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Extract Fan Cleaning in West Ealing
One call covers extract fan cleaning in West Ealing: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A motor area thick with grease
- Burning smells from the fan area
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in West Ealing is usually done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Extract fan cleaning in West Ealing, done properly
A clean fan isn’t a repaired fan. Anything that looks worn or damaged goes on the report, and we also repair and replace extract fans. You’ll know whether the fan just needed cleaning or something more. If you have a noisy fan that has got louder over time and grease stains around the discharge, we can put it right, from fan housings, centrifugal fans and in-line fans onwards.
Kitchens in West Ealing, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- West Ealing (W7, W13, UB2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to West Ealing
What else we do in West Ealing
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A cracked or broken impeller (it needs replacing)
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
What extract fan cleaning looks like in West Ealing
Food Standards Agency records list about 292 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 79 takeaways across West Ealing and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Grease builds up on fan blades and housings in kitchens like these, unbalancing the impeller. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. Fire safety in West Ealing falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Commuter trade near Hanwell station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Ealing Hospital (about under half a mile south-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
West Ealing is about 1 mile west of Ealing, in Greater London. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in West Ealing and the rest of Greater London. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and West Ealing is one of them. For sites nearby, see our London page (11 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: W7, W13 and UB2. Extract fan cleaning is available to premises on Park Road, Green Lane and Dean's Road and nearby roads. West Ealing sits on or near the A4001, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Hanwell (1 mile east), Dormers Wells (1 mile north-west), Ealing (1 mile east), South Ealing (2 miles east) and Pitshanger (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include London (11 miles east), City of Westminster (8 miles east), Marylebone (8 miles east), Kensington (6 miles east), St Pancras (10 miles east) and Shoreditch (11 miles east).
Around West Ealing
Around West Ealing, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Drayton Green, The Viaduct pub and Cuckoo Schools and the streets around them. West Ealing has its own railway station: Hanwell station. Well-known places in the area include Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion (2.4 miles east) and Treaty Centre (3 miles south). For a walk, there’s Long Wood and Middle Lake.
West Ealing: your questions answered
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in West Ealing?
That is London Fire Brigade. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who inspects food businesses in West Ealing?
In West Ealing, it’s Ealing council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you offer extract fan cleaning separately?
Yes, we can clean just the fan. It’s useful when a fan is noisy or greasy between full cleans, but it doesn’t replace a full TR19 clean.
What information do you need?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Do you provide a report after cleaning the fan?
A photo report shows the fan before and after. Full system cleans come with a TR19 certificate as well.
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Keep access to the fan clear
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
We take away the grease and dirty water from the fan clean. Wherever the fan is, the area around it is cleaned down.
Run the fan throughout cooking. Grease settles faster when the air stops moving, so keeping it running helps keep it clean.
Do you need extract fan cleaning in West Ealing?
Grease builds up unevenly on the blades. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
- A fan shaking on its mounts
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary's Cathedral or elsewhere in West Ealing, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
What happens if it’s left?
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. For a site in West Ealing, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Each visit written up, with photos
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
Part by part
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.
Inline duct fans
An inline fan can be easy to forget because it’s out of sight. We find it during the survey and include it in the clean.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.