Southampton · Extract fan cleaning
Portswood extract fan cleaning
One call covers extract fan cleaning in Portswood, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Portswood
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Extract fan cleaning in Portswood
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. Common call-outs are for fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and a noisy fan that has got louder over time, on in-line fans, discharge points and centrifugal fans.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Portswood gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Portswood (SO17, SO14, SO18)
- Region
- Southampton
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Portswood
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Portswood out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Portswood, the Food Standards Agency lists about 43 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Which environmental health team covers Portswood?
Kitchens in Portswood are inspected by Southampton 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.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
Daily cooking hours set the minimum, under BESA guidance. At the extremes, that’s 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Do you cover Portswood?
Yes. We cover Portswood and the rest of Southampton, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so the site does not lose a service.
Towns and villages near Portswood
What else we do in Portswood
Kitchen extracts in Portswood
Portswood lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 74 pubs and bars and about 15 hotels and B&Bs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Portswood. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Portswood sits within the area of 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.
If you cook for passing trade around St Denys station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. A hospital like Royal South Hants Hospital, about 0.9 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Highfield Church or elsewhere in Portswood, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Portswood is about 1 mile north of Southampton, in Southampton. From the centre of Portswood to the outskirts, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Portswood is one of 40 places in Southampton we cover for commercial clients.
Work in SO17, SO14 and SO18 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Ivy Road, Alma Road and Lawn Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Main roads around Portswood include the A335 and A3035, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Portswood, we cover St Denys (1 mile south-east), Southampton (1 mile south), Inner Avenue (1 mile south-west), Bitterne Manor (1 mile south-east) and Bitterne Park (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Thornhill (3 miles south-east), Maybush (3 miles west), Eling (4 miles west), Rownhams (3 miles north-west), Millbrook (3 miles west) and Weston (3 miles south).
Local landmarks in Portswood
In Portswood, that means kitchens and buildings near St Anne's Catholic School, St Mary's Independent School and South Western Arms. There’s a railway station in Portswood itself: St Denys station. A little further out are Marlands Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south) and Royal South Hants Hospital (0.9 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Netley Common.
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. Scraping and degreasing them restores their shape, so the fan can run as intended.
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
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.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Visits to a place like Portswood are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Damaged fan blades
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Report rattles or humming early
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.