Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Sandway, Kent
Specialist extract fan cleaning for Sandway: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Rough running from the extract fan
How we price extract fan cleaning
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The number of sites or systems
- The size of the system
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we will talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Sandway
Any fan serving a kitchen in Sandway is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. If you’re dealing with a fan shaking on its mounts and a motor area thick with grease, we can help, from fan housings, centrifugal fans and in-line fans onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Sandway, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Sandway (ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Sandway
Do you cover smaller places like Sandway?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Sandway is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Sandway in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Sandway, the Food Standards Agency lists about 5 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks in BESA guidance. At the extremes, that is 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote and we’ll plan the visit around them.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the extract fan cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Sandway can be planned properly.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Move anything stored near the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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What else we do in Sandway
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When to call us in Sandway
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Leeds Castle is about 3.3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Questions to ask before you book
- Proof of insurance
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- How they set the interval to the next visit
How the job changes from site to site
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so the method is planned in advance. If it can’t be reached fully, the report says so.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
In a busy kitchen, the fan rarely gets a rest, so grease and wear build up together. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Sandway
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 6 pubs and bars in and around Sandway, up to about a mile and a half out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Kitchens in Sandway get their food hygiene inspections from Maidstone council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Sandway is covered by Kent 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.
A kitchen near Lenham station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Mary's Church or anywhere around Sandway, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Sandway is about 8 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Sandway or further out, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Sandway is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Maidstone, around 8 miles away.
Every address in ME17 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Headcorn Road, Sandway Road and Old Ham Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Platt's Heath (1 mile south-west), Liverton Street (1 mile south-west), Boughton Malherbe (1 mile south), Marley (1 mile north-west) and Harrietsham (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (8 miles west), Ashford (9 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (8 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east), Minster (14 miles north) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
Landmarks near Sandway
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Kiln Wood, The Lenham School and Wishful Thinker pub. Sandway’s nearest station is Lenham station, roughly 0.5 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include The Dog Collar Museum (3.2 miles north-west) and Coldbridge Castle (2.1 miles south).
Why act early in Sandway
Cleaning the fan in Sandway now is a short job: it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. Planning a trip to Sandway ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
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