Essex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Great Dunmow
Need extract fan repair in Great Dunmow? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- An overheating extract motor
- An old fan that needs replacing
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Great Dunmow and across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Extract fan repair in Great Dunmow
The extract fan is what pulls smoke, heat and steam out of the kitchen. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the kitchen gets hot and smoky very quickly. Our engineers track down the fault and fix it with a repair or a replacement. If you are dealing with a motor that trips out or overheats and an extract that vibrates through the ductwork, we can put it right, from belts and pulleys, kitchen extract fans and roof and wall fans onwards.
Kitchens around a smaller place like Great Dunmow often have fans fitted to a wall or roof years ago. When an older fan fails, replacing it can be the better answer, and we’ll explain the options.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Great Dunmow (CM6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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What else we do in Great Dunmow
Questions from Great Dunmow
Which environmental health team covers Great Dunmow?
That is Uttlesford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Great Dunmow. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
Do you work in villages like Great Dunmow?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Great Dunmow included. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
We do. Where a fan is beyond repair, we replace it with one suited to the duct and the kitchen with a fixed price agreed before work begins.
How much time does a fan repair need?
A typical repair takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault including running the fan afterwards. We plan the work around your service where possible.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Problems your staff have spotted
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
Listen to the fan over the next few weeks. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early, so it can be looked at before it grows.
A fan that’s starting to make noise is giving you a warning. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job instead of a breakdown at the worst moment.
Extract fan repair around Great Dunmow
Look up Great Dunmow on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 25 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 12 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Great Dunmow. A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. In Great Dunmow, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Uttlesford council. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off. Great Dunmow, about 32 miles from central London, is within our usual area. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Great Dunmow, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Dunmow St Mary's Primary School, rather than mid-term.
Great Dunmow is about 9 miles west of Braintree, in Essex. From the centre of Great Dunmow to the outskirts, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby, about 11 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan repair: CM6. Whether your site is on Market Place, High Street and Station Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. With the B1008 and B1057 close by, Great Dunmow is simple for us to get to for extract fan repair. We also cover Church End (1 mile north-east), Little Easton (2 miles north-west), Barnston (2 miles south-east), High Roding (3 miles south-west) and Great Canfield (3 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (11 miles south-east), Braintree (9 miles east), Harlow (13 miles south-west), Witham (13 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (11 miles north-west) and Halstead (13 miles east).
Near you in Great Dunmow
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre and The Chequers Public House. The closest station to Great Dunmow is Stansted Airport station, roughly 4.3 miles west of the centre. A little further out are Little Easton Moat (1.6 miles north-west).
How the visit works
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like Great Dunmow, so let us know how to reach it.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- The impeller, bearings, belts or drive, motor and mounts are all inspected.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Why it’s worth doing now in Great Dunmow
Some kitchens run a noisy fan on a lower speed to cut the noise. It hides the symptom and weakens the extract while the underlying wear continues. A proper diagnosis in Great Dunmow gets to the real cause. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Great Dunmow at a time that suits you.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Great Dunmow businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every visit written up, with photos
- We diagnose before we treat
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- Wiring and supply faults beyond the fan itself
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Roof and wall fans
- Belts and pulleys
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors