Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Broad Green, Greater London
Need extract fan repair in Broad Green? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
How we handle extract fan repair in Broad Green
Across Broad Green, we deal with fan faults of every kind, from rattling and humming to a fan that has stopped dead. The fault is diagnosed, quoted at a fixed price and put right, or the fan is replaced if repair doesn’t make sense. The work covers kitchen extract fans, roof and wall fans and belts and pulleys, and people most often call us about a whining or grinding extract motor and a motor that trips out or overheats.
In London, a kitchen without working extraction can’t keep cooking safely. In Broad Green, as across London, fans often sit on a roof or deep in a plant space, so access is the first thing we ask about.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Broad Green (CR0, CR7, CR90)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
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’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in Broad Green saves time on the night.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
Before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Broad Green: your questions answered
Can you come to Broad Green after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Broad Green does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Who do I call if an extract fan fails in Broad Green?
Broad Green is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. If you can, stop cooking until the fan is checked.
How long will the fan be out of action?
It depends on the fault, but most jobs take a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. You will know more once we have found the fault.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
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 it takes a risk-based approach.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Which records should we keep?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. The area we are working in has to be out of use while we are there, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Common problems we fix in Broad Green
In Broad Green, as anywhere, long cooking days mean long hours for the fan. Belts on a belt-driven fan stretch and wear, so the fan squeals or turns more slowly.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- A squealing belt on start-up
- An overheating extract motor
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
For a takeaway near West Croydon station, a fan that fails on a busy evening means turning customers away, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Comparing quotes
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What insurance they carry
Why deal with it now?
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. That reduces extraction without fixing anything, and the fault carries on developing. A proper diagnosis in Broad Green gets to the real cause. In Broad Green, a planned overnight visit is much easier than closing unexpectedly.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Photo reports with every job
See our cost guide or our accreditations.
Different parts, different methods
Fan controls
We check the controls as part of every diagnosis, because a fan that will not start is not always a failed motor.
Belt-driven fans
With belts and pulleys, there’s more to wear. More parts to inspect, but many faults are straightforward to fix.
Nearby places to Broad Green
Also in Broad Green
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
When a fan fails in Broad Green
There are about 265 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 219 takeaways and sandwich shops in Broad Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Food hygiene inspections in Broad Green are the job of Croydon council’s environmental health team. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly. We ask about access first for a London fan job, because roofs and basements need planning.
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Elmwood Infant School, rather than mid-term. Hall kitchens near Church of St Saviour, or anywhere around Broad Green, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Broad Green is about 6 miles south of Stockwell, in Greater London. We provide extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Broad Green and the rest of Greater London. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Broad Green is one of them. London is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
We work across the CR0, CR7 and CR90 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Streets in the area include York Road, Nova Road and Lion Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. If your site is just outside Broad Green, we cover Old Town (1 mile south), Beddington (2 miles south-west), Waddon (2 miles south), Bandonhill (2 miles south-west) and Wallington (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (8 miles north), City of Westminster (9 miles north), Marylebone (9 miles north), Kensington (9 miles north-west), St Pancras (10 miles north) and Shoreditch (10 miles north).
What’s near Broad Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, The Half Moon pub and Waddon Ponds and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is West Croydon station, about 0.6 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Centrale Croydon (0.8 miles south) and Croydon University Hospital (less than half a mile north-west). The countryside around Broad Green includes Duppas Hill and Biggin Wood.
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Parking and loading at the site
- The size of the system
- The condition of the system
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The site address and the type of premises
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
If you need extract fan repair in Broad Green, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans