Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Hollywater
Repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hollywater. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A dead fan motor
How we handle extract fan repair in Hollywater
The extract fan is what pulls smoke, heat and steam out of the kitchen. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the cooking area soon fills with heat and fumes. We find out why and put it right, by repairing the fan or replacing it. Common call-outs are for vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts and a humming noise from the fan motor, across bearings, kitchen extract fans and belts and pulleys.
For a fan repair in or near Hollywater, the more you tell us about the fan, the better the first visit: pictures of the fan, its rating plate and how to reach it all help.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Hollywater (GU35)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Hollywater
Fans everywhere, Hollywater included, live in a hard environment: hot, greasy, damp air for hours on end. Condensation can corrode parts, and age catches up with every fan in the end.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- An extract fan that has stopped working
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A squealing belt on start-up
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Woodlea Primary School, rather than mid-term.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Hollywater questions
Do you cover smaller places like Hollywater?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Hollywater included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Do you cover Hollywater for emergency fan repairs?
We run a 24/7 emergency line for failed extract fans, and Hollywater is part of our area. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. If you can, stop cooking until the fan is checked.
How long will the fan be out of action?
As a guide, it takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. If parts have to be ordered, we’ll tell you how long that is likely to be.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What do you do with what you remove?
We take it away at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
Not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005 in England and Wales.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Are you fully insured?
Yes, we’re fully insured. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it, for sites that check contractor safety.
Extract fan repair around Hollywater
Food Standards Agency data counts about 12 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 11 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hollywater. Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. Kitchens in Hollywater get their food hygiene inspections from East Hampshire council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off. At about 43 miles from central London, Hollywater sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Mark's Sacred Church or elsewhere in Hollywater, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Hollywater is about 6 miles south-east of Alton, in Hampshire. We provide extract fan repair for commercial premises of every kind in Hollywater and the rest of Hampshire. Hollywater is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page, about 16 miles away.
Here we cover the GU35 postcode area for extract fan repair. Local streets include Hollywater Road and Liphook Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. We also cover the places around Hollywater: Standford (1 mile north-east), Whitehill (1 mile west), Deadwater (1 mile north), Bordon (1 mile north-west) and Lindford (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Farnborough (14 miles north), Fleet (12 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south-west), Aldershot (11 miles north), Alton (6 miles north-west) and Petersfield (8 miles south-west).
Around Hollywater
Around Hollywater, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Mill Chase Academy and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Liphook station, about 3.1 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you will also find The Romany Museum (3.9 miles west) and Chase Community Hospital (0.6 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Wheeler's Down and Deadwater Valley.
Part by part
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans have the impeller mounted straight on the motor. With no belts to wear, we look at the motor, bearings and impeller.
Belt-driven fans
Belt-driven fans have a motor that turns the impeller through belts and pulleys. Worn belts squeal and slow the fan down, so we check the pulleys and bearings as well.
Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine right away
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
If parts have to be ordered, we tell you how the kitchen can carry on in the meantime. We then come back and fit them outside your busiest hours.
Regular TR19 cleaning includes the extract fan. Keeping grease off the impeller is one of the simplest ways to protect it and that means less wear.
Other services in Hollywater
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Why it’s worth doing now in Hollywater
A noisy fan rarely fixes itself. Worn bearings can seize without much warning and the fan may stop when you’re busiest. Sorting it while it still runs is far easier to plan. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- We are fully insured
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Take a look at what affects the cost or how to check a contractor.
What we do, step by step
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. In a small place like Hollywater, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We ask what the fan is doing, from noise and vibration to a full stop.
- The fan is isolated and opened up so we can see inside.
- The impeller, bearings, belts or drive, motor and mounts are all inspected.
- You hear what’s wrong and what it will cost, with a fixed quote, before we go ahead.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.