Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Greengate extract fan repair
For repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts in Greengate, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Greengate: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Greengate?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Greengate out of hours?
Extract fan emergencies in Greengate are covered around the clock. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes, always. It’s a dated, written report with photos, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. File it with your fire safety records.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not normally. Visits are timed for when the area is closed, such as overnight or at a weekend, so the site can carry on as normal.
How much time does a fan repair need?
That depends on what’s wrong, but most jobs take a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. We will give you a better idea once we have diagnosed it.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Can you repair a fan rather than replace it?
Repair is always our starting point. Where the motor has burnt out or the fan is worn out, replacing it can be the better answer, and we’ll explain why.
Why is our extract fan so noisy?
Noise typically comes from grease build-up, bearings, belts or loose fixings. Rattles, whines and grinding point to different faults and we find the exact cause on site.
How we handle extract fan repair in Greengate
Working on a fan in Greengate means switching the extract off first, so the job is fitted around the kitchen’s hours. 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. The work covers fan motors, bearings and roof and wall fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan that won’t start at all and a knocking noise from the extract fan.
Rooftop fans in London take the weather as well as the grease from below, and bearings, belts and motors wear out in the end. A fan that’s noisy or vibrating is giving a warning.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as 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.
- Place
- Greengate (E13, E6, E16)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
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How we price extract fan repair
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
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:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that’s running slowly is not clearing the kitchen properly. Staff work in hotter, steamier air, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Fully insured
- A written report with photos after every visit
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Extract fan repair in Greengate: local notes
There are about 430 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 308 sandwich bars and takeaways across Greengate and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. London extract fans are often at the end of long duct runs, on roofs or in basements. Environmental health officers from Newham council inspect food businesses in Greengate. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Andrew's Church or elsewhere in Greengate, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Greengate is about 4 miles east of Whitechapel, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the E13 postcode area, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Greengate is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for extract fan repair. You can also see our page for London, about 6 miles away.
Every address in E13, E6 and E16 is covered for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include May Road, Emma Road and Cave Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Close by, we work in Plaistow (1 mile south-west), Upton Park (1 mile north-east), Upton (1 mile north), West Ham (1 mile north-west) and Canning Town (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as London (6 miles west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (8 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (6 miles west) and Shoreditch (5 miles west).
What’s near Greengate
Around Greengate, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Coach And Horses Public House, Lister Community School and West Ham Park. The closest station to Greengate is West Ham station, about 1 mile west of the centre. A little further out are West Ham United Football Club Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and Stratford Centre (1.5 miles north-west). Open spaces near Greengate include Old Ford Island and Tower Hill.
The process
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. In a London area like Greengate, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
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 slipping belt or a loose mount is a small job. Left for months, they can damage the motor or bearings so early attention pays.
For landlords and multi-site operators
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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.
What we’re called out for in Greengate
Fan bearings do not last for ever, especially in a hot, greasy airstream. Worn bearings whine, rumble or grind, and if they’re left they can seize.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- An overheating extract motor
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Southern Road Primary School, rather than mid-term.
Comparing quotes
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the quote shows VAT
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.