Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Hoxton extract fan repair
We cover Hoxton for extract fan repair. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- A fan that won’t start at all
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Hoxton
Kitchens in Hoxton call us about extract fans and motors that are noisy, slow or dead, we diagnose the fault and give you a fixed quote to repair or replace it. For a fan that fails during service, there’s a 24/7 emergency callout. If you are dealing with an overheating extract motor and vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts, we can put it right, from bearings, belts and pulleys and fan motors onwards.
Rooftop fans in London take the weather as well as the grease from below, and bearings, belts and motors wear out in the end. A fan that is noisy or vibrating is giving a warning.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Hoxton (N1, N1P, EC1V)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Hoxton
What do you need to know about parking in Hoxton?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in Hoxton, and about any building rules on loading. Working overnight, as we often do in London, usually makes it simpler.
What if my kitchen extract fan stops in Hoxton at night?
Extract fan emergencies in Hoxton are covered around the clock. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. If you can, stop cooking until the fan is checked.
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. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How much time does a fan repair need?
A typical repair takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault including running the fan afterwards. We’ll fit it around the kitchen’s hours wherever we can.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Part by part
Direct-drive fans
Many kitchen extracts use direct-drive fans. If the motor has gone, a replacement unit is often the sensible option and we’ll talk you through it.
Fan controls
Controls are checked as well as the fan itself since the motor isn’t always to blame.
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What affects the cost of extract fan repair
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
If you need extract fan repair in Hoxton, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. If anything changes, let us know, so it can be looked at before it grows.
A fan that’s starting to make noise is giving you a warning. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job rather than an emergency during service.
When to call us in Hoxton
Any kitchen that cooks for long hours works its fan hard, in Hoxton or anywhere else. Belts on a belt-driven fan stretch and wear, so the fan squeals or turns more slowly.
What we are most often called out for:
- A dead fan motor
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- A motor that trips out or overheats
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Church of St Anne with St Columba or elsewhere in Hoxton, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
When a fan fails in Hoxton
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 1,949 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 580 takeaways in Hoxton and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Environmental health officers from Hackney council inspect food businesses in Hoxton. 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. London extract fans are often at the end of long duct runs, on roofs or in basements.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Shoreditch Park Primary School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term. If you cook near Hoxton station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early.
Hoxton is about 2 miles north of London, in Greater London. We carry out extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hoxton and the rest of Greater London. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Extract fan repair in N1, N1P and EC1V is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You’ll find streets such as City Road, Noel Road and East Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. You’ll find Hoxton on the A1200 and A1208, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to Hoxton include Haggerston (1 mile east), Shoreditch (1 mile south-east), Canonbury (1 mile north), De Beauvoir Town (1 mile north) and St Luke's (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include City of Westminster (3 miles south-west), Marylebone (3 miles south-west), Kensington (6 miles south-west), Walthamstow (4 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles west) and Ruislip (14 miles west). Being one of Greater London’s larger places, Hoxton has a wide mix of commercial premises, and we cover all of them for extract fan repair.
Around Hoxton
Around Hoxton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives, Islington Green School and Stag's Head pub and the streets around them. Nearby too are Hackney University Technical College (under half a mile south-east) and Shoreditch Park (under half a mile north-west). There’s a railway station in Hoxton itself: Hoxton station. Nearby you’ll also find St Leonard's Hospital (under half a mile east) and Montfichet's Tower (1.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include St. James's Park Lake and Barnsbury Wood.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Hoxton.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.