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Surrey Quays extract fan cleaning
Our technicians work in Surrey Quays on extract fan cleaning. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
Extract fan cleaning in Surrey Quays, done properly
Kitchen extract fans come in different forms: fans on the roof, fans built into the duct run, and fans on an outside wall. Each is isolated and opened in its own way and the survey shows us how to reach it. Typical jobs include a smell of hot grease from the extract and a heavily greased fan housing, on in-line fans, roof-mounted fans and axial fans.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Surrey Quays, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Surrey Quays (SE16, SE8, SE15)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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 can’t cook safely without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. A booked night’s work in Surrey Quays costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why Surrey Quays businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every visit written up, with photos
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. We also repair and replace extract fans, so you have one point of contact.
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.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
When to call us in Surrey Quays
The cooler the air, the more grease drops out, and on a roof or outside wall the fan can be in some of the coolest air in the system. So grease often settles heavily there.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan shaking on its mounts
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Rotherhithe Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Expect the work in Surrey Quays to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- 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.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
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What affects the quote in Surrey Quays
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- What state the system is in
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site rules, permits and inductions
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
If you need extract fan cleaning in Surrey Quays, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
Surrey Quays questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Surrey Quays in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 86 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Surrey Quays. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Can you work in Surrey Quays outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Surrey Quays keeps running as normal. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Surrey Quays?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Can you clean the fan on its own?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it doesn’t replace a full TR19 clean.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes, it should be. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How often does the fan need cleaning?
It’s cleaned with the whole extract at BESA’s minimum intervals for your cooking hours. Readings may show it needs cleaning more often.
Different parts, different methods
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. The survey makes sure it’s part of the clean.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, which means grease and wear add up quickly. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
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Grease, kitchens and Surrey Quays
The Food Standards Agency lists about 96 pubs and bars and about 14 hotels and guest houses as registered food businesses across Surrey Quays and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. In Surrey Quays, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Southwark council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Surrey Quays sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Katharine with St Bartholomew, or anywhere in Surrey Quays, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you cook for passing trade around Surrey Quays station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Surrey Quays is about 2 miles south-east of Whitechapel, in Greater London. If you need extract fan cleaning in Surrey Quays, please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Surrey Quays. Surrey Quays is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
Extract fan cleaning in SE16, SE8 and SE15 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Bush Road, Gomm Road and Lower Road or anywhere close by, we can help. With the A200 and A2208 close by, Surrey Quays is easy for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Surrey Quays, we cover Rotherhithe (1 mile north), Surrey Canal (1 mile south-west), South Bermondsey (1 mile south-west), Millwall (1 mile east) and North Greenwich (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover City of Westminster (5 miles west), Marylebone (5 miles west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles north-west), Shoreditch (3 miles north-west) and Walthamstow (7 miles north).
Around Surrey Quays
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Spa School, Deptford Park and Bacon's College. Surrey Quays has its own railway station: Surrey Quays station. Other landmarks nearby include Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (within half a mile north-west) and Brunel Museum (0.8 miles north-west). Open spaces near Surrey Quays include Lavender Pond and Tower Hill.