Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Four Throws extract fan repair
Professional extract fan repair in and around Four Throws, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Four Throws
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The times the site is available
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is 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
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
About our extract fan repair in Four Throws
Diagnosis comes before parts. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. Then you are given a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. If you have poor airflow at the canopy and a fan rattling in its housing, we can help.
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.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Four Throws (TN18)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Questions from Four Throws
Do you cover smaller places like Four Throws?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Four Throws?
The local authority for Four Throws is Tunbridge Wells 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 much time does a fan repair need?
As a guide, it takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. Where parts need ordering, we will explain the timescale.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and photos, any certificates and your in-house logs. A single log for each site works best.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. Replacing a fan is part of our fits and repairs work, and we will explain the options.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
When something else is needed
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. The fan is completed on a return visit outside your busiest hours.
The fan is part of every full TR19 clean. Keeping grease off the impeller is one of the simplest ways to protect it, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.
Extract fans in Four Throws
Food Standards Agency records list about 7 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Four Throws. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. In Four Throws, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tunbridge Wells council. 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. At about 42 miles from central London, Four Throws sits well inside the area we cover. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Four Throws, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
Four Throws is about 12 miles north of Hastings, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Four Throws, we can take on extract fan repair. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (16 miles or so).
Extract fan repair in TN18 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Rye Road, Foxhole Lane and Conghurst Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. If your site is just outside Four Throws, we cover Little Conghurst (1 mile south-west), Pipsden (1 mile north-west), Hawkhurst (1 mile north-west), The Moor (1 mile west) and Sandhurst Cross (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles north-west), Paddock Wood (11 miles north-west), Tenterden (7 miles east), Southborough (14 miles north-west), Park Wood (14 miles north) and Staplehurst (9 miles north).
Landmarks near Four Throws
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Oak And Ivy Public House and Collingwood Nature Reserve, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Etchingham station, about 4.5 miles south-west. A little further out are Benenden Hospital (4.9 miles north-east).
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What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Somewhere like Four Throws, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- 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.
- You get a fixed price for putting it right.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
When to call us in Four Throws
Bearings wear out with heat and long hours. Worn bearings whine, rumble or grind, and if they’re left they can seize.
Look out for these warning signs:
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan shaking on its mountings
School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the price is fixed
Managing agents and facilities teams in Four Throws
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
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.