Paulsgrove extract fan cleaning

Extract fan cleaning in Paulsgrove: the local picture

Sea air reaches Paulsgrove, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 69 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 42 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Paulsgrove. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Paulsgrove is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.

Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Paulsgrove is Queen Alexandra Hospital, about 1.1 miles east. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Beacon View Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Michael and All Angels or anywhere around Paulsgrove, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.

Paulsgrove is about 3 miles north of Portsmouth, in Portsmouth. Paulsgrove gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Across Portsmouth, we cover 19 places, and Paulsgrove is one of them.

Work in PO6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Bourne Road, Ludlow Road and Farmlea Road and the roads around them. With the M27 and A27 close by, Paulsgrove is simple for us to get to at any hour. Other places close to Paulsgrove include Wymering (1 mile east), Cosham (1 mile east), Hilsea (2 miles south-east), Widley (2 miles east) and Purbrook Heath (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Portsmouth (3 miles south), Southsea (5 miles south), Milton (4 miles south), Landport (3 miles south), Baffins (3 miles south-east) and Portsea (4 miles south).

Around Paulsgrove

We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Alexandra Park, The Sir Alec Rose pub and Castle View Academy. The nearest railway station is Cosham station, about 1.2 miles south-east. A little further out are Queen Alexandra Hospital (1.1 miles east) and World War I Remembrance Centre (2.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Paulsgrove include Southmoor Nature Reserve and Portsdown Hill.

How the job changes from site to site

Kitchens with long cooking hours

Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.

Fan housings and motors

The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.

For landlords and multi-site operators

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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.