Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Rainham, Medway
Extract fan cleaning in Rainham from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan left out of previous cleans
Common questions in Rainham
Can you come to Rainham after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can sea air affect extract fan cleaning in Rainham?
Yes, to a degree: at about 3 miles from the coast, Rainham gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. A fan housing that is rusting near the coast can fail sooner, so it’s worth catching early.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Uneven grease on the impeller often causes it. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so you keep your normal hours.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes. We record it as a fan-only clean, so your TR19 records stay accurate. The full system still needs its regular TR19 clean.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Rainham
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, leading to vibration, noise and strain on the motor and bearings. Cleaning the impeller and housing puts that right. The work covers roof-mounted fans, axial fans and discharge points, and common reasons people get in touch are weak extraction at the canopy and thick grease on the impeller and casing.
Around a town like Rainham, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Each has a canopy, filters, ductwork and a fan to keep clear of grease.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Rainham (ME8, ME9)
- Region
- Medway
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Rainham
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What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that won’t start
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
What affects the quote in Rainham
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The postcode and the type of business
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Rainham
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Leave it or put it right?
For a kitchen in Rainham, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it so a full TR19 clean may be due. Catching it early in Rainham means you choose the day.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- In business since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Don’t store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Make sure the fan is included each time
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. A fan-only clean is recorded in the photo report.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
Kitchen extracts in Rainham
Rainham is within about 3 miles of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up Rainham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 25 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 28 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Rainham, up to about a mile and a half out. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Rainham sits within the area of Kent 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 look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Margaret's Church of England Junior School or anywhere near Rainham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Margaret or elsewhere in Rainham, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Medway Maritime Hospital (about 3.2 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Rainham is about 2 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. From the centre of Rainham to the outskirts, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Rainham is one of 68 places in Medway we cover for commercial clients. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (7 miles or so).
Work in ME8 and ME9 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Durham Road, London Road and Bloors Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Meresborough (1 mile south), Moor Street (1 mile east), Lower Rainham (1 mile north), Hartlip (2 miles south-east) and Lower Hartlip (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles west), Luton (3 miles west), Lordswood (3 miles south-west) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north-west). Being one of Medway’s larger places, Rainham has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Rainham
Typical jobs here are in premises near Howard School, The Railway pub and Howard School. The nearest railway station is Rainham (Kent) station, roughly 0.5 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Medway Maritime Hospital (3.2 miles north-west) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill and Bishop Saltings.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Let us know how to reach the roof or plant area at your site in Rainham, and where the van can go.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Before we arrive
- 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
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.