Isle of Wight · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Gatcombe
Professional extract fan repair in and around Gatcombe, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A dead fan motor
- A squealing belt on start-up
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Gatcombe
If an extract fan in Gatcombe is struggling or has stopped, we find the cause and quote a fixed price to repair or replace it. When the fan gives up mid-service, our 24/7 emergency line is there. The work covers roof and wall fans, fan housings and bearings, and people most often call us about an extract fan that rattles or knocks and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen.
Somewhere as small as Gatcombe, a kitchen extract fan might serve a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and our 24/7 emergency line covers rural addresses too.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Gatcombe (PO30)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan repair in Gatcombe
Can you come to Gatcombe after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Gatcombe can fit around your hours. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who inspects food businesses in Gatcombe?
Food hygiene inspections in Gatcombe are carried out by Isle of Wight council. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not typically. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits so parts stay in use.
Are you accredited?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
Which records should we keep?
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.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and TR19® is the benchmark for showing that grease in the extract is under control.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. If you are not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Gatcombe before we set off.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that won’t start.
- Power to the fan is isolated before we open the housing.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- You hear what’s wrong and what it will cost, with a fixed quote, before we go ahead.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear the space around the work
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Related advice
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
Your kitchen can get back to normal as soon as the fan is running. We leave the area tidy and explain anything you need to know.
A 3, 6 or 12-monthly cleaning plan brings us back at set intervals, so the fan is looked at as part of each visit and wear is caught earlier.
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Extract fan repair in Gatcombe: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Gatcombe, up to about a mile and a half out. Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. Kitchens in Gatcombe get their food hygiene inspections from Isle of Wight council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
Hall kitchens near St. Olave's Church, or anywhere around Gatcombe, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Gatcombe is about 2 miles south of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. If you need extract fan repair in Gatcombe, please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Gatcombe included. Our area takes in 125 places across the Isle of Wight, from busy centres to quieter spots. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 14 miles from Gatcombe.
We work across the PO30 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Gatcombe Road, Rectory Lane and Newbarn Lane, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. Other places close to Gatcombe include Chillerton (1 mile south), Plaish (2 miles north-west), Clatterford (2 miles north), Bowcombe (2 miles north-west) and Carisbrooke (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Ryde (8 miles north-east), Cowes (6 miles north), Sandown (6 miles east), Shanklin (6 miles east), Ventnor (6 miles south-east) and East Cowes (6 miles north). Island and remote sites take a little more planning, so tell us where you are when you ask for a quote for extract fan repair.
Local landmarks in Gatcombe
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Christ The King College and the streets around them. A little further out are Carisbrooke Castle (1.6 miles north) and Isle of Wight Music Museum (2.5 miles north). The countryside around Gatcombe includes Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Brighstone Down.
What affects the quote in Gatcombe
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
What a clean will not put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
When to call us in Gatcombe
Blocked filters and greasy ducts make the fan work harder. A motor that strains runs hot and may cut out or fail.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
For school kitchens, at schools like Chillerton and Rookley Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time.
Before booking anyone
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
What the work involves, part by part
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans are compact and common in kitchen extracts. When the motor fails, replacing the whole fan unit can make more sense than repairing it, and we’ll explain why.
Impellers and housings
Where an impeller is bent or corroded, cleaning will not help. It may be replaced on its own, or with the whole fan.