Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
East Wellow extract fan repair
Extract fan repair and replacement for commercial sites in East Wellow and across Hampshire. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A dead fan motor
- A whining or grinding extract motor
Part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
An external fan faces the weather as well as the grease. Corrosion of housings and fixings is common.
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans are compact and common in kitchen extracts. If the motor has gone, a replacement unit is often the sensible option, and we’ll explain why.
Extract fan repair in East Wellow, done properly
Grease is hard on extract fans. A coated impeller spins unevenly, which shakes the bearings and mountings. 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 bearings, roof and wall fans and fan housings, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan shaking on its mountings and a fan that won’t start at all.
Somewhere as small as East Wellow, 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.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- East Wellow (SO51)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan repair looks like in East Wellow
Food Standards Agency data counts about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of East Wellow. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. It’s Test Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in East Wellow. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
If you manage a school such as Wellow School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
East Wellow is about 4 miles south-west of Romsey, in Hampshire. Anywhere in SO51, we cover extract fan repair for commercial sites. East Wellow is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Southampton, about 8 miles from East Wellow.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan repair: SO51. Whether your site is on Fielders Way, Crosfield Close and The Drive or anywhere close by, we can help. If your site is just outside East Wellow, we cover Blackhill (1 mile south-west), West Wellow (1 mile north-west), Canada (1 mile west), Wigley (2 miles south-east) and Ower (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Winchester (13 miles north-east), Eastleigh (10 miles east), Totton (4 miles south-east), Chandler's Ford (8 miles east), Hedge End (12 miles east) and Lymington (15 miles south).
Local landmarks in East Wellow
In East Wellow, that means kitchens and buildings near Embley, among other places. The nearest railway station is Romsey station, roughly 3.6 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Tatchbury Mount Hospital (3 miles south-east) and King Johns House (3.3 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Copythorne Common.
Your questions about extract fan repair in East Wellow
Who inspects food businesses in East Wellow?
Kitchens in East Wellow are inspected by Test Valley council’s environmental health officers. Inspections are risk-based, so a visit can come at any time, including the week a fan stops.
Do you cover East Wellow for emergency fan repairs?
East Wellow is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
How much time does a fan repair need?
A typical repair takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed, including testing. We will fit it around the kitchen’s hours wherever we can.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
The process
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to East Wellow can be planned properly.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- Power to the fan is isolated before we open the housing.
- The impeller, bearings, belts or drive, motor and mounts are all inspected.
- We explain the fault and give you a fixed price for the fix.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Towns and villages near East Wellow
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Keeping the system healthy
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Write down when the fan misbehaves
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. If anything changes, let us know, so it can be looked at before it grows.
Small faults, like a worn belt, are quick to fix. Ignored, they can lead to bigger failures, so it’s worth acting early.
What extract fan repair can’t fix
Extract fan repair cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Grease throughout the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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.
What we’re called out for in East Wellow
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. It builds up on the impeller blades unevenly, and an unbalanced impeller shakes and starts to vibrate and rattle.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A worn or slipping fan belt
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Margaret or elsewhere in East Wellow, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed