Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in St. Ebbes
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in St. Ebbes and across Oxfordshire. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Burning smells from the fan area
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in St. Ebbes
If the extract fan in St. Ebbes has become noisy, weak or greasy? A few details or a photo help when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll send you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in St. Ebbes, normally within one working day. Typical jobs include fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan and a fan shaking on its mounts, on axial fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
In a smaller place like St. Ebbes, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- St. Ebbes (OX1, OX2)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
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St. Ebbes questions
Do you clean school canteen extracts around St. Ebbes out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 90 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of St. Ebbes. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which council inspects kitchens in St. Ebbes?
The local authority for St. Ebbes is Oxford City council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote and we will plan the visit around them.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the details are available on request.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. Typically it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
What a clean won’t put right
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in St. Ebbes
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
Why deal with it now?
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown and a kitchen cannot cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to St. Ebbes at a time that suits you.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why St. Ebbes businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Full insurance on every job
- We diagnose before we treat
Extract fan cleaning around St. Ebbes
Look up St. Ebbes on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 329 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 34 takeaways and sandwich shops in St. Ebbes and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. St. Ebbes sits within the area of Oxfordshire 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. Food hygiene inspections in St. Ebbes are the job of Oxford City 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.
For kitchens close to Oxford station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Oxford Media & Business School or anywhere near St. Ebbes, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
St. Ebbes is about 1 mile west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. We carry out extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in St. Ebbes and the rest of Oxfordshire. St. Ebbes is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for extract fan cleaning.
We cover every part of OX1 and OX2 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on New Road, Shoe Lane and Osney Lane and the roads around them. St. Ebbes sits on or near the A420, which makes travel easy for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around St. Ebbes: St John Street area (1 mile north), Grandpont (1 mile south), Osney (1 mile west), Jericho (1 mile north-west) and St Clement's (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (11 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles south), Witney (10 miles west), Carterton (14 miles west) and Thame (12 miles east).
Landmarks near St. Ebbes
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School, Oxford University Parks and The Royal Blenheim pub. Nearby too are Cheney School (1.6 miles east) and Radcliffe Camera (under half a mile north-east). The nearest railway station is Oxford station, roughly 0.5 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Radcliffe Infirmary (0.6 miles north) and Oxford Castle (within half a mile north-west). The countryside around St. Ebbes includes Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds and Headington Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and blades
Grease on the leading edges of the blades cuts the fan’s efficiency. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
Wall fans
A wall fan pushes the air straight outside. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned inside and out.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in St. Ebbes
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- A few general shots of the system
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
When to call us in St. Ebbes
Poor filters mean a greasier fan. When filters don’t seal, grease goes straight through to the fan, so the fan takes far more than it should.
Look out for any of the following:
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Radcliffe Infirmary about 0.6 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Comparing quotes
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
- What insurance they carry
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes an hour or two for most single fans, and we clear up before we go. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like St. Ebbes.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.