Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood, Greater London
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Petts Wood, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Grease stains around the discharge
About our extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing and we clean it off. Typical jobs include a noisy fan that has got louder over time and a smell of hot grease from the extract, on axial fans, discharge points and roof-mounted fans.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Petts Wood, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Good records are part of the job. 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. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Petts Wood (BR5, BR6, BR2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood
Can parking be tricky for a job in Petts Wood?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Petts Wood?
Food hygiene inspections in Petts Wood are carried out by Bromley council. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, the fan is cleaned as part of TR19. Anything that can’t be reached is recorded, so you always know what was cleaned.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. 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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Why act early in Petts Wood
Cleaning the fan in Petts Wood now is a short job: the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- We’re fully insured
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Trading since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
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Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The scale of the work
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
If you need extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
How it works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Petts Wood is normally out of hours.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Petts Wood
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. 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.
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 photos.
When it’s something else
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- Wiring faults to the fan
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
Kitchen extracts in Petts Wood
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 15 bars, pubs and nightclubs within about 1.5 miles of central Petts Wood. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. In Petts Wood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Bromley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Bridgeways Day Hospital is the nearest hospital to Petts Wood, about 1.5 miles west. If you cook for passing trade around Petts Wood station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Petts Wood is about 1 mile west of Orpington, in Greater London. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Petts Wood and the rest of Greater London. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our London page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
We work across the BR5, BR6 and BR2 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Tent Peg Lane, Ryecroft Road and Beaumont Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Petts Wood include Crofton (1 mile south), Broom Hill (1 mile south-east), Southborough (1 mile west), Locksbottom (1 mile south-west) and Bromley Common (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles north-west), City of Westminster (13 miles north-west), Marylebone (13 miles north-west), Kensington (14 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (12 miles north-west).
Around Petts Wood
Typical jobs here are in premises near Jubilee Country Park, Bromley High School and Daylight Inn, among other places. There’s a railway station in Petts Wood itself: Petts Wood station. Nearby you’ll also find Bridgeways Day Hospital (1.5 miles west) and Crofton Roman Villa (1.2 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s The Warren and Summer Hill.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Petts Wood
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Petts Wood as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it and an overworked motor runs hotter.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Crofton Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What to look for in a quote
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Proof of accreditation you can verify