Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Headcorn, Kent
We cover Headcorn for repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A humming noise from the fan motor
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Your opening hours decide when we come to Headcorn, not ours.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Headcorn
Before anything is ordered, we diagnose. We look at the motor, the belts or direct drive, the impeller and the mountings, along with the fan’s controls. Then you’re given a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. If you have a squealing belt on start-up and a whining or grinding extract motor, we can help, from bearings, fan motors and roof and wall fans onwards.
Around a place like Headcorn, a pub, café or care home kitchen with a failed fan cannot carry on cooking as normal. That’s what our 24/7 emergency callout is for.
The report is your 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 and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Headcorn (TN27)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
Listen to the fan over the next few weeks. If anything changes, let us know, so it can be looked at before it grows.
When filters block, the fan works harder. Keeping filters clean eases the strain and protects the motor.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
How we price extract fan repair
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The condition of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
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.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- A few general shots of the system
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Want a quote for extract fan repair? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Extract fan repair around Headcorn
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 4 takeaways in Headcorn and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. Kitchens in Headcorn get their food hygiene inspections from Maidstone council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan. At about 39 miles from central London, Headcorn sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Headcorn Primary School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term. Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Peter's and St Paul's Church or elsewhere in Headcorn, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Headcorn is about 8 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Anywhere in TN27, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 8 miles from Headcorn.
Here we cover the TN27 postcode area for extract fan repair. Streets in the area include Station Road, High Street and Knight's Way, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. We also cover Hearnden Green (1 mile north-west), Southernden (2 miles north-east), Swift's Green (2 miles east), Lashenden (2 miles south) and Smarden Bell (2 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles north-west), Ashford (11 miles east), Sittingbourne (13 miles north), Tonbridge (15 miles west), Faversham (15 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (12 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Headcorn
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Kings Arms Inn And Shop Adjoining To Right and the streets around them. Headcorn has its own railway station: Headcorn station. Other landmarks nearby include Sutton Valence Castle (3.2 miles north-west) and Benenden Hospital (5.8 miles south).
Why deal with it now?
A fan that’s running slowly isn’t clearing the kitchen properly. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work and grease has more chance to settle on surfaces and in the duct. A quieter site near Headcorn still needs its system looked after.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Why Headcorn businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every job surveyed first
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What we’re called out for in Headcorn
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. It builds up on the impeller blades unevenly, so the fan runs out of balance and starts to vibrate and rattle.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A fan that will not start at all
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan rattling in its housing
For a takeaway near Headcorn station, a fan that fails on a busy evening means turning customers away, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Comparing quotes
- What insurance they carry
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
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 won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Headcorn: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Headcorn?
The local authority for Headcorn is Maidstone council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Headcorn out of hours?
Day or night, a failed fan in Headcorn can be reported on our emergency line. 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.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® itself isn’t law; it’s a BESA specification. The law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which makes the responsible person assess and reduce fire risk, and cleaning to TR19® is the recognised way to show grease is under control.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
What causes a noisy extract fan?
It can be one of a few things, including bearings, belts, grease and mounts. The safest step is a proper diagnosis before it leads to a breakdown.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. A replacement is matched to the system it’s going into, and you get a fixed quote first.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.