East Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Crowborough, East Sussex
Extract fan repair across Crowborough and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan that keeps cutting out
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Crowborough
Not every failed fan needs replacing. Sometimes cleaning the impeller or renewing worn parts is enough, and that is what we’ll recommend. When a fan is worn beyond sensible repair, a replacement suited to the system goes in. Common call-outs are for a failed fan that needs a replacement and a belt-driven fan that squeals, on roof and wall fans, bearings and fan housings.
For a pub, café or takeaway in a town like Crowborough, no extract fan means no cooking. Our 24/7 emergency callout is there for exactly that, with repair or replacement planned from what we find.
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.
- Place
- Crowborough (TN6)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
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 Crowborough gets to the real cause. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why Crowborough businesses choose us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Your questions about extract fan repair in Crowborough
Can you work in Crowborough outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Crowborough keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Crowborough out of hours?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Crowborough is within the area we cover. Phone 0345 646 2711 and we’ll talk through the fault and access. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
What makes a kitchen extract fan rattle or whine?
Common causes are grease on the impeller, worn bearings, slipping belts and loose mountings. Rattles, whines and grinding point to different faults and we find the exact cause on site.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. We fit replacement fans as well as repairing old ones and we will talk you through what’s involved.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
Do we need to close while you work?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we’re on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Crowborough
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Also near Crowborough
Also in Crowborough
When something else is needed
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- Wiring and supply faults beyond the fan itself
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Kitchen extract fans
What extract fan repair looks like in Crowborough
Food Standards Agency records list about 15 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 10 takeaways in and around Crowborough, up to about a mile and a half out. Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. Environmental health officers from Wealden council inspect food businesses in Crowborough. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan. Crowborough, about 33 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Crowborough, can seize between uses.
Crowborough is about 16 miles south of Sevenoaks, in East Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Crowborough, extract fan repair is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 20 miles away.
Here we cover the TN6 postcode area for extract fan repair. We cover sites on Church Road, High Street and London Road and the roads around them. Crowborough sits on or near the A26 and B2100, which makes travel easy for extract fan repair. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Jarvis Brook (1 mile east), Steel Cross (1 mile north-east), Boarshead (2 miles north-east), Sweethaws (2 miles south-west) and Marden's Hill (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Lewes (14 miles south-west), Hailsham (14 miles south), Uckfield (6 miles south-west), South Malling (14 miles south-west), Heathfield (7 miles south-east) and Southover (14 miles south-west). As one of the bigger places in East Sussex, Crowborough has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for extract fan repair.
Landmarks near Crowborough
Around Crowborough, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Beacon Academy and The Crowborough Cross pub. The nearest railway station is Crowborough station, roughly 1 mile south-east. A little further out are Crowborough War Memorial Hospital (0.5 miles west). The countryside around Crowborough includes Crowborough Country Park.
How we price extract fan repair
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: 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.
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. Let us know how to reach the roof or plant area at your site in Crowborough, and where the van can go.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Related advice
Common problems we fix in Crowborough
Bearings wear out with heat and long hours. As they wear, you hear a whine or a rumble, and if they’re left they can seize.
Clients typically contact us after spotting one of these:
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- An old fan that needs replacing
For school kitchens, at schools like St Marys Catholic Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the figure could change on the day