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Extract Fan Cleaning in Wood Green
One call covers extract fan cleaning in Wood Green: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- Grease stains around the discharge
- A fan coated in grease inside its housing
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
How we handle extract fan cleaning in Wood Green
If the ducts are the arteries, the fan is the heart. A greasy fan works harder and moves less air. Our job is to clear it, check it runs smoothly and record what we found so you get a clean bill of health. If you have grease around the motor and its mounts and an extract fan that vibrates or rattles, we can put it right, from roof-mounted fans, in-line fans and centrifugal fans onwards.
Kitchens in Wood Green, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Wood Green (N22, N8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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What we do, step by step
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Before any visit in Wood Green, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We find the fan and check how it’s reached and how it’s isolated.
- With the fan isolated, the housing is opened.
- Grease is scraped from the impeller blades and the inside of the housing.
- The fan and its surrounds are degreased, keeping clear of the motor’s electrics.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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Why act early in Wood Green
An unbalanced fan gets worse, not better. It can wear the bearings and lead to failure, which may leave the kitchen without extraction. Cleaning it early is far less disruptive. Every month a London system goes without attention adds to what has to be done later.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- A fixed price before any work starts
- We’re fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
How the job changes from site to site
Inline duct fans
Inline fans can be in tight spaces, so we plan how to reach and clean them. If it cannot be reached fully, the report says so.
Roof-mounted fans
Many kitchen extracts end at a fan on the roof. We clean them where they can be safely reached, and anything we can’t reach is recorded.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- An impeller that is bent or split
- A fan that will not start
- A fan that was never right for the kitchen
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Centrifugal fans
- Discharge points
- Roof-mounted fans
- Axial fans
- Fan housings
- In-line fans
Extract fan cleaning in Wood Green: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 59 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Wood Green. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. In Wood Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Haringey council. 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. In London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier.
Commuter trade near Alexandra Palace station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Michael and All Angels, or anywhere in Wood Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Greentrees Hospital is the nearest hospital to Wood Green, about 0.9 miles north-east.
Wood Green is about 3 miles south-west of Edmonton, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Wood Green, we can take on extract fan cleaning. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small. For sites nearby, see our London page (7 miles or so).
All of N22 and N8 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. If you need extract fan cleaning at premises on Vincent Square, Station Road and Gathorne Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Wood Green is on the B151, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for extract fan cleaning. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan cleaning include Noel Park (1 mile south-east), Turnpike Lane (1 mile south), Hornsey (1 mile south-west), Crouch End (1 mile south-west) and Stroud Green (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include London (7 miles south), City of Westminster (6 miles south), Marylebone (6 miles south), Kensington (8 miles south-west), St Pancras (5 miles south) and Shoreditch (5 miles south).
Around Wood Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Thomas More Catholic School, Woodside Park and The Nag's Head pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Alexandra Palace station, roughly 0.5 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Broomfield House Museum (1.3 miles north) and The Mall Wood Green (within half a mile south). Green spaces nearby include Railway Fields and Highgate Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Wood Green: your questions answered
Which fire authority looks after Wood Green?
That is London Fire Brigade. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Is parking a problem for work in Wood Green?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Wood Green makes the visit easier to plan. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
Why is my extract fan noisy?
Grease on the blades and housing is one of the usual causes, since uneven grease makes it run out of balance. Worn bearings and motor problems are others, which our report will flag.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. As a guide, it takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Normally not. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How we price extract fan cleaning
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Any permits to work or inductions
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition of the system
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 go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Want a quote for extract fan cleaning? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.