Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Upham, Hampshire
Extract fan cleaning for Upham and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Grease around the motor and its mounts
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Upham
In Upham, as everywhere we work, the fan follows a set routine: isolated first, then opened, scraped and degreased. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. The work covers centrifugal fans, fan housings and axial fans, and the jobs we see most are thick grease on the impeller and casing and vibration from an unbalanced impeller.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Upham (SO32)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
- Where the site is and how we reach it
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
How the visit works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. 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 an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Visits to a village like Upham are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring 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. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Upham?
By the time air reaches the fan, it has passed the canopy, filters and duct. The grease that’s left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Moorgreen Hospital is the nearest hospital to Upham, about 5.4 miles south-west.
What to look for in a quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether they recommend a next date
Why act early in Upham
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen can’t cook safely. Grease is often where fan trouble begins, so cleaning the fan helps keep it working. If it does fail, our 24/7 emergency line is there. It’s simpler to plan the work at Upham now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Upham
- We are fully insured
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- In business since 2009
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Common questions in Upham
Can you work in Upham outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Upham keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Is Upham within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Upham included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Uneven grease on the impeller often causes it. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Does a TR19 kitchen extract clean cover the fan?
Yes, it should be. A TR19 Grease clean covers everything from canopy to discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
How the job changes from site to site
Inline duct fans
Some fans are built into the duct itself. We get to them through the duct or casing after isolating them.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
When a busy kitchen’s fan fails, cooking stops. Keeping the fan clean is part of avoiding that, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
More services for Upham
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Upham
In Upham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Winchester City council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Upham is Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Upham Church of England Aided Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Upham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Upham is about 5 miles east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. We provide extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Upham and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, Upham among them. There’s also a page for Southampton, roughly 8 miles from Upham.
We cover every part of the SO32 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Church Street, Shoe Lane and Widlers Lane and the roads around them. We also cover Ashton (1 mile south-east), Lower Upham (1 mile south-west), Wintershill (2 miles south-west), Durley Street (2 miles south-west) and Bishop's Waltham (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (6 miles north-west), Gosport (13 miles south), Havant (14 miles south-east), Eastleigh (5 miles west), Fareham (9 miles south) and Horndean (11 miles south-east).
Near you in Upham
Around Upham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Brushmakers Arms. Upham’s nearest station is Hedge End station, about 4.4 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Moorgreen Hospital (5.4 miles south-west) and Bishop's Waltham Museum (2.1 miles south). The countryside around Upham includes Bishops Waltham Branch LNR and Beacon Hill.
When it’s something else
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans