Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Aylesham extract fan repair
Our technicians work in Aylesham on repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A humming noise from the fan motor
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
How we handle extract fan repair in Aylesham
We treat a failing fan much like a patient: listen to it, diagnose the fault, then treat it. The aim is steady, quiet extraction and a plain account of what we found. We’re often asked to deal with a fan rattling in its housing and a motor that trips out or overheats, across fan housings, bearings and belts and pulleys.
Kitchens around a smaller place like Aylesham often have fans fitted to a wall or roof years ago. When an older fan fails, replacing it can be the better answer, and we’ll explain the options.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Aylesham (CT3)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan repair in Aylesham
Will you come out to Aylesham?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Aylesham included. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can the work in Aylesham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Aylesham can fit around your hours. When you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
How long does an extract fan repair take?
A typical repair takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement including running the fan afterwards. We’ll fit it around the kitchen’s hours wherever we can.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
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What happens if it’s left?
Fan noise tends to get worse, not better. Bearings that are left to wear can fail suddenly, and that often happens mid-service. A repair booked now is simpler than an emergency later. In a smaller place like Aylesham, a site that has to close is felt quickly.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
Clean filters help a repaired fan stay that way. The less grease that reaches the fan, the longer its parts last and fewer faults.
When filters block, the fan works harder. Changing or cleaning them on time takes load off the motor and protects the motor.
The process
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 on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Your opening hours decide when we come to Aylesham, not ours.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Getting ready for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Related advice
What we are called out for in Aylesham
In Aylesham, as anywhere, long cooking days mean long hours for the fan. On belt-driven fans, belts stretch, crack and start to slip and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A fan shaking on its mountings
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Peter or elsewhere in Aylesham, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Comparing quotes
- Whether VAT is included
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
When a fan fails in Aylesham
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Aylesham. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. In Aylesham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Dover council. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan. About 59 miles out from central London, Aylesham is part of the South East area we work across. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Aylesham Primary School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term. If you cook near Aylesham station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early.
Aylesham is about 6 miles south-east of Canterbury, in Kent. For extract fan repair in and around Aylesham, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, Aylesham included. Aylesham is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 29 miles from Aylesham.
All of CT3 is within our area for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Market Place, Mexborough Square and Derwent Way, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. Close by, we work in Bloodden (1 mile north), Adisham (1 mile north), Womenswold (1 mile south-west), Woolage Green (2 miles south) and Out Elmstead (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (6 miles north-west), Margate (13 miles north-east), Dover (8 miles south-east), Folkestone (10 miles south), Ramsgate (12 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (14 miles north-east).
What’s near Aylesham
There’s a railway station in Aylesham itself: Aylesham station. Nearby you’ll also find St Martins Hospital (5.2 miles north-west).
Part by part
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.
Belt-driven fans
In a belt-driven fan, the motor drives the impeller by belt. Belts wear, stretch and slip, so we check the pulleys and bearings as well.
What a clean won’t put right
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans