Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Woolstone, Oxfordshire
Need extract fan cleaning in Woolstone? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A smell of hot grease from the extract
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
- Grease escaping from the fan outlet
What the work involves, part by part
Roof-mounted fans
On a roof, the air is cooler and grease drops out faster. We scrape and degrease the blades and casing.
Impellers and blades
A clean impeller shows any damage: cracks, bent blades or wear. Anything we see goes on the report.
Extract fan cleaning in Woolstone
Is the extract fan louder than it used to be, or the airflow weaker? Tell us about it when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and you’ll get a fixed price, normally within one working day. If you have a motor area thick with grease and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, we can help.
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. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Woolstone (SN7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Fixed quotes for extract fan cleaning in Woolstone
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Leave it or put it right?
The fan is part of the fire path. TR19® Grease covers the whole extract, fan included, and insurers asking for TR19 cleaning expect the full system. It’s simpler to plan the work at Woolstone now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Full insurance on every job
The process
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Woolstone can be planned properly.
- We locate the fan and plan how to reach and isolate it.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- We scrape the heavy grease from the blades and housing.
- The fan is degreased, taking care around the motor.
- It’s closed up, run, checked and photographed for the report.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Grease, kitchens and Woolstone
In Woolstone, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Vale of White Horse council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Woolstone. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Woolstone (Ashdown House is about 3.7 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. Where a hall near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Woolstone, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Woolstone is about 7 miles west of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Woolstone to the outskirts, extract fan cleaning is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Woolstone among them. We also work in Oxford, around 19 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan cleaning: SN7. We also cover the places around Woolstone: Kingston Lisle (2 miles east), Westcot (3 miles east), Sparsholt (3 miles east), Upper Lambourn (5 miles south) and Sheepdrove (6 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Didcot (14 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles north-east), Witney (14 miles north), Carterton (12 miles north), Wantage (7 miles east) and Grove (7 miles east).
Landmarks near Woolstone
Around Woolstone, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The White Horse Inn, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Uffington Museum (1 mile north-east) and Faringdon Day Hospital (4.7 miles north). For a walk, there’s Dragon Hill and Seven Barrows.
Towns and villages near Woolstone
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Questions from Woolstone
Who inspects food businesses in Woolstone?
Food hygiene inspections in Woolstone are carried out by Vale of White Horse council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Woolstone?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Woolstone. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we will plan the visit around them.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
What extract fan cleaning can’t fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- A motor that has burnt out
- Electrical faults in the fan’s supply or controls (an electrician’s job)
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Roof-mounted fans
- Discharge points
- In-line fans
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
When to call us in Woolstone
Grease condenses as the air cools, and on a roof or outside wall the fan can be in some of the coolest air in the system. So grease often settles heavily there.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan motor running hot under a coat of grease
- A noisy fan that has got louder over time
- A heavily greased fan housing
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Faringdon Day Hospital (about 4.7 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before you book
- What insurance they carry
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How they set the interval to the next visit