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Extract fan cleaning in Toy's Hill, Greater London
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Toy's Hill and across Greater London. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Burning smells from the fan area
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
About our extract fan cleaning in Toy's Hill
A clean fan is not a repaired fan. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report and fan repair or replacement is something we also do. You will know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. The work covers roof-mounted fans, axial fans and centrifugal fans, and people most often call us about vibration from an unbalanced impeller and a noisy fan that has got louder over time.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Toy's Hill, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Toy's Hill (TN16)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Keep access to the fan clear
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. On a roof or outside wall, we leave the surrounding area tidy.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Toy's Hill
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Toy's Hill?
Fire safety enforcement in Toy's Hill is handled by London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Toy's Hill?
The local authority for Toy's Hill is Sevenoaks council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Do you work in Toy's Hill?
Yes. Our technicians work in Toy's Hill, within the South East and London area we cover.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t start while we work. That means the extract is off, so we clean while the kitchen is closed.
Is the fan included in a TR19 clean?
Yes. TR19® Grease covers the whole system, fan included. It’s isolated, opened and cleaned along with the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts and discharge.
Do you repair extract fans as well as clean them?
Cleaning removes grease, but it cannot fix worn parts. We repair and replace extract fans as well, with a fixed quote first.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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. That is our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Before any visit in Toy's Hill, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Why act early in Toy's Hill
For a kitchen in Toy's Hill, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. If the fan is coated, the duct before it typically is too, so it’s worth checking the whole system. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
What you pay 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 any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What you get with us
- In business since 2009
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with pictures
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
How the job changes from site to site
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so we plan how to reach and clean them. If it can’t be reached fully, the report says so.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Toy's Hill
Environmental health officers from Sevenoaks council inspect food businesses in Toy's Hill. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Ide Hill Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Toy's Hill, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Chartwell is about 1.1 miles west), access may need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Tandridge Priory about 3.5 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Toy's Hill is about 4 miles south-west of Sevenoaks, in Greater London. We provide extract fan cleaning for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Toy's Hill and the rest of Greater London. Toy's Hill is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for extract fan cleaning. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 18 miles from Toy's Hill.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: TN16. We cover sites on Scords Lane and Puddledock Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Toy's Hill: Ide Hill (1 mile east), Brasted Chart (1 mile north), Goathurst Common (2 miles east), Brasted (2 miles north) and Sundridge (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Orpington (10 miles north), Thornton Heath (14 miles north-west), Croydon (12 miles north-west), Bromley (12 miles north), West Norwood (15 miles north-west) and Beckenham (13 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Toy's Hill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Stubbs Wood Country Park and The Cock Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Edenbridge station, roughly 3.2 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Hever Castle (3.9 miles south) and Tandridge Priory (3.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s Dryhill Nature Reserve and Betsom's Hill.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A fan that is too small for the system (a design question)
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings