Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
City of Westminster extract fan repair
Looking for extract fan repair in City of Westminster? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- A dead fan motor
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
Extract fan repair in City of Westminster
Before anything is ordered, we diagnose. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. If you have an extract fan that has stopped working and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen, we can help.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, with parking and lifting to arrange in City of Westminster. Work can be done after service, so the kitchen loses as little time as possible.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- City of Westminster (W2, NW8, W9, SW1V)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fans in City of Westminster
There are about 3,766 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 359 takeaways and sandwich shops across City of Westminster and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), 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. Kitchens in City of Westminster get their food hygiene inspections from Westminster council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off. Lifting a replacement fan onto a London roof can need a loading slot and the building’s agreement.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mark's or elsewhere in City of Westminster, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed. Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, rather than mid-term. For kitchens close to Bond Street station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
City of Westminster is about 3 miles west of London, in Greater London. If you need extract fan repair in City of Westminster, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, City of Westminster included. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
All of W2, NW8, W9 and SW1V is covered for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Portman Square, Grosvenor Square and Cavendish Square and nearby roads. City of Westminster sits on or near the A4 and A5, so getting to you is simple for extract fan repair. Other places close to City of Westminster include Marylebone (1 mile north-east), Mayfair (1 mile south-east), Tyburn (1 mile west), Burlington Estate (1 mile south-east) and Connaught Village (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (3 miles south-east), Shoreditch (3 miles east), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles north-east), Whitechapel (4 miles east) and Hampstead (3 miles north-west). City of Westminster is one of the larger places we cover in Greater London for extract fan repair.
What’s near City of Westminster
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around LITE Regal International School, Royal Society of Medicine Library and Devonshire Arms, among other places. Other local landmarks include The St Marylebone CofE School (0.5 miles north) and Hyde Park (0.6 miles south-west). There’s a railway station in City of Westminster itself: Bond Street station. Other landmarks nearby include Dunhill Museum & Archive (less than half a mile north) and Kingly Court (0.6 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Serpentine and Primrose Hill.
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in City of Westminster
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine right away
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early, so it can be looked at before it grows.
Noise is usually the first sign of a fan problem. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job rather than an emergency during service.
Common questions in City of Westminster
Can parking be tricky for a job in City of Westminster?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. If the building has a loading slot system, we will book into it.
Can you work in City of Westminster outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in City of Westminster keeps running as normal. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so we book a time when it would be closed anyway.
Will you fit a new fan if ours can’t be repaired?
Yes, when repair does not make sense. We check the duct size and the extract the kitchen needs so we confirm that first.
Which records should we keep?
Every certificate and report from each visit, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
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.
Is City of Westminster in your area?
Yes. City of Westminster is part of the area we cover, within the South East and London area we cover.
Managing agents and facilities teams in City of Westminster
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Part by part
Motors and bearings
If the motor runs hot or keeps tripping, something’s wrong. The cause might be grease restricting the airflow, or the motor itself may be failing.
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans have the impeller mounted straight on the motor. With no belts to wear, we look at the motor, bearings and impeller.
Why it’s worth doing now in City of Westminster
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. It hides the symptom and weakens the extract while the underlying wear continues. A proper diagnosis in City of Westminster gets to the real cause. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why City of Westminster businesses choose us
- Trading since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Each visit written up, with photos
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
How the visit works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in City of Westminster.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- You get a fixed price for putting it right.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Preparing for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.