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Extract Fan Cleaning in Speed Gate
Extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Speed Gate. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Speed Gate
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Speed Gate?
In Speed Gate, it’s Sevenoaks council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can the work in Speed Gate be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Speed Gate needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Are you accredited?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
A fan that needs repair is noted on the report, with what we found. We offer extract fan repair and replacement, and there’s a 24/7 emergency callout for breakdowns.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, the fan is cleaned as part of TR19. Anything that cannot be reached is recorded, so the record is accurate.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
Extract fan cleaning in Speed Gate
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. If you’re dealing with an extract fan with no cleaning record and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, we can put it right, from discharge points, centrifugal fans and in-line fans onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Speed Gate (DA3)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan cleaning around Speed Gate
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Speed Gate. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Speed Gate are the job of Sevenoaks council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Speed Gate falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Speed Gate (Lullingstone Castle is about 3.2 miles west), fitting access panels needs care. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Speed Gate is Darent Valley Hospital, about 4.5 miles north.
Speed Gate is about 5 miles south of Dartford, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Speed Gate or further out, we cover extract fan cleaning for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Speed Gate is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Maidstone, around 13 miles away.
Extract fan cleaning in DA3 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Speed Gate include Fawkham Green (1 mile south-east), West Yoke (1 mile east), Ash (1 mile south-east), Maplescombe (2 miles south-west) and West Kingsdown (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (13 miles south-east), Dartford (5 miles north), Sevenoaks (7 miles south-west), Gravesend (6 miles north-east), Tonbridge (12 miles south) and Northfleet (5 miles north-east).
Around Speed Gate
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Rising Sun pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Longfield station, about 2.3 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Darent Valley Hospital (4.5 miles north) and Eynsford Castle (2.4 miles west).
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The size of the system
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
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’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, these details help:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Need a price 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 anything is booked.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Speed Gate
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in Speed Gate as anywhere. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire, and a hot, struggling motor does not help.
What we are most often called out for:
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
School kitchens, at schools like Longfield Academy for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the quote shows VAT
Part by part
Wall fans
Wall fans often have a short duct, so grease reaches them quickly. They can need regular attention, which grease readings will show.
Fan housings and motors
Some fans use a belt drive. Belts and pulleys are checked and cleaned where safe for your records.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t 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. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
The process
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Speed Gate knowing what to expect.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
If you need extract fan cleaning in Speed Gate, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
Related advice
What a clean will not put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A motor that has burnt out
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.