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Southcote extract fan cleaning
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Southcote: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
When to call us in Southcote
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. If it wasn’t included in past cleans, it may hold years of grease, and the report will show it.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Rough running from the extract fan
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Matthew's or elsewhere in Southcote, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Southcote
Think of the fan as the system’s heart and the grease as a clot. A heart under strain works harder for less. Our job is to clear it, check it runs smoothly and record what we found so you get a clean bill of health. If you have a noisy fan that has got louder over time and a fan shaking on its mounts, we can put it right, from roof-mounted fans, discharge points and in-line fans onwards.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Southcote gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Southcote (RG30, RG31, RG1)
- Region
- Reading
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan cleaning in Southcote: the local picture
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 10 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 5 hotels and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Southcote. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Southcote are the job of Reading council’s environmental health team. 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. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Southcote. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Southcote is Battle Hospital, about 1.3 miles north-east. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Manor Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Southcote is about 2 miles west of Reading, in Reading. Every kind of commercial site in Southcote, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. 34 places in Reading are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: RG30, RG31 and RG1. Local streets include Bath Road, Dwyer Road and Brunel Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Southcote, we cover Fords Farm (1 mile west), Horncastle (1 mile west), Burghfield Bridge (1 mile south-west), Tilehurst Within (1 mile north-west) and Norcot (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Caversham (3 miles north-east), Shinfield (4 miles south-east), Arborfield Garrison (6 miles south-east), Caversham Heights (3 miles north), Whitley Wood (3 miles south-east) and Sonning Common (5 miles north).
What’s near Southcote
Around Southcote, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Happy Prospect pub, Elvian School and Calcot Park and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Reading Green Park station, about 1.1 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Beaumys Castle (4.7 miles south) and Battle Hospital (1.3 miles north-east). Open spaces near Southcote include Sonning Hill and South Lake.
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. 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 an hour or two for most single fans. In a place like Southcote, we fit the visit around your hours.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- An impeller that’s bent or split
- A fan that will not start
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Southcote
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
What happens if it’s left?
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Less air is pulled from the kitchen, so heat and smoke linger, while the motor runs under more strain. When a site near Southcote shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why Southcote businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
FAQs for Southcote
Can you work in Southcote outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Southcote keeps running as normal. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Who inspects food businesses in Southcote?
The local authority for Southcote is Reading council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Do we need to close while you work?
Typically not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
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.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
Anything beyond cleaning is flagged, with what we found. We can repair or replace it, and if it fails outright, our 24/7 emergency line is there.