Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Winchester extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning for Winchester and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- Grease stains around the discharge
About our extract fan cleaning in Winchester
If the extract fan in Winchester has become noisy, weak or greasy? A few details or a photo help when you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll give you a fixed quote for extract fan cleaning in Winchester, typically within one working day. The work covers fan housings, in-line fans and centrifugal fans, and the jobs we see most are weak extraction at the canopy and grease stains around the discharge.
Town-centre kitchens in a place like Winchester often sit below flats or offices, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Winchester
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Winchester and across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Leave it or put it right?
Grease on a roof fan can also escape outside. It marks the area around the outlet and leaves more fuel outside, which is one more reason to keep it clean. In a busy place like Winchester, a system that’s left only gets dirtier and harder to put right.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you are not sure what’s needed, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Extract fan cleaning around Winchester
Food Standards Agency data counts about 121 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 29 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Winchester. Each kitchen extract among them ends at a fan, and grease on the impeller strains the motor. Winchester sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. 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. Food hygiene inspections in Winchester are the job of Winchester City council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Bede Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. A kitchen near Winchester station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Winchester is in Hampshire. Winchester gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Winchester is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for extract fan cleaning. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (10 miles or so).
Here we cover the SO22, SO23, SO32 and SO21 postcode area for extract fan cleaning. Local streets include The Square, Market Street and Market Lane, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. Winchester sits on or near the A31 and A32, which makes travel easy for extract fan cleaning. We also cover Bar End (1 mile south-east), Highcliffe (1 mile east), Hyde (1 mile north), St Cross (1 mile south) and Stanmore (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Eastleigh (6 miles south), Fareham (15 miles south), Andover (13 miles north-west), Totton (13 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (6 miles south-west) and Hedge End (10 miles south). Winchester is one of the larger places we cover in Hampshire for extract fan cleaning.
Local landmarks in Winchester
Around Winchester, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Peter Symonds College, The Green Man pub and Leigh House Hospital and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Winchester station, roughly 0.6 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Winchester City Museum (within half a mile north-east) and St John's Rooms And Chapel (within half a mile east). The countryside around Winchester includes Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.
FAQs for Winchester
Can the work in Winchester be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Winchester does not have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can a school canteen extract in Winchester be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 15 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Winchester. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
How long will it take to clean the fan?
It takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Your quote will give an idea.
Can the fan be cleaned between full cleans?
Yes, where it makes sense. We’ll often suggest checking the duct too, as a greasy fan normally means a greasy duct, but the choice is yours.
When something else is needed
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- A fan that will not start
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
- A fan that’s too small for the system (a design question)
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
Places near Winchester
Other services in Winchester
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and blades
The blades of the impeller do the work, and it collects grease unevenly. That is what unbalances the fan, so it’s cleaned carefully blade by blade.
Inline duct fans
Inline fans sit within the duct run, often above a ceiling. They’re reached through access panels or by opening the casing after isolating them.
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. In Winchester, bigger jobs are often split over several out-of-hours visits.
- Diagnosis first: we look for grease, noise and vibration.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Each blade is cleaned so the impeller runs evenly.
- Housing, outlet and the area around the motor are cleaned.
- We run the fan and note its condition in the photo report.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
Do you need extract fan cleaning in Winchester?
A fan on a roof or hidden in a ceiling void is easy to forget. A fan that has never been cleaned can be heavily coated, and the report will show it.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Burning smells from the fan area
- Weak extraction at the canopy
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church, or anywhere in Winchester, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before you book anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate