Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in South Street, Kent
Extract fan cleaning for South Street and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in South Street
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we will tell you and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers centrifugal fans, in-line fans and discharge points, and the jobs we see most are a fan that hums, whines or rumbles and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- South Street (ME13)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller doesn’t stay small. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure and a kitchen cannot cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
What you get with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Every visit written up, with pictures
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
FAQs for South Street
Who is the fire and rescue service for South Street?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for South Street. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Can you come to South Street after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. Your customers, staff or residents in South Street needn’t be disturbed. When you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
How long is a fan clean?
One easily reached fan is quick, while fans on high roofs or in tight voids take longer. It’s done while the kitchen is closed.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes. We record it as a fan-only clean, so your TR19 records stay accurate. The whole system still needs cleaning at the intervals in BESA guidance.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
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.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in South Street and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Kitchen extracts in South Street
There are about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in South Street and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles 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. The fire and rescue service for South Street is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in South Street. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in South Street, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A hospital like Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, about 5.7 miles east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
South Street is about 3 miles south-east of Preston, in Kent. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in South Street and the rest of Kent. South Street is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 18 miles away.
All of ME13 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on North Lane and South Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside South Street, we cover Crouch (1 mile north-west), Oversland (1 mile east), Neames Forstal (1 mile south-west), Hickmans Green (1 mile north-east) and Winterbourne (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (10 miles south), Canterbury (6 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-west), Whitstable (6 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (10 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in South Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Mount Ephraim Gardens and The Sondes Arms, among other places. South Street has its own railway station: Selling station. A little further out are Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.7 miles east) and Tower keep castle at Chilham (2.8 miles south). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in South Street?
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
School kitchens, at schools like Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What affects the quote in South Street
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The times the site is available
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what extract fan cleaning won’t do:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A fan that will not start
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
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The process
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. In a small place like South Street, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.