Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in East Malling
Professional extract fan repair in and around East Malling, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A dead fan motor
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan rattling in its housing
What extract fan repair looks like in East Malling
Food Standards Agency records list about 36 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 21 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of East Malling. A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. In East Malling, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly. About 27 miles out from central London, East Malling is part of the South East area we work across. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
If you cook near East Malling station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. If you look after a church or hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in East Malling, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day.
East Malling is about 4 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. We provide extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in East Malling and the rest of Kent. East Malling is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for extract fan repair.
We work across the ME19 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. We cover sites on High Street, Chapman Way and Lister Close and the roads around them. We also cover the places around East Malling: Well Street (1 mile south), Ditton (1 mile east), West Malling (1 mile west), Aylesford (2 miles east) and Kings Hill (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (11 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north).
Near you in East Malling
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Rising Sun pub, Ditton Quarry and The Malling School and the streets around them. East Malling’s nearest station is East Malling station, about 0.7 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Leybourne Castle (0.9 miles north-west) and Fremlin Walk (3.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
How we handle extract fan repair in East Malling
Grease is hard on extract fans. Deposits on the impeller throw it out of balance and the vibration wears out bearings and fixings. That is why we check the grease whenever we work on a fan and can arrange a TR19® clean of the whole system at the same time. The work covers roof and wall fans, kitchen extract fans and fan housings, and the jobs we see most are vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts and a fan that whines, hums or grinds.
For a fan repair near East Malling, we plan the journey and bring what the job is likely to need, based on what you tell us about the fan.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- East Malling (ME19)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in East Malling
Bearings wear out with heat and long hours. Worn bearings whine, rumble or grind, and if they’re left they can seize.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A fan that will not start at all
- A motor that trips out or overheats
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as St James the Great Academy or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
What your quote should include
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Kitchen extract fans
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
How it works
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like East Malling, so let us know how to reach it.
- 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.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Getting ready for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
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Why act early in East Malling
Wherever the kitchen is, East Malling included, the fan often sits on an outside wall or roof, so its noise does not stay in the kitchen. Dealing with the fault brings the noise back down before neighbours notice. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- In business since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
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What else we do in East Malling
Part by part
Fan controls
Supply faults are a job for an electrician. If that is the cause, we will say so and explain what we found.
Impellers and housings
Where an impeller is bent or corroded, cleaning won’t help. It may need replacing, or the fan may need replacing as a whole.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Do not wait for a noisy fan to stop
We run the fan and check it’s steady before we go. You’ll hear what we found and what we did along with anything else that needs watching.
Small faults, like a worn belt, are quick to fix. Ignored, they can lead to bigger failures, so it’s worth acting early.
Your questions about extract fan repair in East Malling
Do you cover smaller places like East Malling?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and East Malling is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Do you work at weekends in East Malling?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in East Malling can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on what we found and how the system is used.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Which records should we keep?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Is it worth cleaning the extract while you’re 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.