Essex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Gallows Green
Extract fan repair for Gallows Green, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A dead fan motor
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
Extract fan repair in Gallows Green, done properly
Wherever your kitchen is in Gallows Green, fan work means the extract has to be isolated, so we plan it around your service. We can work in the evening, overnight or at the weekend, and a fan that dies mid-service can go straight to our 24/7 line. Typical jobs include a worn or slipping fan belt and a fan shaking on its mountings, across fan motors, belts and pulleys and bearings.
Somewhere as small as Gallows Green, a kitchen extract fan might serve a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen. When one fails, the cooking stops, and emergency callout is available 24/7, villages included.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Gallows Green (CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Weak extraction leaves heat, smoke and fumes in the kitchen. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. Planning a trip to Gallows Green ahead is easier for everyone than a rushed one.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Gallows Green
- Fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Also near Gallows Green
Also in Gallows Green
Managing agents and facilities teams in Gallows Green
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Gallows Green and across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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.
Extract fan repair around Gallows Green
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 11 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Gallows Green. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. Gallows Green is about 47 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Kitchens in Gallows Green get their food hygiene inspections from Colchester council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Holy Trinity CofE Primary School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Gallows Green is about 4 miles west of Colchester, in Essex. From the centre of Gallows Green to the outskirts, extract fan repair is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Gallows Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 18 miles away.
We work across CO6 for extract fan repair and the streets around it. That includes premises on Foxes Lane and Halstead Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Fordham Heath (1 mile east), Fordham (1 mile north), West Bergholt (2 miles east), Wormingford (3 miles north) and Great Horkesley (4 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Colchester (4 miles east), Braintree (10 miles west), Maldon (13 miles south-west), Witham (10 miles south-west), Camulodunum (3 miles south-east) and Halstead (7 miles west).
What’s near Gallows Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Stanway School and The Queen's Head Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Gallows Green is Marks Tey station, about 1.7 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Birch Castle (4.1 miles south) and Essex County Hospital (3.9 miles east). Open spaces near Gallows Green include Iron Latch.
What the work involves, part by part
Belt-driven fans
Belt-driven fans have a motor that turns the impeller through belts and pulleys. Belts wear, stretch and slip, so we check the pulleys and bearings as well.
Direct-drive fans
In a direct-drive fan, the impeller sits on the motor shaft. With no belts to wear, we look at the motor, bearings and impeller.
What extract fan repair can’t fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair won’t touch
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. Visits to a village like Gallows Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Gallows Green
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.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- A squealing belt on start-up
- A fan that keeps cutting out
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Church of St Margaret and St Catherine or elsewhere in Gallows Green, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether VAT is included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Questions from Gallows Green
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Gallows Green out of hours?
Day or night, a failed fan in Gallows Green can be reported on our emergency line. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Do you work at weekends in Gallows Green?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Gallows Green keeps running as normal. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so you keep your normal hours.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
Often it makes sense to do both. A full clean takes in the whole extract, including the fan and comes with a TR19 certificate and photo report.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
In many cases, yes. Many faults are fixed by cleaning the impeller or renewing worn parts and we only recommend replacement when repair doesn’t make sense.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.