Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Portchester, Hampshire
Our technicians work in Portchester on extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A heavily greased fan housing
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so the method is planned in advance. Anything out of reach is recorded.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Portchester
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: 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. The work covers fan housings, in-line fans and discharge points, and people most often call us about rough running from the extract fan and burning smells from the fan area.
In a smaller place like Portchester, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, 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 to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Portchester (PO16, PO6, PO17)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Portchester
Portchester 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. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 13 pubs, bars and clubs in Portchester and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Environmental health officers from Fareham council inspect food businesses in Portchester. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Castle Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Queen Alexandra Hospital (about 2.3 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Portchester is about 3 miles north-east of Gosport, in Hampshire. We provide extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Portchester and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Portchester among them.
Our technicians cover all of the PO16, PO6 and PO17 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Local streets include Cow Lane, Hill Road and Ralph Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Boarhunt (2 miles north-west), Southwick (2 miles north), Elson (2 miles south-west), Wallington (2 miles west) and Priddy's Hard (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Gosport (3 miles south-west), Havant (6 miles east), Eastleigh (13 miles north-west), Fareham (3 miles west), Horndean (7 miles north-east) and Chandler's Ford (15 miles north-west).
Near you in Portchester
In Portchester, that means kitchens and buildings near Portchester Community School and The Cormorant pub. The closest station to Portchester is Portchester station, about 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Portchester Castle (within half a mile south-east) and Queen Alexandra Hospital (2.3 miles east). Not far away are West of the River Alver and Portsdown Hill.
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
When the fan is cleaned as part of a full TR19® Grease clean, a TR19 certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Listen to the fan. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- How many systems or sites are involved
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
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.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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What we do, step by step
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Your opening hours decide when we come to Portchester, not ours.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Portchester: your questions answered
Is Portchester within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Portchester is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can a school canteen extract in Portchester be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 14 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Portchester. Just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes, a full TR19 clean includes the fan. If a fan cannot be reached, the report says so, so you always know what was cleaned.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote and we will plan the visit around them.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll usually reply within one working day.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Portchester?
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan, wearing bearings and mounts. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A motor area thick with grease
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Rough running from the extract fan
Commuter trade near Portchester station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Before booking anyone
- What paperwork you get at the end
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Portchester and across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.