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Extract Fan Cleaning in Sandwich
Extract fan cleaning across Sandwich and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Extract fan cleaning in Sandwich
A clean fan is not a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we will tell you, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You will know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. Common call-outs are for weak extraction at the canopy and grease stains around the discharge, across discharge points, roof-mounted fans and axial fans.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Sandwich gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Sandwich (CT13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near Sandwich
What else we do in Sandwich
Sandwich questions
Does coastal air change anything about extract fan cleaning in Sandwich?
Yes, to a degree: at about 3 miles from the coast, Sandwich gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Sandwich?
That’s Dover council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Sandwich. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
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.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
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 are fully insured.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so the site does not lose a service.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
A common cause is grease. Grease collects unevenly and unbalances the impeller, causing vibration and noise. Cleaning may sort it, but worn bearings or a failing motor need a repair.
The process
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits, and we clear up before we go. For a site near Sandwich, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Extract fan cleaning around Sandwich
Sandwich lies within about 3 miles of the sea. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 14 pubs, bars and clubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sandwich. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Sandwich. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Commuter trade near Sandwich station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Sandwich Infant School or anywhere near Sandwich, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Sandwich United Reformed Church or elsewhere in Sandwich, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Sandwich is about 5 miles north-west of Deal, in Kent. From the centre of Sandwich to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, Sandwich among them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (35 miles or so).
Extract fan cleaning in CT13 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Cattle Market, Market Street and High Street and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Great Stonar (1 mile north), Felderland (1 mile south), Worth (1 mile south), Woodnesborough (1 mile south-west) and Statenborough (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (11 miles west), Margate (8 miles north), Dover (10 miles south), Folkestone (15 miles south-west), Ramsgate (5 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Sandwich
In Sandwich, that means kitchens and buildings near Ham Fen, Sir Roger Manwood's School and The Red Cow Public House, among other places. There’s a railway station in Sandwich itself: Sandwich station. Other landmarks nearby include The Precinct Toy Collection (under half a mile north) and Ramsgate General Hospital (5 miles north-east). Open spaces near Sandwich include Monk's Wall nature reserve.
How the job changes from site to site
Roof-mounted fans
A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. The impeller and housing are scraped and degreased.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Travel, parking and unloading
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How easy every part is to reach
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
When it’s something else
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Damaged fan blades
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- Wiring faults to the fan
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
What happens if it’s left?
A fan that sounds rough in Sandwich is often telling you the extract needs a clean. If the fan is coated, the duct before it usually is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why us?
- Every job surveyed first
- In business since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.