Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Holybourne
Looking for extract fan repair in Holybourne? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan shaking on its mountings
How we handle extract fan repair in Holybourne
Working on a fan in Holybourne means switching the extract off first, so we plan it around your service. We can work in the evening, overnight or at the weekend and there’s a 24/7 emergency line if the fan fails while you’re cooking. If you’re dealing with an old fan that needs replacing and vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts, we can put it right, from bearings, kitchen extract fans and fan motors onwards.
Rural kitchens often have fans mounted on outside walls or roofs, exposed to the weather. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Holybourne (GU34)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Holybourne and turn up when the site is quiet.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; 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.
Advice
How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and housings
Grease settles inside the fan housing as well as on the blades. Both are inspected, and cleaning can form part of the repair.
Motors and bearings
If the motor runs hot or keeps tripping, something’s wrong. It may be straining against blocked filters or ducts, or the motor itself may be failing.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Holybourne
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
Extract fan repair in Holybourne: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 18 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 15 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Holybourne, up to about a mile and a half out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Holybourne is about 44 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Food hygiene inspections in Holybourne are the job of East Hampshire council’s environmental health team. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Holy Rood Church or elsewhere in Holybourne, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
Holybourne is about 2 miles north-east of Alton, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Holybourne, extract fan repair is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Holybourne is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for commercial clients. Guildford is in our area too, around 17 miles away.
Work in GU34 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We cover sites on London Road, Carpenters Close and Inhams Road and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Holybourne: Neatham (1 mile south-east), Alton (2 miles south-west), Upper Froyle (2 miles north-east), Wyck (2 miles south-east) and East Worldham (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (10 miles north-west), Farnborough (12 miles north-east), Fleet (9 miles north-east), Aldershot (10 miles north-east), Petersfield (11 miles south) and Yateley (13 miles north).
Around Holybourne
In Holybourne, that means kitchens and buildings near White Hart pub, Eggar's School and Treloar School and the streets around them. The closest station to Holybourne is Alton station, roughly 1.2 miles south-west. A little further out are Alton Community Hospital (2.4 miles south-west) and Allen Gallery (1.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Holybourne includes Holybourne Hill.
Questions from Holybourne
Can you come to Holybourne after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Holybourne keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Holybourne?
The local authority for Holybourne is East Hampshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with photos of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Can you tell me the price of a fan repair?
The cost depends on what’s wrong and how easy the fan is to reach. After diagnosing, you get a fixed quote before any work starts.
What accreditations do you have?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Signs you need extract fan repair in Holybourne
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.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- A squealing belt on start-up
- Poor airflow at the canopy
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School, rather than mid-term.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
Before we leave, the fan is run and checked. We explain the fault and the fix, and anything else we noticed is pointed out.
Clogged filters make the fan strain. Keeping filters clean eases the strain and protects the motor.
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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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.