Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Crawley, Oxfordshire
Extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Crawley. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan that won’t start at all
- A worn or slipping fan belt
How we handle extract fan repair in Crawley
If an extract fan in Crawley is struggling or has stopped, we find the cause and quote a fixed price for the repair or the replacement. For a fan that fails during service, there’s a 24/7 emergency callout. Typical jobs include weak extraction and a smoky kitchen and a dead fan motor, on bearings, roof and wall fans and fan motors.
In a village or hamlet like Crawley, the kitchens with extract fans are few, wherever there are any. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and emergency callout is available 24/7, villages included.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Crawley (OX29)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Crawley questions
Do you work overnight in Crawley?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Crawley can fit around your hours. Just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Crawley?
The local authority for Crawley is West Oxfordshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We record them on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Which records should we keep?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
Towns and villages near Crawley
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What the work involves, part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans outside are exposed to rain and condensation. Rust on fixings and housings is a frequent find.
Motors and bearings
An overheating motor is a warning sign. The cause might be grease restricting the airflow or the motor may be near the end of its life.
Extract fans in Crawley
Food Standards Agency data counts about 35 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 4 takeaways and sandwich shops in Crawley and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Crawley. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
For school kitchens, at schools like Hailey Church of England Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time. If you look after a church or hall kitchen near Church of St John the Evangelist, or anywhere in Crawley, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day.
Crawley is about 1 mile north-west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Crawley to the outskirts, extract fan repair is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Crawley is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we work for extract fan repair. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 12 miles away.
We cover every part of OX29 for extract fan repair and the streets around it. We cover sites on Witney Hill, Farm Lane and Foxburrow Lane and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan repair in Leafield (2 miles north-west), Swinbrook (4 miles west), Ascott d'Oyley (4 miles north-west), Ascott-under-Wychwood (5 miles north-west) and Ascott Earl (5 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (12 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (13 miles south-east), Carterton (5 miles south-west), Wantage (15 miles south), Grove (14 miles south) and Faringdon (11 miles south).
Local landmarks in Crawley
Typical jobs here are in premises near Wood Green School and The Lamb Inn. The closest station to Crawley is Finstock station, roughly 3.6 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1.9 miles south-east). Open spaces near Crawley include Blenheim Farm.
What happens if it’s left?
A noisy fan rarely fixes itself. Worn bearings can seize without much warning, and that often happens mid-service. Sorting it while it still runs is far easier to plan. Planning a trip to Crawley ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Crawley businesses choose us
- In business since 2009
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One number for every site across the South East and London
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What affects the quote in Crawley
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- A few general shots of the system
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
What a clean will not put right
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair will not touch
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Keep access to the fan controls unobstructed
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Never run the extract with filters missing
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. The fan is completed on a return visit outside your busiest hours.
Clogged filters make the fan strain. Keeping filters clean eases the strain and protects the motor.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement, and we clear up before we go. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Crawley.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that will not start.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- We explain the fault and give you a fixed price for the fix.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Clear the space around the work
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.