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Extract Fan Cleaning in Tokers Green
For extract fan cleaning in Tokers Green, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Tokers Green
Can the work in Tokers Green be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Tokers Green needn’t be disturbed. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is Tokers Green within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Tokers Green included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Are you insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
What does extract fan cleaning cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
Cleaning removes grease, but it cannot fix worn parts. We repair and replace extract fans as well, with a fixed quote first.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Tokers Green
Think of the fan as the system’s heart and the grease as a clot. A heart under strain works harder for less. We clean it, run it and note anything that needs a closer look, before signing it off. The work covers centrifugal fans, discharge points and in-line fans, and common reasons people get in touch are burning smells from the fan area and an extract fan with no cleaning record.
Somewhere as small as Tokers Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Tokers Green (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan cleaning around Tokers Green
Tokers Green is covered by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Tokers Green get their food hygiene inspections from South Oxfordshire 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mapledurham House is about 1.9 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Battle Hospital is the nearest hospital to Tokers Green, about 2.4 miles south. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Kidmore End Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Tokers Green is about 2 miles north-west of Caversham, in Reading. Every kind of commercial site in Tokers Green, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so trading isn’t interrupted. Tokers Green is one of 34 towns, villages and districts in Reading where we work for extract fan cleaning.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: RG4. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Tokers Green Lane, Dysonswood Lane and Bardolph's Close and the roads around them. If your site is just outside Tokers Green, we cover Chalkhouse Green (1 mile north-east), Caversham Heights (1 mile south), Emmer Green (1 mile south-east), Caversham (2 miles south-east) and Caversham Park Village (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Norcot (3 miles south-west), West Reading (3 miles south), Tilehurst Within (3 miles south-west), Shinfield (6 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (9 miles south-east) and Horncastle (4 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Tokers Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, The Pack Saddle pub and The Warwick School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Tilehurst station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Broad Street Mall (2.8 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (2.5 miles south). Open spaces near Tokers Green include South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
Nearby places to Tokers Green
Other services in Tokers Green
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
How the visit works
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Tokers Green before we set off.
- 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.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
Need a price for extract fan cleaning? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Leave it or put it right?
Grease on the fan is grease in the system. TR19® Grease covers the whole extract, fan included, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. In a small place like Tokers Green, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
What you get with us
- We’re fully insured
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- We diagnose before we treat
- Each visit written up, with photos
When it’s something else
Extract fan cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- An undersized fan that can’t cope
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A motor that has burnt out
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Listen for new noises or vibration from the fan
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Fewer grease particles reaching the fan means less build-up. Clean, well-seated filters are the fan’s first protection, and replace any that are damaged.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The site address and the type of premises
For extract fan cleaning in Tokers Green, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.