Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Hayes, Greater London
Need extract fan repair in Hayes? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A dead fan motor
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Hayes
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- What state the system is in
- The size of the system
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line 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’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
Extract fan repair in Hayes
Kitchens in Hayes call us about extract fans and motors that are noisy, slow or dead, we diagnose the fault and give you a fixed quote to repair or replace it. For a fan that fails during service, there’s a 24/7 emergency callout. If you have a worn or slipping fan belt and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen, we can put it right.
In London, a kitchen without working extraction can’t keep cooking safely, and a closed kitchen loses a night’s trade. Fans in Hayes are often on a roof or in a basement at the end of a long duct run, so we ask about access first.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and 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.
- Location
- Hayes (BR4, BR2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near Hayes
What else we do in Hayes
Questions from Hayes
Do you work overnight in Hayes?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Hayes keeps running as normal. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Can parking be tricky for a job in Hayes?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We carry full insurance and have been trading since 2009.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What will a fan repair or replacement cost?
The cost depends on what’s wrong and how easy the fan is to reach. We diagnose first and give you a fixed price so there are no surprises.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. If repair is not sensible, we replace the fan. We check the duct size and the extract the kitchen needs so we confirm that first.
Extract fan repair in Hayes: local notes
There are about 72 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 27 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Hayes, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. London extract fans are often at the end of long duct runs, on roofs or in basements. Kitchens in Hayes get their food hygiene inspections from Bromley council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Hawes Down Primary School, rather than mid-term. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Hayes, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
Hayes is about 2 miles south of Bromley, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Hayes, we can take on extract fan repair. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Hayes is one of them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 10 miles from Hayes.
Here we cover the BR4 and BR2 postcode area for extract fan repair. Streets in the area include Hawes Lane, Crest Road and Keswick Road, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. We also cover West Wickham (1 mile west), Coney Hall (1 mile west), Bromley Common (1 mile north-east), Nash (1 mile south) and Eden Park (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles north-west), City of Westminster (12 miles north-west), Marylebone (12 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles north-west), St Pancras (12 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (11 miles north).
Local landmarks in Hayes
In Hayes, that means kitchens and buildings near Coney Hall Recreation Ground, New Inn and Hayes School and the streets around them. Hayes has its own railway station: Hayes (Kent) station. A little further out are National Psychosis Unit (1.6 miles west) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (1.1 miles east). The countryside around Hayes includes Summer Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.
How the job changes from site to site
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans are often mounted on roofs or external walls. Access affects how long a repair takes and we plan around it.
Fan controls
Speed controllers and isolators sit between the supply and the fan. When they fail, the fan may not start or may run at the wrong speed.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hayes
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
When to call us in Hayes
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, and an unbalanced impeller shakes and starts to vibrate and rattle.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A dead fan motor
For kitchens close to Hayes (Kent) station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
What to look for in a quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of insurance
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Expect the work in Hayes to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What staff can safely do
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’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Leave it or put it right?
Some kitchens run a noisy fan on a lower speed to cut the noise. That reduces extraction without fixing anything, and the fault carries on developing. A proper diagnosis in Hayes gets to the real cause. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you an honest view and a fixed quote.
Why Hayes businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
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