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Extract Fan Repair in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hampstead Garden Suburb. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A dead fan motor
How we handle extract fan repair in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Working on a fan in Hampstead Garden Suburb means switching the extract off first, so we plan it around your service. Evenings, overnight and weekends are all possible and there’s a 24/7 emergency line if the fan fails while you are cooking. Typical jobs include a fan that whines, hums or grinds and a fan worn beyond sensible repair, on fan housings, roof and wall fans and fan motors.
For a London kitchen, a failed extract fan usually means the cooking stops. In Hampstead Garden Suburb, as across London, fans often sit on a roof or deep in a plant space, so access is the first thing we ask about.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, 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
- Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11, N2, N3)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Grease that gets past the filters ends up on the fan. It builds up on the impeller blades unevenly, so the fan runs out of balance and the noise follows.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- An extract fan that has stopped working
School kitchens cannot easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like The Henrietta Barnett School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether they recommend a next date
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
What happens on the day
Each visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. In a London area like Hampstead Garden Suburb, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting 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.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
A scheduled maintenance plan keeps the whole system on a regular cycle, which means the fan is seen regularly and problems are spotted sooner.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by extract fan repair, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Hampstead Garden Suburb
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
What the work involves, part by part
Fan controls
Supply faults are a job for an electrician. If that’s the cause, we will say so and explain what we found.
Direct-drive fans
An impeller coated in grease vibrates straight into the motor bearings. Cleaning it can cure the noise as long as the bearings are still sound.
Why deal with it now?
Fan noise tends to get worse, not better. Bearings that are left to wear can fail suddenly and the fan may stop when you are busiest. A repair booked now is simpler than an emergency later. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why Hampstead Garden Suburb businesses choose us
- In business since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We are fully insured
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
Hampstead Garden Suburb: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Hampstead Garden Suburb?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Hampstead Garden Suburb keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
What if my kitchen extract fan stops in Hampstead Garden Suburb at night?
Hampstead Garden Suburb is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Can you supply and fit a replacement fan?
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 we start.
Which records should we keep?
Visit reports, certificates and your in-house cleaning logs. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs may all ask to see them, so keep them together and easy to find.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
In many cases, yes. A clean, a new belt or new bearings can bring a fan back and we only recommend replacement when repair doesn’t make sense.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. You get a written report with photos 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.
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Extract fan repair in Hampstead Garden Suburb: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 145 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 39 takeaways across Hampstead Garden Suburb and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. Lifting a replacement fan onto a London roof can need a loading slot and the building’s agreement. It’s Barnet council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
Around Hampstead Garden Suburb, a failed fan can be reported day or night on our 24/7 line.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is about 1 mile south-west of East Finchley, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Hampstead Garden Suburb or further out, extract fan repair is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Hampstead Garden Suburb is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for London, about 7 miles away.
All of NW11, N2 and N3 is within our area for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need extract fan repair at premises on Maya Road, Oakwood Road and Bigwood Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A1, Hampstead Garden Suburb is easy for our technicians to reach for extract fan repair. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan repair in Temple Fortune (1 mile west), East Finchley (1 mile north-east), Golders Green (1 mile south-west), North End (1 mile south) and Vale of Health (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover London (7 miles south-east), City of Westminster (5 miles south), Marylebone (5 miles south), Kensington (6 miles south), St Pancras (5 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (6 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Hampstead Garden Suburb
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Old White Lion pub, Brookland Infant and Nursery School and Lyttelton Playing Fields. The closest station to Hampstead Garden Suburb is Brent Cross West station, roughly 2.1 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Brent Cross Shopping Centre (1.7 miles west) and Jewish Museum - Finchley (0.9 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Darland's Lake and Parliament Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.