Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Farthing Green
Extract fan repair across Farthing Green and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- An old fan that needs replacing
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
- The size of the system
- How many systems or sites are involved
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
About our extract fan repair in Farthing Green
Diagnosis comes before parts. We look at the motor, the belts or direct drive, the impeller and the mountings and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. Common call-outs are for a failed fan that needs a replacement and a motor that trips out or overheats, across fan motors, fan housings and belts and pulleys.
Rural kitchens often have fans mounted on outside walls or roofs, exposed to the weather. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- Farthing Green (TN12)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
When a fan fails in Farthing Green
We cover Farthing Green, about 37 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. It’s Maidstone council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Farthing Green. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. Getting the fan running again is the priority.
In Farthing Green, a fan clogged with grease is cleaned as well as repaired, so the fault doesn’t come straight back. If a fan fails in Farthing Green at night or at a weekend, our emergency line is open.
Farthing Green is about 6 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Sites in Farthing Green 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 Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Farthing Green is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (6 miles or so).
Work in TN12 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Devil's Den (1 mile north-west), Hawkenbury (1 mile south-west), Rabbit's Cross (2 miles west), Cross-at-Hand (2 miles west) and Staplehurst (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (6 miles north-west), Ashford (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles north-east).
What’s near Farthing Green
The nearest railway station is Staplehurst station, about 2.1 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Brattle Farm Museum (3.4 miles south-west) and Sutton Valence Castle (1.6 miles north).
Questions from Farthing Green
Do you cover Farthing Green for emergency fan repairs?
Farthing Green is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Farthing Green?
The local authority for Farthing Green is Maidstone council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
The ductwork is a separate job. We will tell you what we see and quote for a TR19 clean if it’s needed.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
Who is the responsible person?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. It’s normally the employer, or whoever controls the building, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Farthing Green run smoothly.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
If you need extract fan repair in Farthing Green, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
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Why deal with it now?
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. That reduces extraction without fixing anything, and the fault carries on developing. A proper diagnosis in Farthing Green gets to the real cause. In a small place like Farthing Green, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Photo reports with every job
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Aftercare tips
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Don’t wait for a noisy fan to stop
- Do not turn the fan down to hide a noise
- Write down when the fan misbehaves
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
Noise is normally the first sign of a fan problem. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job instead of a breakdown at the worst moment.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Kitchen extract fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans
- Belts and pulleys
What the work involves, part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Many kitchen extract fans sit on a roof or an outside wall. Access affects how long a repair takes and we plan around it.
Impellers and housings
Grease settles inside the fan housing as well as on the blades. We check both, and cleaning can form part of the repair.