Hertfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract Fan Cleaning in Wilstone
Need extract fan cleaning in Wilstone? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- A fan left out of previous cleans
- Less air being pulled from the kitchen
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Wilstone
We’ve been trading since 2009. As a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, we clean to BESA TR19® Grease, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 and full insurance. Typical jobs include hot, greasy smells near the fan and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, across in-line fans, fan housings and roof-mounted fans.
Somewhere as small as Wilstone, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Wilstone (HP23)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Wilstone
Do you work at weekends in Wilstone?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Wilstone needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Wilstone?
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Wilstone. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
A photo report, including the fan’s condition and the next clean date. Keep it with your maintenance log.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No, not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurance policies ask for proof of TR19® cleaning. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
How much does extract fan cleaning cost in Wilstone?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. For a quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- A failed motor or worn bearings (that needs a fan repair or replacement)
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Axial fans
Why deal with it now?
The fan is part of the fire path. TR19® Grease covers the whole extract, fan included and many insurers require the full system to be cleaned to TR19. It’s simpler to plan the work at Wilstone now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
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Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Look for grease stains near the discharge
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
Keep the route to the fan clear. A fan that can be reached safely is a fan that gets cleaned, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Extract fan cleaning around Wilstone
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 pubs, bars and clubs within about 1.5 miles of central Wilstone. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Wilstone falls to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Dacorum council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Wilstone. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Cholesbury Manor House is about 4.6 miles south), access may need planning. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Marsworth Church of England Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Wilstone is about 5 miles east of Aylesbury, in Hertfordshire. For extract fan cleaning in and around Wilstone, please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Wilstone. Our area takes in 381 places across Hertfordshire, large and small. Milton Keynes is in our area too, around 15 miles away.
Work in HP23 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Barton Close, Tring Road and Rosebarn Lane and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Wilstone: Gubblecote (1 mile north), Startop's End (1 mile east), Tringford (1 mile south-east), Marsworth (1 mile east) and Drayton Beauchamp (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Hemel Hempstead (11 miles south-east), Harpenden (14 miles east), Berkhamsted (6 miles south-east), Chorleywood (14 miles south-east), Grovehill (10 miles south-east) and Woodhall Farm (10 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Wilstone
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Half Moon Public House and Tring School and the streets around them. The closest station to Wilstone is Cheddington station, roughly 3 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tindal Centre (4.9 miles west) and Pitstone Green Museum (2.2 miles north-east). Open spaces near Wilstone include College Lake nature reserve and Pavis Wood.
The process
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. From there, it takes an hour or two for most single fans. The timing of a visit to Wilstone is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- It’s isolated so it can’t run while we work.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- Blades, housing and surrounds are degreased with care around the electrics.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
Advice
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Common problems we fix in Wilstone
Each blade collects a slightly different amount. The difference throws the impeller off balance and puts strain on the bearings. Left too long, grease turns into wear.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Grease stains around the discharge
- An extract fan that vibrates or rattles
- A motor area thick with grease
- Weak extraction at the canopy
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Cross or elsewhere in Wilstone, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether VAT is included
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.