Oxfordshire · Extract fan cleaning
Extract fan cleaning in Yarnton, Oxfordshire
Extract fan cleaning across Yarnton and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Hot, greasy smells near the fan
- An extract fan with no cleaning record
- A fan that no longer moves enough air
Extract fan cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Yarnton
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. A fan-only clean is recorded as exactly that. If you are dealing with weak extraction at the canopy and a fan coated in grease inside its housing, we can help, from roof-mounted fans, fan housings and discharge points onwards.
In a small place like Yarnton, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Yarnton (OX5)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Yarnton
Do you cover smaller places like Yarnton?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Yarnton is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Yarnton during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Yarnton, the Food Standards Agency lists about 6 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
What if the fan needs more than a clean?
We also repair and replace extract fans. If we find wear or damage, we will explain it and give you a fixed quote.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
How long does extract fan cleaning take?
Size, access and build-up all affect it. Typically it takes an hour or two for one fan, longer when it’s hard to reach.
Can you clean the fan on its own?
Yes, where it makes sense. A coated fan often means the duct before it is coated too, but the choice is yours.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
What affects the quote in Yarnton
You will get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Make sure the fan is included each time
- File the fan’s report with your other records
- Flag smoke lingering at the canopy
- Keep the grease filters clean and in place
File the photo report with your other extract records. It shows the fan’s condition at the time of the clean, which helps if anything changes later.
The fan stays cleaner when less grease gets past the canopy. Keep the grease filters clean, fitted and in place, and replace any that are damaged.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a couple of hours per fan, depending on its size and the build-up. Somewhere as small as Yarnton, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- The fan is found and its type, access and isolation checked.
- We isolate the power before opening the housing.
- Grease is scraped off the impeller blades and casing.
- 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
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Part by part
Fan housings and motors
Belt-driven fans have a drive belt and pulleys that can collect grease. We clean around them and note any wear for your records.
Wall fans
The wall around a wall fan can be stained with grease. The outlet is checked as well as the fan.
What extract fan cleaning looks like in Yarnton
Food Standards Agency records list about 19 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 9 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Yarnton. Where they cook under a canopy, an extract fan is pulling grease-laden air through its blades every service. The fire and rescue service for Yarnton is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Yarnton get their food hygiene inspections from Cherwell council. 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.
Blenheim Palace, about 3.2 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses near Yarnton; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Yarnton, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as William Fletcher Primary School or anywhere near Yarnton, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Yarnton is about 5 miles north-west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. We carry out extract fan cleaning for commercial premises of every kind in Yarnton and the rest of Oxfordshire. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Our technicians cover all of the OX5 postcode area for extract fan cleaning and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Dashwood Avenue, Spencer Avenue and Merton Way, all of which we cover for extract fan cleaning. If your site is just outside Yarnton, we cover Begbroke (1 mile north-west), Worton (1 mile west), Thrupp (2 miles north), Bladon (2 miles north-west) and Shipton-on-Cherwell (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Oxford (5 miles south-east), Didcot (14 miles south), Bicester (9 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (9 miles south), Witney (8 miles west) and Carterton (12 miles west).
Near you in Yarnton
In Yarnton, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion pub and Gosford Hill School. For rail, the closest station is Oxford Parkway station, roughly 1.4 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Acland Hospital (3.8 miles south-east) and Oxford Castle (4.3 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Harcourt Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
Why it’s worth doing now in Yarnton
Cleaning the fan in Yarnton now is a short job: it takes a few hours where there are several fans or heavy deposits. Waiting adds vibration, wear and a harder clean. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We’re fully insured
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- In business since 2009
What extract fan cleaning cannot fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- A dirty duct upstream of the fan
- A motor that has burnt out
- A faulty speed controller or isolator
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- In-line fans
- Discharge points
- Fan housings
- Axial fans
- Centrifugal fans
- Roof-mounted fans