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Extract fan cleaning in Ugley, Essex
Extract fan cleaning across Ugley and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Ugley
Every TR19® Grease clean includes the extract fan, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. Common call-outs are for a fan shaking on its mounts and a smell of hot grease from the extract, across roof-mounted fans, fan housings and discharge points.
In a village or hamlet like Ugley, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually 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.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Ugley (CM22)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Ugley
A fan collects more grease when the filters let more through. Missing, damaged or badly fitted filters let grease travel the whole system, so the fan takes far more than it should.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- A motor area thick with grease
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Ugley (Horham Hall is about 4.6 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What a clean will not put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Ugley
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
Extract fan cleaning in Ugley: the local picture
It’s Uttlesford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ugley. 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. Ugley sits within the area of Essex County 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Peter or anywhere around Ugley, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Herts and Essex Hospital is the nearest hospital to Ugley, about 5.1 miles south.
Ugley is about 5 miles north of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Sites in Ugley get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, Ugley among them. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 18 miles from Ugley.
We cover every part of the CM22 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Patmore Fields and Vicarage Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Quendon (1 mile north), Ugley Green (1 mile south-east), Elsenham (2 miles south-east), Henham (2 miles east) and Widdington (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Harlow (12 miles south), Saffron Walden (6 miles north), Great Dunmow (8 miles south-east), Great Notley (15 miles east), Bocking (15 miles east) and Newhall (12 miles south).
Near you in Ugley
In Ugley, that means kitchens and buildings near Cricketers Public House, among other places. The closest station to Ugley is Elsenham station, about 1.6 miles south-east. A little further out are Herts and Essex Hospital (5.1 miles south) and House On The Hill Toy Museum (2.3 miles south). Not far away are Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
- Report rattles or humming early
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
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What happens if it’s left?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. That stains surfaces and can add to the fire risk outside the building, which is one more reason to keep it clean. It’s simpler to plan the work at Ugley now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Fully insured
- A fixed price before any work starts
Managing agents and facilities teams in Ugley
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Ugley
Do you cover smaller places like Ugley?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Ugley is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Who inspects food businesses in Ugley?
The local authority for Ugley is Uttlesford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We carry full insurance, and we have been trading since 2009.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Ugley run smoothly.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.