Brighton and Hove · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Hove, Brighton and Hove
Repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts in Hove, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- A fan that won’t start at all
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- An overheating extract motor
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Extract fan repair in Hove, done properly
The extract fan is what pulls smoke, heat and steam out of the kitchen. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the kitchen gets hot and smoky very quickly. Our engineers track down the fault and fix it, by repairing the fan or replacing it. The work covers bearings, belts and pulleys and roof and wall fans, and the jobs we see most are a humming noise from the fan motor and a motor that trips out or overheats.
Many fans around a town like Hove sit on a flat roof or an outside wall, exposed to wind and rain as well as grease. In time, belts, bearings and motors wear.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Hove (BN3, BN1, BN52)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Hove
Do you cover Hove for emergency fan repairs?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Hove is within the area we cover. 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 council inspects kitchens in Hove?
Kitchens in Hove are inspected by Brighton and Hove council’s environmental health officers. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition and the report sets out why.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, we’re fully insured. We also hold CHAS and SafeContractor for clients who vet their contractors.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. Where a fan is beyond repair, we replace it with one suited to the duct and the kitchen, and you get a fixed quote first.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
Extract fans in Hove
Hove lies within about 1 mile of the sea. Rust and grease together wear a fan out sooner, and coastal air speeds up the rust. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 382 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 83 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Hove. A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. It’s Brighton and Hove council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hove. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
If you cook near Hove station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near Holy Trinity Church or elsewhere in Hove, can seize between uses.
Hove is about 2 miles west of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. Across the BN3 area, we can take on extract fan repair. Across Brighton and Hove, we cover 30 places, Hove among them.
We cover every part of BN3, BN1 and BN52 for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Local streets include Farm Road, York Road and Aymer Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Main roads around Hove include the A270 and A2023, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. If your site is just outside Hove, we cover Brighton and Hove (1 mile north-west), Brunswick (1 mile south-east), Aldrington (1 mile west), Prestonville (1 mile north-east) and West Blatchington (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Kemptown (3 miles east), Whitehawk (3 miles east), Moulsecoomb (3 miles east), Hollingbury (3 miles north-east), Bevendean (3 miles east) and Saltdean (6 miles east). Hove is one of the larger places we cover in Brighton and Hove for extract fan repair.
What’s near Hove
Around Hove, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Drive Prep School, St. Ann's Well Gardens and The Urchin pub and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Hove itself: Hove station. Other landmarks nearby include British Engineerium (0.9 miles north) and Montefiore Hospital (0.7 miles east). Not far away are Whitehawk Hill and Thundersbarrow Hill.
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Hove
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Parking and loading at the site
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What we need to know
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The site address and the type of premises
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
How the job changes from site to site
Fan controls
Every fan has controls, from a speed controller to an isolator. When they fail, the fan may not start or may run at the wrong speed.
Motors and bearings
Rumbling and grinding usually come from the bearings. We diagnose whether it’s the bearings or the motor itself before recommending a fix.
When something else is needed
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Before the visit, a few pictures of the system and how to reach it help us plan the work in Hove.
- We ask what the fan is doing, from noise and vibration to a full stop.
- Power to the fan is isolated before we open the housing.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- You hear what’s wrong and what it will cost, with a fixed quote, before we go ahead.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
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Other services in Hove
Leave it or put it right?
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. It hides the symptom and weakens the extract while the underlying wear continues. A proper diagnosis in Hove gets to the real cause. Nothing in a duct, damper or fan improves by being left.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Hove
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fully insured
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What we are called out for in Hove
Grease that gets past the filters ends up on the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, and an unbalanced impeller shakes and the noise follows.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan shaking on its mountings
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How they set the interval to the next visit