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Extract fan cleaning in Paddington Green, Greater London
Extract fan cleaning for Paddington Green, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
About our extract fan cleaning in Paddington Green
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. A thorough clean removes the cause. The work covers discharge points, axial fans and roof-mounted fans, and the jobs we see most are grease escaping from the fan outlet and less air being pulled from the kitchen.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Paddington Green, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Paddington Green (W2, W1H, NW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Paddington Green
How fast a fan gets greasy in Paddington Green depends on the cooking: 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.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
If you cook for passing trade around London Paddington station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether VAT is included
- What insurance they carry
- What paperwork you get at the end
Extract fan cleaning around Paddington Green
Food Standards Agency records include about 83 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 183 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Paddington Green. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Paddington Green 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. It’s Westminster council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Paddington Green. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary on Paddington Green Church or elsewhere in Paddington Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. For schools such as Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Paddington Green is about 1 mile north-west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Sites in Paddington Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Paddington Green is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for extract fan cleaning.
Work in W2, W1H and NW8 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Harrow Road, Craven Road and Lanark Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Paddington Green is on the A5 and A40, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover Paddington (1 mile south-east), Little Venice (1 mile west), Lisson Grove (1 mile north-east), Hyde Park Estate (1 mile south-east) and Connaught Village (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (4 miles south-east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (4 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (4 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
Near you in Paddington Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Royal Society of Medicine Library, International Community School and Sir Alexander Fleming pub. Nearby too are North Westminster Community School (less than half a mile east) and Kensington Gardens (0.9 miles south). There’s a railway station in Paddington Green itself: London Paddington station. Nearby you will also find Harrods (1.5 miles south) and London Toy & Model Museum (0.6 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s The Long Water and Greville Place nature reserve.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- An impeller that’s bent or split
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
Paddington Green: your questions answered
Is parking a problem for work in Paddington Green?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in Paddington Green, and about any building rules on loading. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Which environmental health team covers Paddington Green?
Kitchens in Paddington Green are inspected by Westminster council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and that’s how we prefer to work. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
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.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
With the fan isolated, the extract is not running. We work evenings, overnight or weekends, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Make sure the fan is included each time
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.
How we price extract fan cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- The condition of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits, and we clear up before we go. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Paddington Green is no exception.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.