Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Hook, Hampshire
Extract fan repair in Hook from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
Part by part
Motors and bearings
Rumbling and grinding normally come from the bearings. We find out whether the bearings or the motor is at fault and then recommend the fix.
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.
Extract fan repair in Hook, done properly
Our engineers handle all sorts of fan faults in Hook, from rattling and humming to a fan that has stopped dead. The fault is diagnosed, quoted at a fixed price and put right, or the fan is replaced if repair doesn’t make sense. We are often asked to deal with a motor that trips out or overheats and a fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen, across fan housings, bearings and kitchen extract fans.
In a small place like Hook, fans are often on an outside wall or roof, open to wind and rain. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Hook (SO31, PO14)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What extract fan repair can’t fix
Extract fan repair cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
What we work on in Hook
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
Why act early in Hook
Wherever the kitchen is, Hook included, the fan often sits on an outside wall or roof, where a rattle or a whine can be heard beyond the kitchen. Fixing the cause quietens it down before neighbours notice. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hook
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
See how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan, and we clear up before we go. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Hook can be planned properly.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: 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.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
FAQs for Hook
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Hook out of hours?
Extract fan emergencies in Hook are covered around the clock. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Which environmental health team covers Hook?
In Hook, it’s Fareham council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. If you’re not sure, check your lease and fire risk assessment.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification, not legislation. 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.
Is repair an option before replacing the whole fan?
It depends on the fault. After diagnosing, we explain whether it can be repaired and quote a fixed price for the option you choose.
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.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Common problems we fix in Hook
Fans everywhere, Hook included, live in a hard environment: hot, greasy, damp air for hours on end. Moisture can rust housings and fixings, and age catches up with every fan in the end.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An overheating extract motor
- A squealing belt on start-up
- An old fan that needs replacing
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Hook, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
When a fan fails in Hook
Hook is within about 1 mile of the coast. A fan exposed to sea air needs its fixings and housing checked more often than one inland. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 27 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hook. A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. Environmental health officers from Fareham council inspect food businesses in Hook. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. Getting the fan running again is the priority.
If you manage a school such as Locks Heath Infant School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
Hook is about 1 mile south-east of Warsash, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Hook, we can take on extract fan repair. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Hook is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Southampton page, about 7 miles away.
Extract fan repair in SO31 and PO14 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Abshot (1 mile east), Hook Park Estate (1 mile south-west), Titchfield Common (1 mile north-east), Warsash (1 mile north-west) and Locks Heath (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (15 miles north), Gosport (6 miles south-east), Havant (13 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles north), Fareham (4 miles east) and Horndean (12 miles east).
Around Hook
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hamble Common, Jolly Farmer Public House and Brookfield Community School and Language College, among other places. The closest station to Hook is Swanwick station, about 2.2 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St Andrew's Castle (1.8 miles west) and Carron Row Farm Museum (2.2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Holly Hill Woodland Park.