East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
South Malling extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for South Malling, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
How we handle extract fan cleaning in South Malling
If the extract fan in South Malling has become noisy, weak or greasy? Tell us about it when you ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and you will get a fixed price, typically within one working day. Typical jobs include an extract fan with no cleaning record and weak extraction at the canopy, on in-line fans, fan housings and roof-mounted fans.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like South Malling gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- South Malling (BN7, BN8)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. In a smaller place like South Malling, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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How we price extract fan cleaning
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Travel, parking and unloading
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Problems your staff have spotted
If you need extract fan cleaning in South Malling, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
South Malling questions
Can a school canteen extract in South Malling be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 6 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of South Malling, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in South Malling?
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for South Malling. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
It depends on how many hours the kitchen cooks in BESA guidance. At the extremes, that’s 3-monthly for heavy use and 12-monthly for light use, fan included.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it cannot start while we work. That means the extract is off, so we clean while the kitchen is closed.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across East Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
When it’s something else
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- An undersized fan that cannot cope
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Do not store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
Keep the report with the maintenance log and fire risk assessment. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Air that keeps moving carries vapour out rather than letting it settle, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Why act early in South Malling
A greasy fan at the discharge can spread grease onto the roof or wall around it. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. In a smaller place like South Malling, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- We diagnose before we treat
What extract fan cleaning looks like in South Malling
Food Standards Agency records include about 19 bars, pubs and nightclubs in South Malling and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Environmental health officers from Lewes council inspect food businesses in South Malling. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. South Malling is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Commuter trade near Lewes station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to South Malling is Lewes Victoria Hospital, about 0.8 miles south-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Michael or elsewhere in South Malling, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
South Malling is about 1 mile north-east of Lewes, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of South Malling or further out, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, South Malling among them. Brighton is in our area too, around 7 miles away.
We cover every part of BN7 and BN8 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Lee Road, New Road and Mill Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. You’ll find South Malling on the A26 and A2029, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside South Malling, we cover Lewes (1 mile south-west), Cliffe (1 mile south-east), Southover (1 mile south), Hamsey (1 mile north) and Offham (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (14 miles south-east), Seaford (8 miles south-east), Hailsham (11 miles east), Crowborough (14 miles north-east), Uckfield (7 miles north-east) and Newhaven (6 miles south).
What’s near South Malling
Typical jobs here are in premises near Elephant and Castle pub, Priory School and Railway Land and the streets around them. The closest station to South Malling is Lewes station, about 0.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Lewes Victoria Hospital (0.8 miles south-west) and Lewes Castle (0.5 miles south-west). Not far away are Malling Down and Cliffe Hill.