Southampton · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Sholing
Extract fan cleaning for Sholing, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Sholing
The extract fan is the heart of the system: it draws the air through the canopy and ductwork and pushes it outside. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan, and that’s what we clean. The work covers roof-mounted fans, fan housings and discharge points, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan.
Size doesn’t change the work: a kitchen in a place like Sholing gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Sholing (SO19)
- Region
- Southampton
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
When to call us in Sholing
Grease condenses as the air cools, and a fan out on a roof or wall often sits where the air is coolest. That makes it a natural place for grease to settle.
Clients typically contact us after spotting something like this:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A heavily greased fan housing
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Sholing is Royal South Hants Hospital, about 2 miles north-west.
What your quote should include
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the quote shows VAT
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Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Sholing
Which council inspects kitchens in Sholing?
Kitchens in Sholing are inspected by Southampton council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is Sholing within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Sholing is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen cannot cook while we work. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
Grease on the blades and housing is one of the usual causes, since uneven grease makes it run out of balance. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.
How it works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. For a place like Sholing, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- 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.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
For extract fan cleaning in Sholing, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
How we price extract fan cleaning
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- Travel, parking and unloading
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Sholing
Sholing lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 26 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sholing. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Sholing sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Monica Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. For kitchens close to Sholing station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Sholing is about 2 miles south-east of Southampton, in Southampton. Wherever you are in the SO19 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Our Southampton coverage runs to 40 places, and Sholing is one of them.
Our technicians cover all of the SO19 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Bay Road, Ashby Road and Loane Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A3025, Sholing is simple for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Itchen (1 mile west), Thornhill (1 mile north-east), Bitterne (1 mile north), Peartree Green (1 mile west) and Northam (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Shirley (4 miles north-west), Regents Park (4 miles west), Maybush (5 miles north-west), Coxford (4 miles north-west), Freemantle (3 miles west) and Lordswood (4 miles north-west). Being one of Southampton’s larger places, Sholing has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Sholing
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Red Lion pub, Woolston School and Westwood Woodland Park. Sholing’s nearest station is Sholing station, roughly 0.5 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Netley Castle (1.6 miles south) and Marlands Shopping Centre (2.3 miles west). The countryside around Sholing includes Netley Common.
When something else is needed
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system and many insurers require the full system to be cleaned to TR19. A planned visit to Sholing fits your hours; an emergency does not.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- We are fully insured
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
See our cost guide and our accreditations.