Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Sharnal Street
Need extract fan cleaning in Sharnal Street? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan that has never been cleaned
When something else is needed
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Sharnal Street
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that’s what we clean. If you’re dealing with a fan coated in grease inside its housing and a noisy fan that has got louder over time, we can put it right, from axial fans, in-line fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
Work in a small place like Sharnal Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Sharnal Street (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Grease, kitchens and Sharnal Street
At about 2 miles from the coast, Sharnal Street is close enough for sea air to matter. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. There are about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Sharnal Street, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. Environmental health officers from Medway council inspect food businesses in Sharnal Street. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Where a hall near Church of St Margaret, or anywhere in Sharnal Street, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Medway Maritime Hospital is the nearest hospital to Sharnal Street, about 4.5 miles south.
Sharnal Street is about 5 miles north of Gillingham, in Medway. From the centre of Sharnal Street to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Sharnal Street is one of 68 places in Medway we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 12 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: ME3. We also cover Fenn Street (1 mile north-east), High Halstow (1 mile north-west), Tunbridge Hill (1 mile south-east), Kingsnorth (1 mile south-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Gillingham (5 miles south), Chatham (6 miles south), Rochester (5 miles south-west), Rainham (6 miles south), Strood (5 miles south-west) and Luton (5 miles south).
What’s near Sharnal Street
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Hundred of Hoo Academy and The Red Dog Public House. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) station, roughly 3.9 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Upnor Castle (3.2 miles south-west) and Medway Maritime Hospital (4.5 miles south). Open spaces near Sharnal Street include Bishop Saltings.
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. BESA guidance sets at least 3-monthly cleaning for that level of use, fan included.
Impellers and blades
A clean impeller shows any damage: cracks, bent blades or wear. Anything we see goes on the report.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What affects the quote in Sharnal Street
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Parking and loading at the site
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition we find in the survey
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- A few general shots of the system
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
When to call us in Sharnal Street
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A fan shaking on its mounts
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Restoration House is about 4.9 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
What happens on the day
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Sharnal Street.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Medway. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Sharnal Street: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Sharnal Street?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which environmental health team covers Sharnal Street?
Kitchens in Sharnal Street are inspected by Medway council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
With the whole system, at intervals set by BESA guidance: every 3, 6 or 12 months. Some fans need attention sooner.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
How long is a fan clean?
Allow a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Your quote will give an idea.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.