Essex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Alresford
For extract fan repair and replacement in Alresford, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
- An overheating extract motor
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. Your opening hours decide when we come to Alresford, not ours.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Alresford
Everything a kitchen extract does depends on the fan. When it starts to rattle, hum or slow down, the cooking area soon fills with heat and fumes. Our engineers track down the fault and fix it with a repair or a replacement. Typical jobs include a failed fan that needs a replacement and a fan rattling in its housing, across roof and wall fans, bearings and belts and pulleys.
Around a place like Alresford, a pub, café or care home kitchen with a failed fan can’t carry on cooking as normal. That’s what our 24/7 emergency callout is for.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Alresford (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Alresford
What else we do in Alresford
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept to a regular schedule.
Why deal with it now?
Vibration does damage beyond the fan. Fixings work loose and joints in the ductwork can be strained and the eventual repair is larger. It’s easy to lose track of when the work was last done on a quieter site.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
FAQs for Alresford
Can you get to a site in Alresford?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Alresford is covered. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can the work in Alresford be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Alresford keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. Where a fan is beyond repair, we replace it with one suited to the duct and the kitchen with a fixed price agreed before any work starts.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not typically. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
Often it makes sense to do both. A TR19 clean covers the canopy, plenum, ductwork and fan and comes with a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
When a fan fails in Alresford
At about 2 miles from the coast, Alresford is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt air is hard on fan housings, motors and fixings on roofs and outside walls. Food Standards Agency data counts about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Alresford. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. In Alresford, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tendring council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Saint Andrew's Church or elsewhere in Alresford, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like Alresford Primary School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Alresford is about 5 miles south-east of Colchester, in Essex. From the centre of Alresford to the outskirts, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (23 miles or so).
All of CO7 is covered for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Station Road, Church Road and Cox Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan repair in Wivenhoe (2 miles west), Elmstead (2 miles north-west), Wivenhoe Quay (2 miles west), Wivenhoe Cross (2 miles north-west) and High Park Corner (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (5 miles north-west), Clacton-on-Sea (8 miles south-east), Harwich (13 miles north-east), Camulodunum (6 miles west), Heybridge (15 miles south-west) and Greenstead (4 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Alresford
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Pointer pub. There’s a railway station in Alresford itself: Alresford station. Nearby you will also find Wivenhoe Chapel Museum (1.5 miles west) and Colchester Castle (4.7 miles north-west). Not far away are Cockaynes Wood.
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Write down when the fan misbehaves
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Do not cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
Once we are done, the extract is back in service. We clear up after ourselves and explain anything you need to know.
The fan is part of every full TR19 clean. A clean impeller stays in balance, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.
Part by part
Impellers and housings
A damaged or corroded impeller can’t simply be cleaned. It may be replaced on its own, or with the whole fan.
Fan controls
Every fan has controls, from a speed controller to an isolator. When they fail, the fan may not start or may run at the wrong speed.
What we’re called out for in Alresford
Blocked filters and greasy ducts make the fan work harder. A motor that strains runs hot, trips out or eventually burns out.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A dead fan motor
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
If you run a kitchen close to Alresford station and the extract fan is getting noisy, a planned repair after closing beats a breakdown at the rush.
What your quote should include
- Whether the price is fixed
- What insurance they carry
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report