East Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in South Street, East Sussex
Need extract fan cleaning in South Street? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan that has never been cleaned
Extract fan cleaning in South Street
Grease on a fan isn’t 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 are often asked to deal with a fan coated in grease inside its housing and a fan that has never been cleaned, on roof-mounted fans, fan housings and centrifugal fans.
Work in a small place like South Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- South Street (BN8)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, so grease and wear build up together. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
Wall fans
With little duct before them, wall fans collect grease fast. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
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What extract fan cleaning looks like in South Street
The fire and rescue service for South Street is East 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. It’s Lewes council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in South Street. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Chailey School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to South Street is Princess Royal Hospital, about 4.3 miles north-west.
South Street is about 5 miles east of Burgess Hill, in East Sussex. If you need extract fan cleaning in South Street, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including South Street. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Brighton is in our area too, around 9 miles away.
All of BN8 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Green Lane, Markstakes Corner and St James Walk or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in South Chailey (1 mile south), Chailey (1 mile north-east), North Chailey (2 miles north), Chiltington (2 miles south) and Plumpton Green (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Seaford (13 miles south-east), Lewes (5 miles south), Hailsham (13 miles south-east), Crowborough (11 miles north-east), Uckfield (5 miles east) and Newhaven (11 miles south).
Local landmarks in South Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Five Bells Inn and Chailey St Peter's Church of England Primary School. South Street’s nearest station is Plumpton station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Princess Royal Hospital (4.3 miles north-west). The countryside around South Street includes Blackcap and Malling Down.
What we’re called out for in South Street
Grease condenses as the air cools, and on a roof or outside wall the fan can be in some of the coolest air in the system. So grease often settles heavily there.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A motor area thick with grease
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Parish Church of St Peter or elsewhere in South Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- What records you will receive afterwards
- What insurance they carry
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in South Street
Do you work in villages like South Street?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you work in South Street outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. We work when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends, so the site can carry on as normal.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
Before and after photos go into a report, with anything we noticed. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
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.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
The fan follows the full system’s interval, from every 3 months for 12 to 16 hours of cooking a day to every 12 months for 2 to 6 hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Somewhere as small as South Street, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- The fan is isolated so it cannot start while we work.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us 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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What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
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, next to our reports.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
- Damaged fan blades
- A motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in South Street
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
What affects the quote in South Street
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- What state the system is in
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.