Kent · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in St Lawrence, Kent
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around St Lawrence, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Extract fan cleaning in St Lawrence, done properly
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. Typical jobs include burning smells from the fan area and grease stains around the discharge, on axial fans, discharge points and roof-mounted fans.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like St Lawrence gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- St Lawrence (CT11, CT12)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that fails mid-service can stop a kitchen cooking. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to St Lawrence at a time that suits you.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We are fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes an hour or two for most single fans. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near St Lawrence when you book.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Advice
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in St Lawrence
Can you get to a site in St Lawrence?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Does being near the coast affect extract fan cleaning in St Lawrence?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, St Lawrence gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. A fan housing that’s rusting near the coast can fail sooner, so it’s worth catching early.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. We clean it alongside the canopy, ductwork and discharge.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
A clean won’t mend wear. Where the fan needs repair or replacement, we can do that too, with a fixed quote first.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
Places near St Lawrence
Also in St Lawrence
How the job changes from site to site
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. We clean the fan and check the outlet.
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in St Lawrence
St Lawrence lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up St Lawrence on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 96 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 57 takeaways in St Lawrence and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers St Lawrence. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
For schools such as Ellington Infant School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Ramsgate General Hospital about 0.6 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
St Lawrence is about 1 mile west of Ramsgate, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of St Lawrence or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, St Lawrence among them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 38 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: CT11 and CT12. Streets in the area include Park Road, Saxon Road and Downs Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Main roads around St Lawrence include the A255, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. We also cover Ramsgate (1 mile east), Northwood (1 mile north), Upton (2 miles north-east), St Peter's (2 miles north) and Broadstairs (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (14 miles west), Margate (3 miles north), Dover (14 miles south), Deal (8 miles south), Herne Bay (12 miles west) and Tower Hamlets (15 miles south).
What’s near St Lawrence
Around St Lawrence, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Chatham House Grammar School, Churchill House School With Railed Area and The Admiral Fox pub, among other places. St Lawrence has its own railway station: Ramsgate station. Other landmarks nearby include Westwood Cross (1.5 miles north) and Ramsgate General Hospital (0.6 miles south-east). The countryside around St Lawrence includes Sandwich and Pegwell Bay.
What we’re called out for in St Lawrence
A greasy fan in St Lawrence is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire and an overworked motor runs hotter.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Laurence or elsewhere in St Lawrence, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The number of sites or systems
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.