West Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Crockerhill, West Sussex
Professional extract fan repair in and around Crockerhill, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Crockerhill
A faulty fan doesn’t always mean a new one. Sometimes cleaning the impeller or renewing worn parts is enough and we will say so. Where the motor has burnt out or the unit is past saving, we fit a replacement matched to the duct and the kitchen. If you are dealing with vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts and an extract fan that rattles or knocks, we can help.
In a village or hamlet like Crockerhill, 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.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Crockerhill (PO18)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair will not touch
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
Towns and villages near Crockerhill
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Questions from Crockerhill
Is there an emergency callout for extract fans in Crockerhill?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Crockerhill is within the area we cover. The number to ring is 0345 646 2711. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
Which environmental health team covers Crockerhill?
The local authority for Crockerhill is Arun council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Which records should we keep?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them together and easy to find.
What makes a kitchen extract fan rattle or whine?
Common causes are grease on the impeller, worn bearings, slipping belts and loose mountings. Each sounds a little different, and we diagnose it on site.
Is it worth cleaning the extract while you are fixing the fan?
The ductwork is a separate job. We’ll point out grease where we find it, so you can decide whether to book a TR19 clean.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The law calls them the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
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.
What the work involves, part by part
Belt-driven fans
With belts and pulleys, there’s more to wear. That means more to check, but often a simpler repair.
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Many kitchen extract fans sit on a roof or an outside wall. How easy the fan is to reach shapes the job, so we ask about it early.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What we do, step by step
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. The timing of a visit to Crockerhill is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
When a fan fails in Crockerhill
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Crockerhill. Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. It’s Arun council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Crockerhill. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month. We cover Crockerhill, about 51 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Tangmere Primary Academy, rather than mid-term. A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Crockerhill, can seize between uses.
Crockerhill is about 4 miles east of Chichester, in West Sussex. We provide extract fan repair for commercial premises of every kind in Crockerhill and the rest of West Sussex. Crockerhill is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for extract fan repair. We also work in Portsmouth, about 17 miles from Crockerhill.
Our technicians cover all of PO18 for extract fan repair and the roads nearby. Close by, we work in East Hampnett (1 mile south-west), Norton (1 mile south-east), Aldingbourne (1 mile south), Nyton (1 mile south-east) and Westergate (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Worthing (13 miles east), Bognor Regis (4 miles south), Chichester (4 miles west), Selsey (9 miles south-west), Littlehampton (7 miles south-east) and Emsworth (11 miles west).
Landmarks near Crockerhill
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Ormiston Six Villages Academy and The Winterton Arms Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Crockerhill is Barnham station, roughly 2.7 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Tote Copse Castle (1.4 miles south) and Chichester Centre (3.7 miles west). For a walk, there’s Levin Down.
Why it’s worth doing now in Crockerhill
Fan noise tends to get worse, not better. Bearings that are left to wear can fail suddenly and the fan may stop when you are busiest. Sorting it while it still runs is far easier to plan. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why book with us
- In business since 2009
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Do not cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
- Do not wait for a noisy fan to stop
If the fan had grease on it, the rest of the system almost certainly does too. A full TR19® clean deals with the canopy, ductwork and fan together and you get a TR19 certificate and photo report afterwards.
The fan is part of every full TR19 clean. A clean impeller stays in balance, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.