Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Peaks Hill extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Peaks Hill. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
How we price extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The times the site is available
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’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Peaks Hill
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. If you are dealing with a fan shaking on its mounts and an extract fan with no cleaning record, we can help.
Kitchens in Peaks Hill, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Peaks Hill (CR8, SM6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Keep records of every fan clean
You get before and after photos of the impeller and housing. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Peaks Hill
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Peaks Hill?
Kitchens in Peaks Hill are inspected by Croydon council’s environmental health officers. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can school kitchens in Peaks Hill be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 24 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Peaks Hill. You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the dates the site is empty.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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 many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
Fan housings and motors
Some fans use a belt drive. We clean around them and note any wear for your records.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Peaks Hill?
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. When filters don’t seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A motor area thick with grease
For schools such as Coloma Convent Girls' School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Kitchen extracts in Peaks Hill
The FSA’s data shows about 8 pubs, bars and clubs and about 6 hotels and B&Bs registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Peaks Hill. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. The fire and rescue service for Peaks Hill is London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Purley War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to Peaks Hill, about 0.7 miles east. A kitchen near Purley station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Peaks Hill is about 1 mile north-west of Purley, in Greater London. We provide extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Peaks Hill and the rest of Greater London. Peaks Hill is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for London, roughly 11 miles from Peaks Hill.
We cover every part of CR8 and SM6 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Furze Lane, Birch Lane and Plough Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Peaks Hill sits on or near the A2022, which makes travel easy for extract fan cleaning. Close by, we work in Russell Hill (1 mile north), Roundshaw (1 mile north), Woodcote (1 mile south-west), Purley (1 mile south-east) and Woodcote Green (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover London (11 miles north), City of Westminster (12 miles north), Marylebone (12 miles north), Kensington (11 miles north), St Pancras (13 miles north) and Shoreditch (13 miles north).
Around Peaks Hill
Around Peaks Hill, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Carshalton Park, Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School and The Foxley Hatch pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Purley station, about 0.8 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include St George's Walk (2.4 miles north-east) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1 mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Duppas Hill and Roundshaw Downs.
Multi-site and managed buildings
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, 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.
The process
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Peaks Hill.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- 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.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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What a clean will not put right
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- A fan that won’t start
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- Wiring faults to the fan
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans