Surrey · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Heathrow
Extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Heathrow. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A motor that trips out or overheats
Common questions in Heathrow
Do you work overnight in Heathrow?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Heathrow out of hours?
Extract fan emergencies in Heathrow are covered around the clock. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Full insurance covers our work and have been trading since 2009.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Out-of-hours visits keep the disruption down. Larger jobs can be phased over several visits to keep things running.
Can you supply and fit a replacement fan?
Yes. We fit replacement fans as well as repairing old ones, and we’ll explain the options.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Extract fan repair in Heathrow, done properly
If an extract fan in Heathrow is struggling or has stopped, we diagnose the fault and send you a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. When the fan gives up mid-service, our 24/7 emergency line is there. If you have a humming noise from the fan motor and an old fan that needs replacing, we can help, from kitchen extract fans, belts and pulleys and roof and wall fans onwards.
A callout to a small place like Heathrow goes better when we know what we are looking at: a photo of the fan, the details on its label and the access arrangements help us plan.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Heathrow (TW6)
- Region
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need extract fan repair in Heathrow
Some faults are in the controls rather than the fan. Speed controllers, isolators and wiring can all fail, and a fan that will not start is not always a dead motor.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A squealing belt on start-up
- A whining or grinding extract motor
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Bedfont Primary School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
What to look for in a quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of insurance
Why it’s worth doing now in Heathrow
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. That reduces extraction without fixing anything, and the fault carries on developing. A proper diagnosis in Heathrow gets to the real cause. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
The cost 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 we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Full insurance on every job
What a clean will not put right
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Grease throughout the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
The process
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. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Heathrow.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- 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
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- 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
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Towns and villages near Heathrow
What else we do in Heathrow
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
Once we’re done, the extract is back in service. We leave the area tidy and explain anything you need to know.
Noise is normally the first sign of a fan problem. Getting it checked now means a planned repair rather than an emergency during service.
Part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Noise from an outside fan can carry beyond the kitchen. It’s often down to loose mounts or worn bearings.
Impellers and housings
The impeller does the work of moving air through the system. Grease on it throws it out of balance and cause vibration.
What extract fan repair looks like in Heathrow
Food Standards Agency data counts about 76 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 12 sandwich bars and takeaways across Heathrow and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. Heathrow is about 16 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible. Kitchens in Heathrow get their food hygiene inspections from Hillingdon council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
For a takeaway near Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Rail station, a fan that fails on a busy evening means turning customers away, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Heathrow is about 2 miles north-west of Feltham, in Surrey. We provide extract fan repair for commercial premises of every kind in Heathrow and the rest of Surrey. Our Surrey coverage runs to 395 places, Heathrow among them. There’s also a page for London, roughly 16 miles from Heathrow.
Every address in TW6 is within our area for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If your site is just outside Heathrow, we cover West Bedfont (1 mile south-west), Hatton (1 mile east), Bedfont (1 mile south-east), Stanwell (1 mile south-west) and Harlington (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cover Woking (12 miles south-west), Camberley (15 miles south-west), Epsom (12 miles south-east), Ewell (12 miles south-east), Egham (5 miles south-west) and Walton-on-Thames (6 miles south).
What’s near Heathrow
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Queen's Arms and Space Studio West London and the streets around them. Heathrow has its own railway station: Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Rail station. A little further out are Spelthorne Museum (3.5 miles south-west) and Harlington (1.6 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Staines Reservoirs and Crane Meadows.