Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Smith's Green extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Smith's Green and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Extract fan cleaning in Smith's Green
If the extract fan in Smith's Green has become noisy, weak or greasy? Tell us about it when you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will send you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Smith's Green, usually within one working day. We are often asked to deal with burning smells from the fan area and vibration from an unbalanced impeller, on fan housings, axial fans and centrifugal fans.
Somewhere as small as Smith's Green, 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.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Smith's Green (CM6, CM22)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What a clean will not put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Wiring faults to the fan
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
Kitchen extracts in Smith's Green
Look up Smith's Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Smith's Green. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Smith's Green. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Smith's Green get their food hygiene inspections from Uttlesford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
For schools such as Takeley Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Herts and Essex Hospital about 4.4 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Smith's Green is about 5 miles east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Smith's Green, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, Smith's Green among them. We also work in Chelmsford, about 13 miles from Smith's Green.
Extract fan cleaning in CM6 and CM22 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Broadfield Road, The Oaks and Fleming Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Close by, we work in Little Canfield (1 mile east), Hope End Green (1 mile south), Takeley (1 mile west), Puttock's End (1 mile south) and Takeley Street (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Chelmsford (13 miles south-east), Braintree (12 miles east), Harlow (10 miles south-west), Saffron Walden (11 miles north), Great Dunmow (3 miles east) and Epping (14 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Smith's Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Lion And Lamb Public House. The nearest railway station is Stansted Airport station, roughly 1.6 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Little Easton Moat (2.6 miles north-east) and Herts and Essex Hospital (4.4 miles west). Open spaces near Smith's Green include Portingbury Hills and Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.
How the job changes from site to site
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and grease builds up on them unevenly. That’s what unbalances the fan, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
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Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Smith's Green
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Smith's Green during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Smith's Green, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which council inspects kitchens in Smith's Green?
Kitchens in Smith's Green are inspected by Uttlesford council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, we are fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
Daily cooking hours set the minimum in BESA guidance. Heavy use means at least every 3 months, light use at least every 12, fan included.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What happens if it’s left?
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. A fault that closes a site in a village like Smith's Green affects everyone who depends on it.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- We are fully insured
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Visits to a village like Smith's Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Smith's Green
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.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A heavily greased fan housing
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of the Holy Trinity or elsewhere in Smith's Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.