West Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Ditchling extract fan repair
For extract fan repair in Ditchling, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- An overheating extract motor
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. The timing of a visit to Ditchling 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.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Related advice
About our extract fan repair in Ditchling
Grease and fans do not mix. A coated impeller spins unevenly and the vibration wears out bearings and fixings. So when we repair extract fan, we look at the grease too and can arrange a TR19® clean of the whole system at the same time. If you have an overheating extract motor and a fan rattling in its housing, we can put it right.
Somewhere as small as Ditchling, a kitchen extract fan might serve a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and our 24/7 emergency line covers rural addresses too.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Ditchling (BN6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Ditchling
What else we do in Ditchling
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Never run the extract with filters missing
- Note when the fan trips or cuts out
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
Listen to the fan over the next few weeks. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
Regular TR19 cleaning includes the extract fan. Keeping grease off the impeller is one of the simplest ways to protect it, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.
What extract fan repair looks like in Ditchling
Look up Ditchling on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 10 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Ditchling, up to about a mile and a half out. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. Ditchling, about 40 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Food hygiene inspections in Ditchling are the job of Lewes council’s environmental health team. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
Hall kitchens near Ditchling Unitarian Chapel, or anywhere around Ditchling, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Ditchling is about 3 miles south of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Sites in Ditchling get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 6 miles away.
Every address in BN6 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on High Street, The Twitten and Charlton Gardens and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Keymer (1 mile west), Westmeston (1 mile south), Hassocks (1 mile west), Clayton (2 miles south-west) and Hurst Wickham (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Crawley (14 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Worthing (14 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (5 miles north), East Grinstead (15 miles north) and Shoreham-by-Sea (9 miles south-west).
Around Ditchling
Around Ditchling, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Downlands Community School and The Bull Hotel, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Hassocks station, about 1.4 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft (within half a mile west) and The Dene Hospital (3.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Ditchling Beacon and Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Ditchling
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Honest limits
Extract fan repair cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It will not put right:
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Ditchling
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
Ditchling questions
Do you cover smaller places like Ditchling?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which council inspects kitchens in Ditchling?
In Ditchling, it’s Lewes council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Inspections are risk-based, so a visit can come at any time, including the week a fan stops.
Is there help out of hours when the extract fails?
Call our 24/7 emergency line. We’ll take the details and get an engineer to you as soon as we can.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What staff can safely do
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.
If your staff spot something 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 send you a fixed quote.
Do you need extract fan repair in Ditchling?
Any kitchen that cooks for long hours works its fan hard, in Ditchling or anywhere else. Belts on a belt-driven fan stretch and wear and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A dead fan motor
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A motor that trips out or overheats
School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like Ditchling (St Margaret's) Church of England Primary School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Comparing quotes
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a survey comes first
Part by part
Fan controls
Where the fault is in the building’s electrical supply, an electrician is needed. We’ll tell you if that’s what we find and explain what we found.
Belt-driven fans
With belts and pulleys, there’s more to wear. More parts to inspect, but many faults are straightforward to fix.