Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Falconwood, Greater London
For extract fan repair and replacement in Falconwood, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- An overheating extract motor
What we are called out for in Falconwood
Fan bearings don’t last for ever, especially in a hot, greasy airstream. As they wear, you hear a whine or a rumble, and if they’re left they can seize.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A fan that won’t start at all
If you look after a church or hall kitchen near Bishop Ridley Church, or anywhere in Falconwood, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day.
What your quote should include
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Extract fan repair in Falconwood, done properly
Our engineers handle all sorts of fan faults in Falconwood, from a squeal at start-up to a fan that won’t run at all. We find the cause, give you a fixed price and fix it, or the fan is replaced if repair does not make sense. If you are dealing with a fan shaking on its mountings and an extract fan that has stopped working, we can put it right.
For a London kitchen, a failed extract fan typically means the cooking stops, and a closed kitchen loses a night’s trade. Fans in Falconwood are often on a roof or in a basement at the end of a long duct run, so we ask about access first.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Falconwood (DA16, DA15, SE9)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When a fan fails in Falconwood
Look up Falconwood on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 104 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 77 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Falconwood. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. In Falconwood, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Bexley council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. Getting the fan running again is the priority. In London, a fan on a roof or in a basement can take planning to reach, with parking and loading to arrange.
If you cook near Welling station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. For school kitchens, at schools like Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time.
Falconwood is about 2 miles north-east of Eltham, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the DA16 postcode area, we cover extract fan repair for commercial sites. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Falconwood is one of them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 9 miles from Falconwood.
Our technicians cover all of the DA16, DA15 and SE9 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Hook Lane, Gordon Road and Kent Avenue or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Blackfen (1 mile south), East Wickham (1 mile north), Avery Hill (1 mile south-west), Shooter's Hill (1 mile north-west) and New Eltham (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles west), City of Westminster (11 miles west), Marylebone (11 miles west), Kensington (13 miles west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (9 miles north-west).
What’s near Falconwood
In Falconwood, that means kitchens and buildings near The Plough and Harrow pub, Shoulder of Mutton Green and Harris Academy Falconwood, among other places. The nearest railway station is Welling station, about 0.5 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Broadway Shopping Centre (2.2 miles east) and Memorial Hospital (1.4 miles north-west). The countryside around Falconwood includes The Tarn and Summer Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
Wherever the kitchen is, Falconwood included, the fan often sits on an outside wall or roof, where a rattle or a whine can be heard beyond the kitchen. Dealing with the fault brings the noise back down before neighbours notice. It’s better booked as a planned job in Falconwood than handled as an emergency.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why Falconwood businesses choose us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Falconwood
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
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Common questions in Falconwood
Do you cover Falconwood for emergency fan repairs?
Extract fan emergencies in Falconwood are covered around the clock. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
Is parking a problem for work in Falconwood?
A loading bay, a visitor permit or off-street space near the site in Falconwood makes the visit easier to plan. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Which records should we keep?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them where they can be found quickly.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we are happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Falconwood.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- You get a fixed price for putting it right.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
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. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Falconwood
- Belts and pulleys
- Bearings
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and housings
The fan housing collects grease too. We check both, and cleaning can form part of the repair.
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.
What affects the quote in Falconwood
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- The scale of the work
- The number of sites or systems
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Problems your staff have spotted
- A few general shots of the system
For extract fan repair in Falconwood, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.