Greater London · Extract fan cleaning
Tooting extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Tooting and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A heavily greased fan housing
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
About our extract fan cleaning in Tooting
Every kitchen extract depends on its fan: it pulls air from the canopy, through the duct and out of the building. Grease that gets past everything else ends up on its blades and housing, and that’s what we clean. If you have an extract fan with no cleaning record and a fan that no longer moves enough air, we can put it right, from fan housings, axial fans and discharge points onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Tooting is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Tooting (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Tooting
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 51 pubs and bars and about 8 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Tooting. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s Wandsworth council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Tooting. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Tooting falls to London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Where a hall near St Augustine, or anywhere in Tooting, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you run a café or takeaway near Tooting station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Tooting is about 3 miles south-west of Stockwell, in Greater London. Anywhere in SW17, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Tooting is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for London, about 6 miles away.
All of SW17, SW19 and CR4 is covered for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Vant Road, Byton Road and Avarn Road, and we cover them all for extract fan cleaning. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan cleaning in Tooting Bec (1 mile north-west), Colliers Wood (1 mile south), Furzedown (1 mile east), Streatham Park (1 mile east) and Summerstown (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (6 miles north-east), City of Westminster (6 miles north), Marylebone (6 miles north), Kensington (5 miles north), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-east).
Near you in Tooting
Around Tooting, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near King's Head pub, Ensham School and Graveney School, among other places. Tooting’s nearest station is Tooting station, about 0.6 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Southside Wandsworth (2.2 miles north-west) and Grove Hospital (within half a mile west). Open spaces near Tooting include Battersea Park Lake and Myrna Close.
Tooting: your questions answered
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Tooting in the summer holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 31 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Tooting. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will fit the work in.
Which fire authority looks after Tooting?
Tooting is in the area of London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How do you protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What about areas you can’t get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: the address, the site type, your opening hours and how we reach the system. Photos and the last report help too. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
We always isolate the fan first, so it can’t start while we work. That means the extract is off, so we clean while the kitchen is closed.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Tooting?
A greasy fan in Tooting is fuel at the end of the duct. If grease in the duct catches, the fan and its housing can feed the fire, and a hot, struggling motor doesn’t help.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Weak extraction at the canopy
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Boniface RC Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of insurance
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and photos are included
Why act early in Tooting
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot cook safely. Many fan problems start with grease, so keeping it clean is part of keeping it running. We also offer a 24/7 emergency callout if the worst happens. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Tooting
- A fixed price before any work starts
- In business since 2009
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
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 around the motor can make it run hotter, so we clean what we safely can.
Roof-mounted fans
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. We clean them where they can be safely reached, and anything we can’t reach is recorded.
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what extract fan cleaning will not do:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
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What else we do in Tooting
What staff can safely do
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.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Tooting.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it cannot run while we work.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- 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
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Tooting
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.