West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Pulborough
Need extract fan cleaning in Pulborough? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A heavily greased fan housing
Extract fan cleaning in Pulborough
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. Typical jobs include fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and a noisy fan that has got louder over time, across in-line fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
Kitchens around a place like Pulborough are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Pulborough (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Pulborough
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Pulborough?
Pulborough is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can the work in Pulborough be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few photos plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
What affects the quote in Pulborough
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- What state the system is in
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
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 pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
Grease, kitchens and Pulborough
Food Standards Agency records include about 3 pubs and bars in Pulborough and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In Pulborough, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Horsham council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Pulborough. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Pulborough, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Old Place Manor is about 0.4 miles west), access may need planning.
Pulborough is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Wherever you are in the RH20 postcode area, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, Pulborough among them. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 18 miles from Pulborough.
Our technicians cover all of the RH20 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on London Road, Station Road and Rectory Close and the roads around them. With the A283 close by, Pulborough is simple for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. Other places close to Pulborough include Hardham (1 mile south-west), Pickhurst (1 mile north-west), Coldwaltham (2 miles south-west), Fittleworth (3 miles west) and Bedham (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Horsham (11 miles north-east), Worthing (10 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (14 miles south-west), Chichester (15 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (13 miles south-east).
What’s near Pulborough
Around Pulborough, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Oddfellows Arms. The closest station to Pulborough is Pulborough station, about 0.6 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include The Storrington And District Museum (3.8 miles south-east) and Coates Castle (3.8 miles west). The countryside around Pulborough includes Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
How the job changes from site to site
Wall fans
With little duct before them, wall fans collect grease fast. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans sit at the top of the riser. We clean them where they can be safely reached, and anything we can’t reach is recorded.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Pulborough?
A fan in Pulborough builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: how many hours a day the kitchen runs and what it cooks. Under BESA guidance, the whole system, fan included, needs cleaning at least every 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily hours.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
If you run a café or takeaway near Pulborough station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Comparing quotes
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. 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. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Everything the job in Pulborough needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Pulborough and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.