East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Rye Harbour, East Sussex
Extract fan cleaning for Rye Harbour, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Rye Harbour
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. We’re often asked to deal with a fan left out of previous cleans and hot, greasy smells near the fan, across in-line fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
In a village or hamlet like Rye Harbour, 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, whatever the size of the place.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Rye Harbour (TN31)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Rye Harbour
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. The grease that’s left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Rye College, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether VAT is included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
Towns and villages near Rye Harbour
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Rye Harbour
Who is the fire and rescue service for Rye Harbour?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Rye Harbour. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Which environmental health team covers Rye Harbour?
In Rye Harbour, it’s Rother council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
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 does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
When it’s something else
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- A fan that won’t start
- Wiring faults to the fan
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
Kitchen extracts in Rye Harbour
The coast is only about 1 mile from Rye Harbour. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. The Food Standards Agency lists about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 9 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Rye Harbour. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Rye Harbour sits within the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Rye Harbour (Lamb House is about 1.4 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Church of the Holy Spirit, or anywhere in Rye Harbour, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Rye Harbour is about 10 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. We carry out extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Rye Harbour and the rest of East Sussex. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, Rye Harbour among them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 25 miles from Rye Harbour.
Our technicians cover all of the TN31 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Tram Road, Camber Road and Oyster Creek or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Rye (1 mile north-west), Camber (1 mile east), East Guldeford (1 mile north), Playden (2 miles north-west) and Houghton Green (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Hastings (10 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (14 miles south-west), St Leonards (11 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (9 miles south-west), Belmont (9 miles south-west) and Hollington (10 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Rye Harbour
Typical jobs here are in premises near Inkerman Arms and Rye Harbour LNR and the streets around them. Rye Harbour’s nearest station is Rye station, about 1.5 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Rye Castle Museum (East Street) (1.3 miles north-west) and Camber Castle (1.2 miles west). For a walk, there’s Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
What the work involves, part by part
Fan housings and motors
Motors and their electrics are kept dry and treated with care, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease around the motor can make it run hotter, so we clean what we safely can.
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. We isolate it, then clean the blades and housing.
The process
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which 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 Rye Harbour run smoothly.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that fails mid-service can stop a kitchen cooking. Many fan problems start with grease, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Photo reports with every job
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
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