Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Hounslow, Greater London
Need extract fan repair in Hounslow? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- An overheating extract motor
Extract fan repair in Hounslow, done properly
A faulty fan does not always mean a new one. Sometimes cleaning the impeller or renewing worn parts is enough and we’ll say so. When a fan is worn beyond sensible repair, a replacement suited to the system goes in. Typical jobs include a knocking noise from the extract fan and a fan that keeps cutting out, across belts and pulleys, kitchen extract fans and bearings.
In London, a kitchen without working extraction cannot keep cooking safely, and a closed kitchen loses a night’s trade. Fans in Hounslow are often on a roof or in a basement at the end of a long duct run, so we ask about access first.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: 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
- Hounslow (TW13)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Hounslow
Do you work overnight in Hounslow?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Hounslow can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What do you need to know about parking in Hounslow?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. If the building has a loading slot system, we’ll book into it.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty, and TR19® is the recognised benchmark for meeting it. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
Repair is always our starting point. Where the motor has burnt out or the fan is worn out, replacing it can be the better answer, and we will explain why.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
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What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment 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 can diagnose it and quote.
For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: 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 for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Hounslow is normally out of hours.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that will not start.
- Power to the fan is isolated before we open the housing.
- We check the motor, bearings, drive, impeller and mountings.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- The repair or replacement is carried out and the fan is run and checked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. 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
Part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Many kitchen extract fans sit on a roof or an outside wall. Access affects how long a repair takes, so we ask about it early.
Motors and bearings
Motors and bearings take the most strain in a kitchen extract fan. Hot, greasy air and long days wear them down.
Extract fan repair in Hounslow: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 62 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 40 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hounslow. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. We ask about access first for a London fan job, because roofs and basements need planning. In Hounslow, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Spelthorne council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. Getting the fan running again is the priority.
If you cook near Sunbury station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. For school kitchens, at schools like Meadhurst Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time. Hall kitchens near Church of St Dunstan, or anywhere around Hounslow, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Hounslow is about 1 mile north of Sunbury-on-Thames, in Greater London. Hounslow gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (14 miles or so).
All of TW13 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Ashford Common (1 mile south-west), Littleton Common (1 mile south-west), Sunbury-on-Thames (1 mile south), Feltham (1 mile north-east) and Bedfont (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover London (15 miles east), City of Westminster (13 miles north-east), Marylebone (14 miles north-east), Kensington (11 miles north-east), St Pancras (15 miles north-east) and Hampstead (14 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Hounslow
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Sunbury Park, Sunbury Manor School and Sunbury Manor School. The nearest railway station is Sunbury station, about 0.9 miles south-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Treaty Centre (3.8 miles north-east) and Ashford Hospital (1.9 miles north-west). The countryside around Hounslow includes St Ann's Hill and Staines Reservoirs.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Keep access to the fan controls unobstructed
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
Listen to the fan over the next few weeks. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
Noise is normally the first sign of a fan problem. Getting it checked now means a planned repair instead of a breakdown at the worst moment.
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- 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
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
What affects the quote in Hounslow
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- How big the system is
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
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.