East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Pett extract fan cleaning
One call covers extract fan cleaning in Pett, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
What happens if it’s left?
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller does not stay small. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure and a kitchen can’t cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Pett
- Fully insured
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
Extract fan cleaning in Pett
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that’s what we clean. If you are dealing with a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and thick grease on the impeller and casing, we can help.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, 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.
- Location
- Pett (TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Report rattles or humming early
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Make sure the fan is included each time
When we have finished, the fan is reassembled and run. Anything we notice, like noise, vibration or a worn part, goes on the report, so you can plan any repair.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
FAQs for Pett
Do you cover smaller places like Pett?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Pett included. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Pett?
That’s East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
The fan follows the full system’s interval, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The law calls them the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
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, which applies in England and Wales.
How it works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Somewhere as small as Pett, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A fan that will not start
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- Damaged fan blades
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Pett
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
What the work involves, part by part
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They may need cleaning as often as the canopy, which grease readings will show.
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. We clean it along with the blades.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Pett
Pett is within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Look up Pett on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Pett and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Pett is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Pett (Lamb House is about 4.7 miles north-east), fitting access panels needs care. A hospital like Conquest Hospital, about 4.5 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary & St Peter or elsewhere in Pett, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Pett is about 5 miles east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Pett or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 26 miles from Pett.
Work in TN35 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Elms Lane, Pett Road and Chick Hill, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Pett include Fairlight Cove (1 mile south), Friar's Hill (1 mile west), Guestling Green (2 miles west), Fairlight (2 miles south-west) and Guestling (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Hastings (5 miles west), Bexhill-on-Sea (9 miles west), St Leonards (6 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (4 miles south-west), Belmont (4 miles south-west) and Hollington (5 miles west).
Near you in Pett
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Royal Oak Inn and the streets around them. Pett’s nearest station is Three Oaks station, roughly 2.5 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Conquest Hospital (4.5 miles west) and Winchelsea Court Hall Museum (2.7 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.