Windsor and Maidenhead · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Old Windsor
Extract fan cleaning for Old Windsor, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Extract fan cleaning in Old Windsor, done properly
Think of the fan as the system’s heart and the grease as a clot. A greasy fan works harder and moves less air. Our job is to clear it, check it runs smoothly and record what we found, before signing it off. The work covers in-line fans, axial fans and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are a smell of hot grease from the extract and grease around the motor and its mounts.
In a smaller place like Old Windsor, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Old Windsor (SL4)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Old Windsor
Can you work in Old Windsor outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Old Windsor can fit around your hours. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Can school kitchens in Old Windsor be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 10 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Old Windsor. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work in Old Windsor?
Yes. Old Windsor is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, 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 law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, where it makes sense. A coated fan often means the duct before it is coated too, but the choice is yours.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
We also repair and replace extract fans. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and send you a fixed quote.
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Leave it or put it right?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. That stains surfaces and can add to the fire risk outside the building, which is one more reason to keep it clean. A site near Old Windsor that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Trading since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The size of the system
- The condition we find in the survey
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.
What to send for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
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.
Extract fan cleaning in Old Windsor: the local picture
Look up Old Windsor on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 13 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Old Windsor. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Food hygiene inspections in Old Windsor are the job of Windsor and Maidenhead council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Old Windsor sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as King's Court First School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Luke, or anywhere in Old Windsor, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Old Windsor is about 2 miles north-west of Egham, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Anywhere in SL4, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Old Windsor is one of 57 towns, villages and districts in Windsor and Maidenhead we cover for extract fan cleaning. Guildford is in our area too, about 15 miles from Old Windsor.
Work in SL4 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Church Road, Parker Gardens and Gregory Drive and the roads around them. You’ll find Old Windsor on the B3021, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Wraysbury (1 mile east), Sunnymeads (1 mile north-east), Bishopsgate (1 mile south), Datchet (2 miles north) and Englefield Green (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidenhead (8 miles north-west), Windsor (3 miles north-west), Boyn Hill (8 miles north-west), North Ascot (6 miles south-west), Cookham (9 miles north-west) and Furze Platt (9 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Old Windsor
In Old Windsor, that means kitchens and buildings near St John's Beaumont School, Windsor Great Park and The Fox And Castle Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Sunnymeads station, roughly 1.3 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Windsor Castle (2.1 miles north-west) and Berkshire Yeomanry Museum (1.6 miles north-west). The countryside around Old Windsor includes St Ann's Hill and Virginia Water Lake.
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- Damaged fan blades
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Old Windsor
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
How the job changes from site to site
Fan housings and motors
Inside the casing, grease is thrown onto the walls. We clean it along with the blades.
Impellers and blades
The impeller is the spinning part that moves the air, and it collects grease unevenly. An uneven coating throws it off balance, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Common problems we fix in Old Windsor
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that’s left lands on the blades and the casing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; King Edward VII Hospital is the nearest hospital to Old Windsor, about 1.8 miles north-west.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
How the visit works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Tell us when your site near Old Windsor is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- 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.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will usually have a quote within one working day.