Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Red Post Bridge extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning across Red Post Bridge and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Red Post Bridge before we set off.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
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 work begins.
Advice
Extract fan cleaning in Red Post Bridge
In Red Post Bridge, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. We are often asked to deal with a fan coated in grease inside its housing and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan, across in-line fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
In a small place like Red Post Bridge, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Red Post Bridge (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Red Post Bridge questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Red Post Bridge?
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Red Post Bridge. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Is Red Post Bridge within the area you cover?
Yes, Red Post Bridge is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
At least as often as the rest of the extract, which BESA guidance sets by daily cooking hours: every 3, 6 or 12 months. Some fans need attention sooner.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
Before and after photos go into a report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and that is how we prefer to work. The visit is timed for when the area is not in use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Why it’s worth doing now in Red Post Bridge
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 Red Post Bridge fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Red Post Bridge
- In business since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Extract fan cleaning around Red Post Bridge
Look up Red Post Bridge on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 13 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Red Post Bridge, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Red Post Bridge is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Red Post Bridge get their food hygiene inspections from Test Valley council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Red Post Bridge, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Andover War Memorial Hospital is the nearest hospital to Red Post Bridge, about 2 miles north-east.
Red Post Bridge is about 2 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Red Post Bridge, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. Southampton is in our area too, around 21 miles away.
Here we cover the SP11 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Newall Road, Andover Road and Red Post Lane and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Red Post Bridge: Penton Corner (1 mile north), Weyhill (1 mile north-west), Penton Grafton (1 mile north), Penton Mewsey (2 miles north) and East Cholderton (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Winchester (14 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (6 miles north-west), Weeke (13 miles south-east) and Stanmore (14 miles south-east).
Near you in Red Post Bridge
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Black Swan Public House, among other places. The closest station to Red Post Bridge is Andover station, about 1.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Andover Museum (2.6 miles east) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
What affects the quote in Red Post Bridge
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- The size of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The condition of the system
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We typically come back within one working day.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Red Post Bridge
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Towns and villages near Red Post Bridge
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How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.
What we are called out for in Red Post Bridge
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Look out for any of the following:
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A motor area thick with grease
For schools such as John Hanson Community School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- When the next visit should be, and why
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.