Essex · Extract fan cleaning
Wakes Colne extract fan cleaning
Cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Wakes Colne. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Burning smells from the fan area
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Wakes Colne
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’re fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers in-line fans, roof-mounted fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are a fan coated in grease inside its housing and a fan motor running hot under a coat of grease.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Wakes Colne (CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- A few general shots of the system
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
When to call us in Wakes Colne
A fan in Wakes Colne builds up grease at a rate set by the kitchen, not the location: daily hours and the amount of frying and grilling. Under BESA guidance, the whole system, fan included, needs cleaning at least every 3, 6 or 12 months depending on daily hours.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
For kitchens close to Chappel & Wakes Colne station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Comparing quotes
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether a survey comes first
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
Why act early in Wakes Colne
For a kitchen in Wakes Colne, a noisy, greasy fan is often the first sign the whole system is overdue. Grease on the fan means grease in the duct before it, so it’s worth checking the whole system. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Wakes Colne is calmer for everyone.
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 book with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Every job surveyed first
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- An impeller that is bent or split
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Leave a clear route to the fan
- Tell us if the extract feels weaker
- Don’t turn the fan off mid-service
- Make sure the fan is included each time
If the fan needs more than a clean, we will say so plainly. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
FAQs for Wakes Colne
Who inspects food businesses in Wakes Colne?
In Wakes Colne, it’s Colchester council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Wakes Colne?
That’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
How much notice should we give?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Normally not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Extract fan cleaning in Wakes Colne: the local picture
Look up Wakes Colne on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Wakes Colne. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. In Wakes Colne, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Colchester council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Wakes Colne. 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Halstead Hospital is the nearest hospital to Wakes Colne, about 5.2 miles west. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Barnabas or anywhere around Wakes Colne, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Wakes Colne is about 5 miles east of Halstead, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Wakes Colne, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 644 places across Essex, large and small. We also work in Chelmsford, around 17 miles away.
We cover every part of CO6 for extract fan cleaning and the roads nearby. Local streets include Station Road, The Street and Colchester Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Wakes Colne is on the A1124, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. Close by, we work in Chappel (1 mile south), Rose Green (1 mile south-east), Swan Street (1 mile south), White Colne (1 mile west) and Great Tey (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (7 miles east), Braintree (9 miles west), Maldon (14 miles south), Witham (10 miles south-west), Camulodunum (6 miles south-east) and Halstead (5 miles west).
Around Wakes Colne
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Colne Valley and The Swan pub. There’s a railway station in Wakes Colne itself: Chappel & Wakes Colne station. Other landmarks nearby include Mount Bures (2.5 miles north) and Halstead Hospital (5.2 miles west). Not far away are Sergeants Orchard.
Also near Wakes Colne
What else we do in Wakes Colne
How the job changes from site to site
Roof-mounted fans
Grease can escape from a roof fan onto the surrounding surface and we check the area around the outlet. We note any grease around the fan.
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, so grease and wear build up together. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the extract fan cleaning, clear away and leave you the report. On site, the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Visits to a village like Wakes Colne are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us 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. We typically come back within one working day.