grease from the extract and less air being pulled from the kitchen, we can put it right.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Norwood Green is normally done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Norwood Green (UB2, TW5, TW7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Norwood Green?
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. When filters do not seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Look out for any of the following:
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
A hospital like St Bernard's Hospital, about 1 mile north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- What paperwork you get at the end
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Why it’s worth doing now in Norwood Green
For a kitchen in Norwood Green, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it normally is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why Norwood Green businesses choose us
- We diagnose before we treat
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
In a busy kitchen, the fan rarely gets a rest, so grease and wear build up together. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
Impellers and blades
Grease on the leading edges of the blades cuts the fan’s efficiency. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Make sure the fan is included each time
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Common questions in Norwood Green
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Norwood Green?
Norwood Green is in the area of London Fire Brigade. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Norwood Green in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 40 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Norwood Green. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
What information do you need?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, the fan is cleaned as part of TR19. If a fan cannot be reached, the report says so, so the record is accurate.
Do you cover Norwood Green?
Yes. We cover Norwood Green and the rest of Greater London, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Fan repair and replacement is part of what we do. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and send you a fixed quote.
How it works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes an hour or two for most single fans, and we clear up before we go. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in Norwood Green saves time on the night.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.