Southampton · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Swaythling, Southampton
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Swaythling. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Burning smells from the fan area
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Swaythling
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. If you have a motor area thick with grease and a fan that no longer moves enough air, we can help, from fan housings, axial fans and in-line fans onwards.
For a smaller kitchen near Swaythling, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Swaythling (SO16, SO18, SO17)
- Region
- Southampton
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. A TR19 clean that left out the fan wouldn’t cover the whole system, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep records of every fan clean
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
You get before and after pictures of the impeller and housing. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
What affects the quote in Swaythling
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- What state the system is in
- The size of the system
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Swaythling
There are about 85 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 44 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Swaythling, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Swaythling is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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. In Swaythling, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Southampton council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St. Mary's Church, or anywhere in Swaythling, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. For kitchens close to Swaythling 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 Mansbridge Primary School or anywhere near Swaythling, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Swaythling is about 2 miles north of Southampton, in Southampton. Anywhere in SO16, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Swaythling is one of 40 towns, villages and districts in Southampton where we work for commercial clients.
We work across SO16, SO18 and SO17 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on High Road, Wide Lane and Lilac Road and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Swaythling: Bassett Green (1 mile west), Mansbridge (1 mile east), North Stoneham (1 mile north), Portswood (1 mile south-west) and St Denys (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Shirley (3 miles south-west), Regents Park (3 miles south-west), Thornhill (3 miles south-east), Itchen (3 miles south), Sholing (3 miles south) and Maybush (3 miles west).
What’s near Swaythling
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton, Riverside Park and Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Swaythling itself: Swaythling station. Nearby you’ll also find Marlands Shopping Centre (2.6 miles south-west) and Bitterne Local History Society Heritage And Research Centre (1.9 miles south). Open spaces near Swaythling include Netley Common.
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Questions from Swaythling
Which environmental health team covers Swaythling?
In Swaythling, it’s Southampton council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Swaythling?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Swaythling keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
That depends on the fan’s size, its position and how much grease there is. As a guide, it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits.
Will I get pictures of the cleaned fan?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. File it with your other extract records.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What should I send you?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
We isolate the fan, so the kitchen cannot cook while we work. That is why fan cleans are done out of hours, and the kitchen is ready when we leave.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Different parts, different methods
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Kitchens that cook 12 to 16 hours a day put the most grease through their fans. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Roof-mounted fans
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. They’re cleaned where safe access allows, with any limits noted.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we’ll tell you before we start. It does not solve:
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A motor that has burnt out
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
The process
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Everything the job in Swaythling needs is worked out beforehand, from the survey.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and pictures go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.