Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Rhodes Minnis
For cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Rhodes Minnis, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
Leave it or put it right?
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. A planned visit to Rhodes Minnis is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why Rhodes Minnis businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We’re fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Extract fan cleaning in Rhodes Minnis
In Rhodes Minnis, 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. Typical jobs include a fan shaking on its mounts and grease escaping from the fan outlet, on centrifugal fans, roof-mounted fans and discharge points.
In a village or hamlet like Rhodes Minnis, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Rhodes Minnis (CT4)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The scale of the work
- A single visit or a regular plan
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Rhodes Minnis run smoothly.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and blades
A clean impeller shows any damage: chips, distortion or wear. Anything we see goes on the report.
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
Rhodes Minnis questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Rhodes Minnis?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Rhodes Minnis. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you come to Rhodes Minnis after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Rhodes Minnis can fit around your hours. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Is Rhodes Minnis in your area?
Yes. Our technicians work in Rhodes Minnis, within the South East and London area we cover.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen can’t cook while we work. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
Who is the responsible person?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you’re not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, the fan is cleaned as part of TR19. Anything that can’t be reached is recorded, so you always know what was cleaned.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Rhodes Minnis
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Rhodes Minnis and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Environmental health officers from Folkestone and Hythe council inspect food businesses in Rhodes Minnis. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Rhodes Minnis. 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Rhodes Minnis is Royal Victoria Hospital, about 5.8 miles south-east.
Rhodes Minnis is about 5 miles north of Hythe, in Kent. If you need extract fan cleaning in Rhodes Minnis, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Rhodes Minnis. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 25 miles away.
We work across CT4 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Longage Hill and Green Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Rhodes Minnis include Woodland (1 mile south-west), Ottinge (1 mile east), Hemsted (1 mile south-west), Lyminge (1 mile south-east) and Skeete (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Ashford (9 miles west), Canterbury (9 miles north), Dover (10 miles east), Folkestone (6 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles north) and Deal (15 miles east).
Around Rhodes Minnis
Rhodes Minnis’s nearest station is Sandling station, roughly 3.8 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Royal Victoria Hospital (5.8 miles south-east) and Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (3.7 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Tolsford Hill.
Common problems we fix in Rhodes Minnis
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Rhodes Minnis as anywhere. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire, and a hot, struggling motor does not help.
What we are most often called out for:
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan that has never been cleaned
Acrise Place, about 2.6 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Rhodes Minnis; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Questions to ask before you book
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
What else we do in Rhodes Minnis
Multi-site and managed buildings
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Rhodes Minnis and across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.