Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Warsash, Hampshire
Our technicians work in Warsash on extract fan cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How big the system is
- The condition of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
About our extract fan cleaning in Warsash
Duct Doctor has been cleaning kitchen extract fans since 2009. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we are fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. The work covers discharge points, axial fans and in-line fans, and people most often call us about a motor area thick with grease and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles.
In a smaller place like Warsash, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Warsash (SO31)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A fan that won’t start
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
Part by part
Fan housings and motors
Inside the casing, grease is thrown onto the walls. We clean it along with the blades.
Impellers and blades
Grease on the leading edges of the blades cuts the fan’s efficiency. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
Kitchen extracts in Warsash
Warsash is within about 1 mile of the coast. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 41 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Warsash. Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Fire safety in Warsash falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
For schools such as Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Warsash, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Warsash is about 4 miles west of Fareham, in Hampshire. Wherever you are in the SO31 postcode area, we cover extract fan cleaning for commercial sites. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and Warsash is one of them. Southampton is in our area too, around 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: SO31. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Church Road, Wild Rose Crescent and Willow Herb Close and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Sarisbury Green (1 mile north), Locks Heath (1 mile north-east), Hook (1 mile south-east), Hook Park Estate (1 mile south) and Abshot (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (14 miles north), Gosport (7 miles south-east), Havant (13 miles east), Eastleigh (8 miles north), Fareham (4 miles east) and Horndean (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Warsash
Typical jobs here are in premises near Brookfield Community School and Language College, Hamble Common and Jolly Farmer Public House. The closest station to Warsash is Swanwick station, about 1.6 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Coldeast (0.9 miles north) and Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum (2.1 miles north). Open spaces near Warsash include Holly Hill Woodland Park.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Note any drop in extraction at the canopy
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Never cook with a filter missing
- Report rattles or humming early
Keep the report with the maintenance log and fire risk assessment. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Listen to the fan. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller, and catching it early keeps it a cleaning job.
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. 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. For a place like Warsash, we load the van from the survey notes so the work can be done in one visit where possible.
- 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.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
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Questions from Warsash
Is Warsash within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Warsash out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. With about 5 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Warsash, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
Photos, notes on condition and a recommended next date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Why it’s worth doing now in Warsash
A greasy fan has to work harder to move the same air. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier, while the motor runs under more strain. A site near Warsash that has to close at short notice is hard to cover for.
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 any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Warsash
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
See how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Common problems we fix in Warsash
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. The difference throws the impeller off balance and puts strain on the bearings. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A motor area thick with grease
- Vibration from an unbalanced impeller
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Coldeast is the nearest hospital to Warsash, about 0.9 miles north.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What records you will receive afterwards