Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Silver Street extract fan cleaning
Our technicians work in Silver Street on extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A motor area thick with grease
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
What we are called out for in Silver Street
A greasy fan in Silver Street is fuel at the end of the duct. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor does not help.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Weak extraction at the canopy
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in Silver Street, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Comparing quotes
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Extract fan cleaning in Silver Street, done properly
Not all extract fans are the same: roof-mounted units, inline fans within the duct, and wall fans. The way in depends on the type and the survey shows us how to reach it. Typical jobs include a fan that has never been cleaned and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, across roof-mounted fans, centrifugal fans and axial fans.
Somewhere as small as Silver Street, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Silver Street (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A fan that will not start
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
Why it’s worth doing now in Silver Street
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger, while the motor runs under more strain. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Silver Street
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- We are fully insured
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The number of sites or systems
Whatever the type of site, the quote works 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.
Asking for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
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Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Silver Street.
- 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.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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FAQs for Silver Street
Will you come out to Silver Street?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Silver Street included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Silver Street?
Fire safety enforcement in Silver Street is handled by Kent 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.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We offer extract fan repair and replacement, and there’s a 24/7 emergency callout for breakdowns.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Part by part
Roof-mounted fans
A roof fan sits in cooler air, so grease can settle heavily. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Fan housings and motors
Some fans use a belt drive. Belts and pulleys are checked and cleaned where safe for your records.
Extract fan cleaning around Silver Street
There are about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in and around Silver Street, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. Food hygiene inspections in Silver Street are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Silver Street falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Bredgar Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Silver Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Wherever you are in the ME9 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 8 miles away.
Every address in ME9 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Bredgar (1 mile east), Oad Street (1 mile north-west), South Green (2 miles west), Danaway (2 miles north-west) and Chestnut Street (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Whitstable (15 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east) and Minster (9 miles north-east).
What’s near Silver Street
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Westlands School and Cromers Wood, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 2.8 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (2.9 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (3.1 miles north-east). The countryside around Silver Street includes Detling Hill.