Medway · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Walderslade, Medway
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Walderslade and across Medway. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- Rough running from the extract fan
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Walderslade
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but a fan can also need attention on its own, especially when it has started to vibrate or sound rough. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. We’re often asked to deal with grease stains around the discharge and grease around the motor and its mounts, across axial fans, centrifugal fans and in-line fans.
Around a smaller place like Walderslade, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Walderslade (ME5)
- Region
- Medway
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Walderslade: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Walderslade?
That’s Medway council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Walderslade. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Can you get to a site in Walderslade?
Yes, Walderslade is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and that’s how we prefer to work. The visit is timed for when the area is not in use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Should the extract fan be cleaned as part of TR19?
Yes. The whole system is cleaned, from the canopy to the discharge, and the fan is a key part of it, so it’s cleaned too.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Walderslade
Food Standards Agency records include about 6 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Walderslade and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Walderslade sits within the area of Kent 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. In Walderslade, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Medway council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St William's Church or anywhere around Walderslade, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like Medway Maritime Hospital, about 3.2 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Tunbury Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Walderslade is about 1 mile south of Chatham, in Medway. Every kind of commercial site in Walderslade, extract fan cleaning is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, and Walderslade is one of them.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: ME5. We cover sites on Farm Road, York Avenue and Walsham Road and nearby roads. Walderslade is on the A2045, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Walderslade: Blue Bell Hill (1 mile west), Lordswood (1 mile east), Kit's Coty (1 mile south-west), Chatham (1 mile north) and Lidsing (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (3 miles north-east), Rochester (4 miles north), Rainham (4 miles north-east), Strood (4 miles north-west), Park Wood (3 miles east) and Twydall (4 miles north-east).
Near you in Walderslade
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Westfield Wood, Greenacre Academy and Walderslade Girls' School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Chatham station, about 3.1 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Allington Castle (3 miles south) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.3 miles north). Open spaces near Walderslade include Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
Places near Walderslade
What else we do in Walderslade
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A motor that has burnt out
- Wiring faults to the fan
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Parking and loading at the site
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The scale of the work
The cost depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Why it’s worth doing now in Walderslade
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. A site near Walderslade that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Walderslade
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Report rattles or humming early
- Keep the fan on whenever the range is lit
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
A full system clean includes a TR19 certificate from the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal. If only the fan is cleaned, the photo report says so.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. Regular full cleans keep the fan from building up heavy deposits, in line with BESA guidance.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like Walderslade, so let us know how to reach it.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- 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.
- The fan goes back into service with a report on its condition.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Part by part
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them, so the outlet area is checked too. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
Fan housings and motors
Inside the casing, grease is thrown onto the walls. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.