Southampton · Extract fan cleaning
Southampton extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning across Southampton and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
Extract fan cleaning in Southampton, done properly
If the extract fan in Southampton has become noisy, weak or greasy? A few details or a photo help when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and you’ll get a fixed price, typically within one working day. If you have a noisy fan that has got louder over time and grease around the motor and its mounts, we can put it right.
In the busier parts of Southampton, kitchens are often on the ground floor with flats or offices above, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and anything we can’t reach goes on the report.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Location
- Southampton (SO19, SO16, SO15, SO18)
- Wider area
- Southampton
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
We won’t sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Damaged fan blades
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Southampton
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How big the system is
- How easy every part is to reach
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- A few general shots of the system
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Why act early in Southampton
A fan clean in Southampton doesn’t take long: the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. We can set up 3, 6 or 12-monthly visits so nothing on a site in Southampton gets missed.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Why us?
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Southampton questions
Can sea air affect extract fan cleaning in Southampton?
It can. Salt air reaches Southampton, which is within about 2 miles of the coast, and it speeds up rust. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Southampton?
Fire safety enforcement in Southampton is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s 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.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
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.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, we do. 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.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
A fan that needs repair is noted on the report, with what we found. We can repair or replace it, and if it fails outright, our 24/7 emergency line is there.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
How the visit works
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. A big building in Southampton doesn’t have to shut: the work can be spread across a few evenings or weekends.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- 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 photos go into your report.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Southampton. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Southampton?
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Saint Mary's or elsewhere in Southampton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What insurance they carry
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
Extract fan cleaning around Southampton
The coast is only about 2 miles from Southampton. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 373 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 140 takeaways and sandwich shops in Southampton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Southampton. 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.
A kitchen near St Denys station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Bevois Town Primary School or anywhere near Southampton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Southampton is in England. Sites in Southampton get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. 40 places in Southampton are on our list, large and small.
All of SO19, SO16, SO15 and SO18 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on London Road, Marshall Square and Grosvenor Square and the roads around them. Southampton is on the A27 and A33, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to Southampton include Inner Avenue (1 mile west), St Denys (1 mile north-east), Bitterne Manor (1 mile east), Portswood (1 mile north) and Northam (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Maybush (3 miles west), Eling (4 miles west), Rownhams (3 miles north-west), Hounsdown (5 miles west), Nursling (4 miles north-west) and Hillyfields (3 miles west).
Landmarks near Southampton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Rockstone Place Park, The Hobbit pub and St Mary's Independent School and the streets around them. Southampton has its own railway station: St Denys station. A little further out are Marlands Shopping Centre (1 mile south-west) and R J Mitchell Museum (0.9 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Netley Common.