Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
The Willows extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for The Willows, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in The Willows
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Uneven build-up unbalances the impeller, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. A thorough clean removes the cause. The work covers fan housings, discharge points and axial fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan coated in grease inside its housing and vibration from an unbalanced impeller.
In a village or hamlet like The Willows, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- The Willows (SG9)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Leave a clear route to the fan
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Listen to the fan. Rattles, hums or shaking can be early signs of build-up or wear and early action can save a repair.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Damaged fan blades
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
When to call us in The Willows
Grease on a fan is a fire risk, in The Willows as anywhere. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it and an overworked motor runs hotter.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that has never been cleaned
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in The Willows, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
How it works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two for most single fans. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in The Willows knowing what to expect.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
How to prepare
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos 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 typically have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
How the job changes from site to site
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.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so we plan how to reach and clean them. If it cannot be reached fully, the report says so.
Questions from The Willows
Can school kitchens in The Willows be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 2 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of The Willows. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Do you cover smaller places like The Willows?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, The Willows included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How often should the extract fan be cleaned?
At least as often as the rest of the extract, which BESA guidance sets by daily cooking hours: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. A full clean adds a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Managing agents and facilities teams in The Willows
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Also near The Willows
What else we do in The Willows
Extract fan cleaning around The Willows
About 31 miles out from central London, The Willows is part of the South East area we work across. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. In The Willows, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from East Hertfordshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to The Willows is Herts and Essex Hospital, about 5.6 miles south-east. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Furneux Pelham Church of England School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
The Willows is about 5 miles north-west of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. Anywhere in SG9, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. We cover 381 places across Hertfordshire, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 21 miles away.
Here we cover the SG9 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. That includes premises on Ginns Road and The Wash and nearby roads. We also cover Stocking Pelham (1 mile north-east), Berden (2 miles north-east), Uppend (2 miles south-east), Starling's Green (2 miles north-east) and Mount Pleasant (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Stevenage (12 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (5 miles south-east), Hoddesdon (13 miles south), Hertford (12 miles south-west), Letchworth (14 miles west) and Ware (10 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in The Willows
Around The Willows, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Cock pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Stansted Mountfitchet station, about 4.7 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Brent Pelham (2.2 miles north-west) and Herts and Essex Hospital (5.6 miles south-east). The countryside around The Willows includes Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.