Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Old Heath
Extract fan cleaning across Old Heath and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Damaged fan blades
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Old Heath
Any fan serving a kitchen in Old Heath is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. The work covers discharge points, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans, and people most often call us about grease around the motor and its mounts and vibration from an unbalanced impeller.
Around a smaller place like Old Heath, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Old Heath (CO2, CO1, CO4)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Places near Old Heath
Other services in Old Heath
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Old Heath
A fan in Old Heath builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: how many hours a day the kitchen runs and what it cooks. BESA guidance sets minimum intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months for the whole system by daily use.
Clients normally contact us when they notice one of these:
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Barnabas or anywhere around Old Heath, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Before you book anyone
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether they’re fully insured
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Kitchen extracts in Old Heath
At about 3 miles from the coast, Old Heath is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. There are about 51 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 32 sandwich bars and takeaways in Old Heath and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Food hygiene inspections in Old Heath are the job of Colchester 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Old Heath Community Primary School or anywhere near Old Heath, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Essex County Hospital about 1.9 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Old Heath is about 1 mile south of Greenstead, in Essex. Old Heath gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Chelmsford is in our area too, about 21 miles from Old Heath.
We work across CO2, CO1 and CO4 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Wick Road, Haven Road and D'arcy Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Old Heath: The Hythe (1 mile north), Berechurch (1 mile south-west), Rowhedge (1 mile south-east), Greenstead (1 mile north) and Wivenhoe Cross (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Clacton-on-Sea (11 miles south-east), Maldon (14 miles south-west), Witham (13 miles west), Harwich (15 miles east), Halstead (13 miles west) and Heybridge (13 miles south-west).
Around Old Heath
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Bell pub, Thomas Lord Audley School and Language College and Donyland Lodge. The nearest railway station is Hythe station, about 1 mile north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Essex County Hospital (1.9 miles north-west) and Grandad's Photography Museum (1.5 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Cockaynes Wood.
Common questions in Old Heath
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Old Heath in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Old Heath, the Food Standards Agency lists about 8 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Send us your term dates when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Old Heath?
That’s Colchester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Old Heath. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
With the fan isolated, the extract is not running. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Do you cover Old Heath?
Yes. We work in Old Heath and the rest of Essex, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Are you insured?
Yes, fully. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor, for sites that check contractor safety.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes an hour or two for most single fans, and we clear up before we go. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Old Heath.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
What happens if it’s left?
For a kitchen in Old Heath, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it, so it’s worth checking the whole system. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why Old Heath businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Part by part
Fan housings and motors
Belt-driven fans have a drive belt and pulleys that can collect grease. We clean around them and note any wear for your records.
Impellers and blades
While the impeller is clean, we can see its condition: cracks, bent blades or wear. We note any concerns.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Old Heath
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- How big the system is
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
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. Try to include:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.