West Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Ashurst, West Sussex
Extract fan repair across Ashurst and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- An old fan that needs replacing
About our extract fan repair in Ashurst
Everything a kitchen extract does depends on the fan. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the cooking area soon fills with heat and fumes. Our engineers track down the fault and fix it with a repair or a replacement. The work covers roof and wall fans, fan motors and kitchen extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a motor that trips out or overheats and poor airflow at the canopy.
In a small place like Ashurst, fans are often on an outside wall or roof, open to wind and rain. Weather and grease together wear out motors and bearings.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Ashurst (BN44)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Roof and wall-mounted fans
An external fan’s rattle can be heard outside. It’s often down to loose mounts or worn bearings.
Belt-driven fans
Belt-driven fans have a motor that turns the impeller through belts and pulleys. Worn belts squeal and slow the fan down, so we check the pulleys and bearings as well.
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Ashurst questions
Who inspects food businesses in Ashurst?
Food hygiene inspections in Ashurst are carried out by Horsham council. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Can you get to a site in Ashurst?
Yes, Ashurst is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Every certificate and report from each visit, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
Who do we call if the fan stops in the middle of cooking?
You can reach our emergency line day or night. Cooking without working extraction isn’t sensible so we will work to get it back in service.
How much time does a fan repair need?
That depends on what’s wrong, but as a guide it takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. You will know more once we have found the fault.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Why is our extract fan so noisy?
An unbalanced, greasy impeller vibrates, which is a common cause of noise. Bearings, belts and mountings can also be to blame.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
How the visit works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the extract fan repair, clear away and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Somewhere like Ashurst, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that will not start.
- The fan is isolated and opened up so we can see inside.
- We check the motor, bearings, drive, impeller and mountings.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Never run the extract with filters missing
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
If the fan had grease on it, the rest of the system almost certainly does too. We can book a TR19® clean of the whole extract and you get a TR19 certificate and photo report afterwards.
The fan is part of every full TR19 clean. Keeping grease off the impeller is one of the simplest ways to protect it and that means less wear.
What extract fan repair looks like in Ashurst
At about 40 miles from central London, Ashurst sits well inside the area we cover. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you. In Ashurst, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Horsham council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like Ashurst CofE Primary School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Ashurst is about 7 miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Ashurst or further out, extract fan repair is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our West Sussex coverage runs to 371 places, Ashurst among them. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 11 miles from Ashurst.
Every address in BN44 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. You’ll find streets such as Church Lane and School Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. If your site is just outside Ashurst, we cover Partridge Green (2 miles north-east), Dial Post (2 miles north-west), Wiston (2 miles south-west), Littleworth (3 miles north) and Ashington (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (14 miles north-east), Horsham (9 miles north), Worthing (8 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (11 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (9 miles east) and Littlehampton (12 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Ashurst
Around Ashurst, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Fountain Inn. Well-known places in the area include Steyning Museum (3.1 miles south). Not far away are Chanctonbury Hill and Knepp Wildland.
What extract fan repair cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
What we’re called out for in Ashurst
Fixings and anti-vibration mounts work loose or perish over time. Then every vibration is passed into the duct and the building and that is a common source of rattles.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A dead fan motor
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- An old fan that needs replacing
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St James or elsewhere in Ashurst, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether VAT is included
- If they look at the system before pricing
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.