West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Toddington extract fan cleaning
Professional extract fan cleaning in and around Toddington, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
About our extract fan cleaning in Toddington
Cleaning removes grease, not wear. If we find worn bearings, a struggling motor or damage to the impeller, we’ll tell you and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You get an honest view of the fan’s condition. Typical jobs include vibration from an unbalanced impeller and a motor area thick with grease, across centrifugal fans, discharge points and axial fans.
Kitchens around a place like Toddington are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Toddington (BN17)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Toddington can typically be finished without a second trip.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
Advice
Questions from Toddington
Can a school canteen extract in Toddington be done out of term time?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Food Standards Agency records list about 18 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Toddington. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Toddington?
Food hygiene inspections in Toddington are carried out by Arun council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. We do not leave it behind.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
We also repair and replace extract fans. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and give you a fixed quote.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Every clean has a photo report, with anything we noticed. For a full TR19 clean, you also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
It has to be off and isolated before anyone touches it. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking isn’t affected.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
When to call us in Toddington
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. The grease that is left lands on the blades and the casing, and the spinning blades fling it onto the walls of the housing.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan left out of previous cleans
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Zachary Merton Hospital about 1.8 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Proof of insurance
- What hours they’ll be on site
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Toddington
Toddington lies within about 2 miles of the sea. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency data counts about 59 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 34 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Toddington, up to about a mile and a half out. The fan at the end of each of those extracts collects grease that slows it and wears the motor. Toddington is covered by West Sussex 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints or elsewhere in Toddington, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Ecclesden Manor is about 2.8 miles east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Toddington is about 1 mile north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Anywhere in BN17, we can carry out extract fan cleaning at your premises. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Toddington is one of them. Brighton is in our area too, around 18 miles away.
We work across the BN17 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Toddington Lane, Hide Close and Hollist Chase and nearby roads. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Lyminster (1 mile north-west), Wick (1 mile west), Littlehampton (1 mile south), Poling (1 mile north-east) and Rustington (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Worthing (6 miles east), Bognor Regis (7 miles west), Chichester (11 miles west), Selsey (13 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles east) and Lancing (9 miles east).
Local landmarks in Toddington
Around Toddington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Littlehampton College, Mewsbrook Park and Locomotive Public House. The nearest railway station is Littlehampton station, about 1.1 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Zachary Merton Hospital (1.8 miles south-east) and Rustington Museum (1.6 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include WWT Arundel and Highdown Hill.
Honest limits
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- An impeller that is bent or split
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Toddington
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
How we price extract fan cleaning
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- What state the system is in
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Toddington
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
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What happens if it’s left?
Vibration from an unbalanced impeller does not stay small. It wears bearings and mounts and can lead to a breakdown, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. A planned clean beats an emergency. In a smaller place like Toddington, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why us?
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- We diagnose before we treat
See our cost guide and how to check a contractor.