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Wimbledon Chase extract fan cleaning
One call covers extract fan cleaning in Wimbledon Chase, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- A fan left out of previous cleans
How the visit works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes an hour or two for most single fans, and we clear up before we go. If your building in Wimbledon Chase has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- 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.
- We reassemble, run and photograph the fan.
How to prepare
- Clear the space around the work
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Wimbledon Chase
Is the extract fan louder than it used to be, or the airflow weaker? Tell us about it when you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and you’ll get a fixed price, typically within one working day. We are often asked to deal with a fan that has never been cleaned and fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan, across discharge points, axial fans and fan housings.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In Wimbledon Chase, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Wimbledon Chase (SW19, SW20, SM4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Do not store items in front of the fan’s access point
- Notice when the fan starts to sound different
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- Keep each photo report with the maintenance log
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.
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.
Common questions in Wimbledon Chase
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Wimbledon Chase out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 41 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Wimbledon Chase, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Wimbledon Chase?
In Wimbledon Chase, it’s Merton council that carries out food hygiene inspections. 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 cover Wimbledon Chase?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Wimbledon Chase included.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and the last report help too. After that, simply phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What’s the cleaning interval for an extract fan?
At least as often as the rest of the extract, which BESA guidance sets by daily cooking hours: from 3-monthly for heavy use to 12-monthly for light use. A noisy or heavily coated fan may need it sooner.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work, and we have been trading since 2009.
Wimbledon Chase kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 280 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 47 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Wimbledon Chase. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Night work suits London kitchens, and roads and loading bays tend to be quieter too. Fire safety in Wimbledon Chase falls to London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Atkinson Morley Hospital is the nearest hospital to Wimbledon Chase, about 1.2 miles north-west. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mary's Church or elsewhere in Wimbledon Chase, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Wimbledon Chase is about 1 mile south of Wimbledon, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Wimbledon Chase, we can take on extract fan cleaning. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Wimbledon Chase among them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 8 miles away.
All of SW19, SW20 and SM4 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. You will find streets such as Edna Road, Manor Road and Dorien Road, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Merton Park (1 mile east), Bushey Mead (1 mile west), Cannon Hill (1 mile south), Wimbledon (1 mile north) and Raynes Park (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (8 miles north-east), City of Westminster (8 miles north), Marylebone (8 miles north), Kensington (6 miles north), St Pancras (9 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (10 miles north-east).
Near you in Wimbledon Chase
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Rutlish School, Cannon Hill Common and Wimbledon School of Art. Wimbledon Chase has its own railway station: Wimbledon Chase station. A little further out are Southside Wandsworth (3.2 miles north) and Chessington Castle Hill (5 miles south-west). Open spaces near Wimbledon Chase include Merton Park Green Walks and Henman Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
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Different parts, different methods
Kitchens with long cooking hours
A fan in a long-hours kitchen runs for most of the day, which means grease and wear add up quickly. Cleaning on time helps keep it running.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans also discharge grease onto the roof around them and we check the area around the outlet. Heavy staining is noted on the report.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
Extract fan cleaning can’t fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It doesn’t solve:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A fan that won’t start
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Axial fans
- In-line fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
Signs you need extract fan cleaning in Wimbledon Chase
The fan sits at the end of the grease’s journey. The grease that’s left lands on the blades and the casing where the spinning blades spread it around.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
- Burning smells from the fan area
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Rough running from the extract fan
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Wimbledon Chase Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What your quote should include
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered