Hampshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Winklebury, Hampshire
Extract fan cleaning in Winklebury from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A motor area thick with grease
- A fan shaking on its mounts
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
What the work involves, part by part
Kitchens with long cooking hours
Long cooking hours mean more grease reaches the fan. Under BESA guidance, heavy use means cleaning at least every 3 months, fan included.
Roof-mounted fans
Roof fans sit at the top of the riser. They’re cleaned where safe access allows, and anything we can’t reach is recorded.
Extract fan cleaning in Winklebury
Any fan serving a kitchen in Winklebury is cleaned the same careful way as anywhere else: we isolate it, open the housing, scrape the impeller and degrease the lot. Your report shows the impeller as we found it and as we left it. If you’re dealing with a smell of hot grease from the extract and a fan left out of previous cleans, we can put it right, from discharge points, in-line fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
In a smaller place like Winklebury, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Winklebury (RG23, RG22, RG24)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Check the report shows the fan was cleaned
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Report grease escaping from the fan
Once it’s clean, the fan is closed up and run to check it’s working smoothly. If anything seems wrong, from vibration to wear, we note it, so you can plan any repair.
Make sure the fan is reachable. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Also near Winklebury
What else we do in Winklebury
What a clean won’t put right
Extract fan cleaning cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
- Grease in the canopy and ductwork
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Winklebury
- Discharge points
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Winklebury
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- The scale of the work
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
What happens on the day
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Evenings, weekends or a closed day all work for a site in a place like Winklebury.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- It’s isolated so it cannot 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.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Getting ready for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Winklebury
Food Standards Agency records include about 21 pubs, bars and clubs within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Winklebury. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s Basingstoke and Deane council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Winklebury. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Winklebury sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (The Vyne is about 3 miles north-east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Park Prewett Hospital about 0.8 miles north, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Castle Hill Infant School or anywhere near Winklebury, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Winklebury is about 1 mile west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Winklebury, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Winklebury is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for extract fan cleaning. There’s also a page for Reading, about 14 miles away.
Every address in RG23, RG22 and RG24 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Roman Road, Wayside Road and Worting Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Winklebury is on the A340, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Winklebury, we cover Worting (1 mile south-west), Buckskin (1 mile south-west), South Ham (1 mile south-east), Rooksdown (1 mile north) and Basingstoke (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (12 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (13 miles east), Tadley (6 miles north) and Hook (7 miles east).
Around Winklebury
Around Winklebury, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Coppice Spring School, Fort Hill Community School and The White Hart Inn. The nearest railway station is Basingstoke station, about 1.5 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Willis Museum (1.6 miles east) and Basing House (3.1 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Daneshill Park Woods and Farleigh Hill.
Winklebury: your questions answered
Which fire service covers Winklebury?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Winklebury. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Winklebury out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 23 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Winklebury, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not usually. The area we’re working in has to be out of use while we’re there, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
What paperwork do I get after a fan clean?
You get a photo report with before and after pictures of the fan. If it’s part of a full TR19 clean, a TR19 certificate is issued too.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.