West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Rackham, West Sussex
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Rackham. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
Different parts, different methods
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Wall fans
With little duct before them, wall fans collect grease fast. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
About our extract fan cleaning in Rackham
We’ve been trading since 2009. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. If you have a noisy fan that has got louder over time and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, we can put it right.
Work in a small place like Rackham starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Rackham (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two for most single fans. In a small place like Rackham, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Rackham
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The scale of the work
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- The times the site is available
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
For extract fan cleaning in Rackham, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Questions from Rackham
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Rackham?
Rackham 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.
Do you work at weekends in Rackham?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Rackham does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
Uneven grease on the impeller often causes it. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks, under BESA guidance. At the extremes, that is 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Grease, kitchens and Rackham
Rackham is covered by West Sussex 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. Environmental health officers from Horsham council inspect food businesses in Rackham. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Arundel and District Hospital (about 4.8 miles south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Rackham (Parham House is about 0.7 miles north-east), fitting access panels needs care. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Rackham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Rackham is about 7 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Rackham, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Rackham among them. Brighton is in our area too, around 17 miles away.
Every address in RH20 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Rackham: Cross Gate (1 mile west), Amberley (1 mile west), Coldwaltham (2 miles north-west), Bury (2 miles west) and Hardham (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Horsham (13 miles north-east), Worthing (8 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (12 miles south-west), Chichester (13 miles south-west), Littlehampton (7 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Rackham
Typical jobs here are in premises near Parham Park. For rail, the closest station is Amberley station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Arundel and District Hospital (4.8 miles south-west) and Amberley Museum (1.8 miles south-west). The countryside around Rackham includes Bignor Hill and Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Run the extract throughout cooking
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
Why act early in Rackham
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the motor works harder. If the system at a site near Rackham fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Why book with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
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