West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Sharpthorne
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Sharpthorne, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sharpthorne
Grease on a fan is not spread evenly. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. A thorough clean removes the cause. We’re often asked to deal with a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, across roof-mounted fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
In a small place like Sharpthorne, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Sharpthorne (RH19)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Sharpthorne
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Sharpthorne?
That’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can you work in Sharpthorne outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Sharpthorne does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
That depends on the fan’s size, its position and how much grease there is. Typically it takes an hour or two for most single fans.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Build-up on the impeller is a frequent reason, because it unbalances the fan. It can also be wear in the bearings or motor, which our report will flag.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Somewhere as small as Sharpthorne, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- We reassemble, run the fan and photograph the result.
Preparing for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Sharpthorne
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. Whatever grease is still in it settles on the impeller and inside the housing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Clients usually contact us when they notice one of these:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
A hospital like Queen Victoria Hospital, about 4.5 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What insurance they carry
Managing agents and facilities teams in Sharpthorne
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.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Places near Sharpthorne
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What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Damaged fan blades
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Sharpthorne
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- How big the system is
- Parking and loading at the site
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Whether several sites go on one quote
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
For extract fan cleaning in Sharpthorne, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Sharpthorne kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Sharpthorne. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Environmental health officers from Mid Sussex council inspect food businesses in Sharpthorne. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Sharpthorne sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Priest House is about 0.5 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Margaret's Church or elsewhere in Sharpthorne, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Sharpthorne is about 4 miles south of East Grinstead, in West Sussex. For extract fan cleaning in and around Sharpthorne, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. We work across South East England and London, Sharpthorne included. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 17 miles away.
We work across RH19 for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Station Road, Marlpit Road and Bayhams Field, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Close by, we work in West Hoathly (1 mile west), Highbrook (2 miles south), Selsfield Common (2 miles north-west), Little London (2 miles south-west) and Birchgrove (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (7 miles west), Horsham (12 miles west), Haywards Heath (6 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (9 miles south-west), East Grinstead (4 miles north) and Broadfield (7 miles west).
Landmarks near Sharpthorne
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Fox pub, among other places. The closest station to Sharpthorne is East Grinstead station, about 3.6 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Waterbury Castle (2.6 miles south) and East Grinstead Museum (3.7 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Hedgecourt Lake.
Why it’s worth doing now in Sharpthorne
Cleaning the fan in Sharpthorne now is a short job: the work takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Leaving it means more wear, more noise and a bigger clean later. In a place like Sharpthorne, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
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 we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001