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Extract Fan Repair in East Wickham
For extract fan repair and replacement in East Wickham, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan that keeps cutting out
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in East Wickham
Before anything is ordered, we diagnose. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked, along with the fan’s controls. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. Common call-outs are for a fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen and a fan shaking on its mountings, across bearings, fan motors and belts and pulleys.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, with parking and lifting to arrange in East Wickham. Work can be done after service, so the kitchen loses as little time as possible.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- East Wickham (DA16, SE18, SE2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
The process
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Most London sites can’t stop for the day, so work in East Wickham is normally done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- Power to the fan is isolated before we open the housing.
- We check the motor, bearings, drive, impeller and mountings.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Preparing for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
What extract fan repair looks like in East Wickham
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 129 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 100 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around East Wickham, up to about a mile and a half out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. In London, a fan on a roof or in a basement can take planning to reach, with parking and loading to arrange. Food hygiene inspections in East Wickham are the job of Greenwich council’s environmental health team. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
If you look after a church or hall kitchen near St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in East Wickham, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day. If you manage a school such as East Wickham Primary Academy and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
East Wickham is about 1 mile north-west of Welling, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the DA16 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. East Wickham is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for extract fan repair. London is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
Extract fan repair in DA16, SE18 and SE2 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. You will find streets such as Keats Road, Darwin Road and Edison Road, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Falconwood (1 mile south), Shooter's Hill (1 mile west), Blackfen (1 mile south), Plumstead (1 mile north-west) and Avery Hill (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover London (8 miles west), City of Westminster (11 miles west), Marylebone (11 miles west), Kensington (13 miles west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-west).
What’s near East Wickham
Around East Wickham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Shooters Hill Sixth Form College, Welling School and Shoulder of Mutton Green, among other places. East Wickham has its own railway station: Welling station. Nearby you will also find Broadway Shopping Centre (2.3 miles south-east) and Greenwich Castle (4.3 miles west). Open spaces near East Wickham include The Tarn and Summer Hill.
Between visits
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep access to the fan controls unobstructed
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Note when the fan trips or cuts out
Grease on the fan usually means grease in the duct as well. A full TR19® clean deals with the canopy, ductwork and fan together, with a certificate and photo report.
Small faults, like a worn belt, are quick to fix. Ignored, they can lead to bigger failures, so it’s worth acting early.
Also near East Wickham
Other services in East Wickham
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, 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 visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
East Wickham questions
Who inspects food businesses in East Wickham?
Food hygiene inspections in East Wickham are carried out by Greenwich council. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in East Wickham out of hours?
Day or night, a failed fan in East Wickham can be reported on our emergency line. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
What will a fan repair or replacement cost?
We price each job after finding the cause. Repair, parts or a full replacement all cost differently so the first step is a diagnosis.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. Then you get a fixed quote.
Part by part
Direct-drive fans
In a direct-drive fan, the impeller sits on the motor shaft. There are no belts, so faults tend to be in the motor, bearings or impeller.
Fan controls
Supply faults are a job for an electrician. We’ll tell you if that is what we find so you know who to call.
Do you need extract fan repair in East Wickham?
When filters clog and ducts fill with grease, the fan has to strain. A motor that strains runs hot and may cut out or fail.
These are the problems we see most often:
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
- A squealing belt on start-up
If you run a café or takeaway near Welling station, a failed fan in the middle of service is exactly what our 24/7 emergency line is for.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether a survey comes first