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Extract Fan Cleaning in Wivelsfield Green
Extract fan cleaning in Wivelsfield Green from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Rough running from the extract fan
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Thick grease on the impeller and casing
Why deal with it now?
Grease on the impeller makes the fan less efficient. Airflow at the canopy drops and the kitchen gets hotter and smokier and the motor works harder. A planned visit to Wivelsfield Green is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why Wivelsfield Green businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Photo reports with every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Wivelsfield Green
Not all extract fans are the same: fans on the roof, fans built into the duct run, and fans on an outside wall. Each is isolated and opened in its own way, and we plan that during the survey. If you have hot, greasy smells near the fan and a heavily greased fan housing, we can put it right.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Wivelsfield Green (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- 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
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Report grease escaping from the fan
- Report rattles or humming early
- Keep access to the fan clear
- File the fan’s report with your other records
Where the fan needs repair rather than cleaning, the report says so. Fan repair and replacement are services we offer too, so you have one point of contact.
Keep the route to the fan clear. Clear access means it’s never left out of a clean, whether it’s on a roof, in a ceiling or on a wall.
How it works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. The visit takes an hour or two for most single fans. A few photos of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Wivelsfield Green.
- We start by checking where the fan sits and how to isolate it.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- The impeller and the housing around it are scraped clean.
- We degrease the fan and housing, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run and checked, and photos go into your report.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: 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.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and blades
Coated blades move less air. We clean each blade back to its surface, so the fan can run as intended.
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. Regular cleans help it keep going.
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Common questions in Wivelsfield Green
Can you get to a site in Wivelsfield Green?
Yes. Wivelsfield Green is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which fire service covers Wivelsfield Green?
That is 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.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
An unbalanced impeller, normally from uneven grease, is a common cause. We clean the fan and tell you if anything else, like worn bearings, is to blame.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Who is the responsible person?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Is the fan isolated during cleaning?
It has to be off and isolated, for safety. We clean out of hours, in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so cooking is not affected.
How far ahead should we book?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Wivelsfield Green kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Wivelsfield Green. Any of those kitchens with a canopy relies on a fan that gathers grease as it runs. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Wivelsfield Green. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Lewes council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Wivelsfield Green. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Wivelsfield Green is Princess Royal Hospital, about 2.1 miles north. Ockenden Manor, about 4.3 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Wivelsfield Green; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Ote Hall Chapel, or anywhere in Wivelsfield Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Wivelsfield Green is about 2 miles east of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Wivelsfield Green or further out, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Brighton page, about 9 miles away.
Work in RH17 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on Downsview Drive, Allwood Crescent and Farncombe Close and nearby roads. Close by, we work in Wivelsfield (1 mile west), Ditchling Common (2 miles south-west), Plumpton Green (2 miles south), Scaynes Hill (2 miles north) and North Chailey (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (11 miles north-west), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Haywards Heath (3 miles north-west), East Grinstead (12 miles north), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles south-west) and Lancing (14 miles south-west).
What’s near Wivelsfield Green
In Wivelsfield Green, that means kitchens and buildings near The Cock Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Wivelsfield Green is Wivelsfield station, roughly 2.1 miles west. A little further out are Burgess Hill Museum (2.5 miles west) and Clayton Castle (4.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Wivelsfield Green includes Ditchling Beacon and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by extract fan cleaning, and we will tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- Wiring faults to the fan
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Centrifugal fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- In-line fans