Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Stones Green, Essex
Need extract fan cleaning in Stones Green? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Stones Green
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Whatever grease slips past the filters and duct reaches the fan and we clean it off. Common call-outs are for rough running from the extract fan and hot, greasy smells near the fan, across in-line fans, centrifugal fans and fan housings.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Stones Green (CO12)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Stones Green questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Stones Green?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Stones Green. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which council inspects kitchens in Stones Green?
The local authority for Stones Green is Tendring 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.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Often it’s grease on the impeller. Uneven build-up on the blades throws the fan off balance, causing vibration and noise. Cleaning may sort it, but worn bearings or a failing motor need a repair.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Every clean has a photo report, along with notes on the fan’s condition. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and we’ll quote them together.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Stones Green, let us know and we will plan around it.
- 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.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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What the work involves, part by part
Inline duct fans
Hidden in a ceiling void, an inline fan is easily missed. The survey makes sure it’s part of the clean.
Fan housings and motors
We clean around the motor without soaking its electrics, and the fan is isolated throughout. Grease on and around the motor can trap heat, so we clean what we safely can.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The size of the system
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your last certificate, test record or report
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Stones Green
Fans that are hard to reach are often the ones that get missed. A fan that has never been cleaned can be heavily coated, and the report will show it.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A heavily greased fan housing
School kitchens, at schools like Wix and Wrabness Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before you book anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether VAT is included
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Damaged fan blades
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
Stones Green kitchens: local notes
Stones Green is within about 3 miles of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Stones Green is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. It’s Tendring council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Stones Green. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Stones Green (Thorpe Hall is about 3.3 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
Stones Green is about 5 miles south-west of Harwich, in Essex. Wherever you are in the CO12 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and Stones Green is one of them. We also work in Chelmsford, about 30 miles from Stones Green.
Work in CO12 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Stone's Green Road and Colchester Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Oak Corner (1 mile south-east), Beaumont (1 mile south-east), Tendring Green (2 miles west), Tendring Heath (2 miles west) and Tendring (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (11 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (7 miles south), Harwich (5 miles north-east), Camulodunum (12 miles west), Greenstead (9 miles west) and Wivenhoe (8 miles west).
Near you in Stones Green
The closest station to Stones Green is Wrabness station, roughly 3 miles north. Open spaces near Stones Green include Oakfield Wood.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.