West Sussex · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Whitehall, West Sussex
Extract fan cleaning for commercial sites in Whitehall and across West Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan that has never been cleaned
How we price extract fan cleaning
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The scale of the work
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The condition we find in the survey
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What to send for a quote
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Whitehall
A fan never collects grease in a neat, even layer. Heavier deposits on some blades throw the impeller off balance, which brings vibration, noise and extra wear on the bearings and motor. A thorough clean removes the cause. The work covers centrifugal fans, in-line fans and discharge points, and people most often call us about thick grease on the impeller and casing and a fan left out of previous cleans.
Somewhere as small as Whitehall, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Whitehall (RH13)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Whitehall
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Whitehall?
Fire safety enforcement in Whitehall is handled by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Whitehall?
The local authority for Whitehall is Horsham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Can you fix a fan that’s worn out?
A clean will not mend wear. We repair and replace extract fans as well, with a fixed quote first.
Will I get photos of the cleaned fan?
A photo report shows the fan before and after. If it’s part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Whitehall
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Grease, kitchens and Whitehall
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Whitehall. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Whitehall. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Food hygiene inspections in Whitehall are the job of Horsham council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Shipley CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Whitehall is about 6 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Whitehall gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, large and small. Brighton is in our area too, around 15 miles away.
Every address in RH13 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Shipley (1 mile north-east), Broomer's Corner (1 mile west), Dragons Green (1 mile north), Dial Post (2 miles south-east) and West Grinstead (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (12 miles north-east), Horsham (6 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south), Haywards Heath (12 miles east), Burgess Hill (11 miles east) and Littlehampton (13 miles south-west).
Around Whitehall
For rail, the closest station is Billingshurst station, about 3.8 miles north-west. The countryside around Whitehall includes Knepp Wildland.
Common problems we fix in Whitehall
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. Over time, that imbalance shakes the fan and puts strain on the bearings. What starts as a grease problem can become a mechanical one.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
- A fan that has never been cleaned
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Whitehall, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
When something else is needed
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before any work starts. It does not solve:
- A fan that will not start
- An impeller that is bent or split
- Grease in the duct and canopy before the fan (those need a full TR19 clean)
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Run the extract throughout cooking
The photo report shows the fan before and after cleaning. It lists what was cleaned and anything we couldn’t reach, along with the recommended next clean date.
Keep the whole system on its cleaning cycle. A fan cleaned with the rest of the system on time rarely gets badly coated, in line with BESA guidance.
Different parts, different methods
Inline duct fans
Space around an inline fan can be tight, so the method is planned in advance. If it cannot be reached fully, the report says so.
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
How it works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the extract fan cleaning, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Somewhere like Whitehall, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- First we check the fan’s condition and how it sounds.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller is cleaned blade by blade so it runs balanced.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.