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Upper Norwood extract fan cleaning
We cover Upper Norwood for cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
Extract fan cleaning in Upper Norwood, done properly
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. If you’re dealing with a smell of hot grease from the extract and grease escaping from the fan outlet, we can put it right.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Upper Norwood, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Upper Norwood (SE19, SE27, SE21)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually 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 cannot fix
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A motor that has burnt out
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Upper Norwood
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
Towns and villages near Upper Norwood
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Your questions about extract fan cleaning in Upper Norwood
Who is the fire and rescue service for Upper Norwood?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Upper Norwood. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Upper Norwood?
That’s Croydon council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Upper Norwood. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Is it safe to clean the fan while the kitchen is open?
The fan is isolated before we open it, so it can’t run during the clean. With the extract off, the kitchen cannot cook, so we work out of hours.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Upper Norwood
The FSA’s data shows about 39 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels and B&Bs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Upper Norwood. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service. Kitchens in Upper Norwood get their food hygiene inspections from Croydon 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 cook for passing trade around Gipsy Hill station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Kingswood House is about 0.8 miles north), access may need planning.
Upper Norwood is about 4 miles south-east of Stockwell, in Greater London. If you need extract fan cleaning in Upper Norwood, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Upper Norwood included. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Upper Norwood among them. Our London page covers sites nearby (6 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: SE19, SE27 and SE21. Streets in the area include Dover Road, Hawke Road and Tudor Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. You’ll find Upper Norwood on the A214, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Upper Norwood, we cover Norwood New Town (1 mile west), Gipsy Hill (1 mile north-east), West Norwood (1 mile north-west), Crystal Palace (1 mile east) and Anerley (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (6 miles north), City of Westminster (7 miles north-west), Marylebone (7 miles north), Kensington (7 miles north-west), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (7 miles north).
Local landmarks in Upper Norwood
Around Upper Norwood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Sparrowhawk pub, Long Meadow and Rockmount Primary School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Upper Norwood itself: Gipsy Hill station. Other landmarks nearby include St Christopher's Hospice (1.3 miles east) and Crystal Palace Museum (0.5 miles east). For a walk, there’s Dulwich Upper Wood and Knight's Hill.
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Upper Norwood
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. The difference throws the impeller off balance and puts strain on the bearings. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
Where a hall near Christ Church, or anywhere in Upper Norwood, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What your quote should include
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
- When the next visit should be, and why
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Check filters are seated before cooking
- Leave a clear route to 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.
Stick to the interval for the full extract. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
What happens on the day
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Upper Norwood is no exception.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- Once isolated, we open the fan up.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- We clean the casing, the outlet and around the motor.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
How to prepare
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
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Part by part
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans sit at the top of the riser. They’re cleaned where safe access allows, with any limits noted.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A long-hours kitchen can’t afford a fan failure. A clean fan is less likely to strain, and our 24/7 emergency callout is there if it happens anyway.
What happens if it’s left?
Without a working extract fan, a kitchen cannot 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 better booked as a planned job in Upper Norwood than handled as an emergency.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why us?
- Full insurance on every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Upper Norwood
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 each one has its own record.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Upper Norwood and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.