Wokingham · Extract fan cleaning
Woodley extract fan cleaning
One call covers cleaning of kitchen extract fans, impellers, fan housings and discharge points in Woodley: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A heavily greased fan housing
- Fat spreading onto the roof or wall by the fan
The process
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach. Let us know how to reach the roof or plant area at your site in Woodley, and where the van can go.
- First we locate the fan and agree how it’s safely isolated.
- Power to the fan is isolated before anyone touches it.
- We remove the grease from the blades, impeller and casing.
- Blades, housing and the area around the motor are degreased with care.
- The fan is put back into service, checked and photographed.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
How to get a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
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Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Woodley
The fan is cleaned as part of every full TR19® Grease clean, but some fans need cleaning between full cleans, for example when it’s noisy or vibrating. Where only the fan is cleaned, the report says so. If you have an extract fan that vibrates or rattles and a fan that hums, whines or rumbles, we can help, from centrifugal fans, in-line fans and axial fans onwards.
Most kitchens in a town like Woodley can’t close for a day, so the work is done after service, overnight or on a closed day. By the next service, the kitchen is ready to cook in again.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Woodley (RG5, RG6, RG10)
- Region
- Wokingham
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why act early in Woodley
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. Booking now keeps it a routine visit to Woodley rather than an urgent one.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why us?
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
What staff can safely do
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, and that’s where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What affects the cost of extract fan cleaning
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- How big the system is
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How easy every part is to reach
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Common problems we fix in Woodley
A greasy fan in Woodley is fuel at the end of the duct. A fire in the duct can reach the fan and the grease around it, and a hot, struggling motor does not help.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that hums, whines or rumbles
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
Where a hall near United Reformed Church, or anywhere in Woodley, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What your quote should include
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a survey comes first
FAQs for Woodley
Can the work in Woodley be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Woodley keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which council inspects kitchens in Woodley?
In Woodley, it’s Wokingham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What makes a kitchen extract fan vibrate?
Build-up on the impeller is a frequent reason, because it unbalances the fan. It can also be wear in the bearings or motor, which our report will flag.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
That depends on the fan’s size, its position and how much grease there is. As a guide, it takes an hour or two for most single fans.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you need to turn the fan off to clean it?
The fan must be isolated before anyone touches it. Cleans are done when the kitchen is closed, so cooking is not affected.
Can you fix a fan that is worn out?
We also repair and replace extract fans. If we find wear or damage, we’ll explain it and give you a fixed quote.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Different parts, different methods
Wall fans
Smaller kitchens may extract through a fan on an outside wall. We isolate it, then clean the blades and housing.
Fan housings and motors
The housing around the impeller catches grease flung off the blades. It’s scraped and degreased with the impeller.
Extract fan cleaning in Woodley: the local picture
The Food Standards Agency lists about 17 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Woodley. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Kitchens in Woodley get their food hygiene inspections from Wokingham council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Woodley is covered by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Berkshire Hospital is the nearest hospital to Woodley, about 2.7 miles west. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Rivermead Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Woodley is about 3 miles east of Reading, in Wokingham. For extract fan cleaning in and around Woodley, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, Woodley included. Our area takes in 35 places across Wokingham, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Every address in RG5, RG6 and RG10 is within our area for extract fan cleaning, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Church Road, Jasmine Square and London Road and nearby roads. You’ll find Woodley on the A4 and A3290, so it’s easy for us to get to for extract fan cleaning. We also cover the places around Woodley: Charvil (2 miles north), Whistley Green (2 miles east), Winnersh (2 miles south), Hurst (2 miles east) and Twyford (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Reading (3 miles west), Wokingham (4 miles south-east), Crowthorne (7 miles south-east), Woosehill (3 miles south-east), Emmbrook (3 miles south-east) and Coley Park (4 miles west). Being one of Wokingham’s larger places, Woodley has a wide mix of commercial premises, and we cover all of them for extract fan cleaning.
Around Woodley
In Woodley, that means kitchens and buildings near Waingels College, Ali's Pond Local Nature Reserve and The Bull And Chequers pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Woodley is Winnersh Triangle station, roughly 1.2 miles south. A little further out are Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry (2.1 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (2.7 miles west). Green spaces nearby include South Lake and Alder Moors.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
- Book the fan into every full TR19 clean
- Watch for grease marks around the outlet
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.
A change in how the fan sounds is worth noting. New noise or vibration often means grease is building on the impeller and early action can save a repair.