Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Oad Street
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Oad Street, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A fan left out of previous cleans
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- The scale of the work
- The condition of the system
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
About our extract fan cleaning in Oad Street
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. Each is isolated and opened in its own way and the survey shows us how to reach it. The work covers centrifugal fans, axial fans and roof-mounted fans, and people most often call us about rough running from the extract fan and weak extraction at the canopy.
In a village or hamlet like Oad Street, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally 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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Oad Street (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Oad Street
A fan in Oad Street builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: daily hours and the amount of frying and grilling. Under BESA guidance, the whole system, fan included, needs cleaning at least every 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily hours.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Oad Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When the next visit should be, and why
What a clean will not put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- Damaged fan blades
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
Oad Street kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Oad Street. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. Fire safety in Oad Street falls to Kent 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. Food hygiene inspections in Oad Street are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Borden Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Oad Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Oad Street, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Oad Street is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Maidstone, about 8 miles from Oad Street.
Every address in ME9 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Danaway (1 mile north-west), Chestnut Street (1 mile north), Silver Street (1 mile south-east), Bredgar (1 mile south-east) and South Green (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Whitstable (15 miles east) and Faversham (9 miles east).
What’s near Oad Street
Around Oad Street, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Plough & Harrow pub and Westlands School. For rail, the closest station is Newington station, roughly 1.9 miles north. Nearby you will also find Court Hall Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
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FAQs for Oad Street
Do you work at weekends in Oad Street?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Will you come out to Oad Street?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Oad Street included. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Every clean has a photo report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
What’s TR19?
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 expects a risk-based approach.
Part by part
Fan housings and motors
We clean around the motor without soaking its electrics, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so we clean what we safely can.
Impellers and blades
A clean impeller shows any damage: chips, distortion or wear. We note any concerns.
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Make sure the fan is reachable. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
What we do, step by step
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Oad Street can be planned properly.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
For extract fan cleaning in Oad Street, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.