Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Old Town, Greater London
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Old Town, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Grease, kitchens and Old Town
Food Standards Agency records list about 268 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 189 takeaways in Old Town and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Old Town sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
If you run a café or takeaway near West Croydon station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Minster Nursery and Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Croydon Minster, or anywhere in Old Town, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Old Town is about 1 mile north-west of Croydon, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Old Town or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Old Town among them. London is in our area too, about 9 miles from Old Town.
All of CR0, CR9 and CR90 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Park Lane, Fell Road and Abbey Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Old Town, we cover Waddon (1 mile south-west), Broad Green (1 mile north), Beddington (1 mile west), Bandonhill (1 mile south-west) and Russell Hill (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles north), City of Westminster (10 miles north), Marylebone (10 miles north), Kensington (10 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
Near you in Old Town
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Rutherford School, The Gun Tavern and St Andrew's CofE School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Old Town itself: West Croydon station. Well-known places in the area include Croydon University Hospital (1.2 miles north) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Old Town includes Roundshaw Downs and Duppas Hill.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Old Town
Kitchen extract fans come in different forms: fans on the roof, fans built into the duct run, and fans on an outside wall. The way in depends on the type, and we plan that during the survey. The work covers discharge points, centrifugal fans and roof-mounted fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a smell of hot grease from the extract and a fan that has never been cleaned.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Old Town, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Old Town (CR0, CR9, CR90)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Old Town
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
Old Town questions
Can the work in Old Town be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Old Town can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Old Town in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 42 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Old Town. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, a fan can be cleaned on its own. That helps when the fan needs attention before the next full clean, but it does not replace a full TR19 clean.
Do you cover Old Town?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Old Town.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Leave a clear route to the fan
File the photo report with your other extract records. It gives a dated record of the fan’s condition, which helps if anything changes later.
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.
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Before any visit in Old Town, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- 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 how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Old Town
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
If you need extract fan cleaning in Old Town, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
Part by part
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Fan housings and motors
Belt-driven fans have a drive belt and pulleys that can collect grease. Belts and pulleys are checked and cleaned where safe for your records.
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Why act early in Old Town
A fan that sounds rough in Old Town is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it usually is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Choosing the date yourself beats having a fault choose it for you.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Old Town
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.