West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Rustington extract fan cleaning
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Rustington, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Rustington
In Rustington, 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 motor area thick with grease and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, across fan housings, discharge points and axial fans.
In a smaller place like Rustington, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
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, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Rustington (BN16, BN17)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Rustington
At about 1 mile from the coast, Rustington is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up Rustington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 75 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 42 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Rustington. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. Kitchens in Rustington get their food hygiene inspections from Arun 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.
Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in Rustington, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Zachary Merton Hospital (about within half a mile south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Rustington is about 5 miles west of Worthing, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Rustington, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Rustington is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 17 miles away.
Here we cover the BN16 and BN17 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. That includes premises on Church Road, The Street and Station Road and the roads around them. Rustington sits on or near the B2140, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Littlehampton (1 mile west), Toddington (1 mile north-west), Poling (2 miles north), Wick (2 miles west) and Lyminster (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Worthing (5 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles west), Chichester (12 miles west), Selsey (13 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (11 miles east) and Lancing (8 miles east).
Local landmarks in Rustington
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Littlehampton Academy, Littlehampton College and Mewsbrook Park. The nearest railway station is Angmering station, about 0.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Zachary Merton Hospital (within half a mile south-east) and Lyminster Siege Castle (3 miles north-west). Not far away are WWT Arundel and Highdown Hill.
What a clean will not put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what extract fan cleaning won’t do:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- An impeller that is bent or split
- Wiring faults to the fan
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. In a smaller place like Rustington, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- 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.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Rustington
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. When filters do not seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
If you run a café or takeaway near Angmering station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Before booking anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Leave it or put it right?
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown and a kitchen can’t cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Rustington than wait for a failure.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why Rustington businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
- We diagnose before we treat
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Questions from Rustington
Does being near the coast affect extract fan cleaning in Rustington?
It can. Rustington is within about 1 mile of the coast, and salt air speeds up corrosion. Rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings are checked for corrosion as well as grease.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Rustington?
Food hygiene inspections in Rustington are carried out by Arun council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan sits right in that path, so it’s cleaned too.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
A single accessible fan doesn’t take long, but hard-to-reach fans take more time. It’s done while the kitchen is closed.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We have been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
Build-up on the impeller is a frequent reason, since uneven grease makes it run out of balance. It can also be wear in the bearings or motor, which our report will flag.
How far ahead should we book?
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.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Do not turn the fan off mid-service
- Report rattles or humming early
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
How we price extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The size of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
- What state the system is in
- How easy every part is to reach
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.
Asking for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.