West Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Hunston
Extract fan repair for Hunston, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A dead fan motor
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A humming noise from the fan motor
Do you need extract fan repair in Hunston?
When filters clog and ducts fill with grease, the fan has to strain. A motor that strains runs hot, trips out or eventually burns out.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- An extract fan that has stopped working
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- An overheating extract motor
Hall kitchens near St Leodegar's Church, or anywhere around Hunston, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether they recommend a next date
Extract fan repair in Hunston, done properly
Everything a kitchen extract does depends on the fan. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the cooking area soon fills with heat and fumes. We find out why and put it right, by repairing the fan or replacing it. Common call-outs are for a squealing belt on start-up and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen, on bearings, roof and wall fans and belts and pulleys.
For a fan repair in or near Hunston, the more you tell us about the fan, the better the first visit: photos of the fan, its rating plate and how to reach it all help.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Hunston (PO20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Hunston.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Advice
Extract fan repair in Hunston: local notes
Hunston is within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air is hard on fan housings, motors and fixings on roofs and outside walls. Look up Hunston on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 36 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 9 takeaways and sandwich shops in Hunston and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. Environmental health officers from Chichester council inspect food businesses in Hunston. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
If you manage a school such as North Mundham Primary School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
Hunston is about 2 miles south of Chichester, in West Sussex. Across the PO20 area, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Hunston is one of them. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (13 miles or so).
We work across the PO20 postcode area for extract fan repair and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Heath Close, Westlands Road and St Leodegars Way, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Other places close to Hunston include Donnington (1 mile west), North Mundham (1 mile east), Runcton (1 mile east), Portfield (2 miles north) and Chichester (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Bognor Regis (4 miles east), Selsey (5 miles south), Littlehampton (11 miles east), Emsworth (8 miles west), Rustington (12 miles east) and Angmering (13 miles east).
What’s near Hunston
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Chichester High School For Girls and The Spotted Cow Public House, among other places. Hunston’s nearest station is Chichester station, roughly 1.5 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include St Richard's Hospital (2.3 miles north) and Chichester Castle (2 miles north).
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Common questions in Hunston
Will you come out to Hunston?
Yes. Hunston is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do you cover Hunston for emergency fan repairs?
Day or night, a failed fan in Hunston can be reported on our emergency line. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and photos, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
How long does an extract fan repair take?
That depends on what’s wrong, but most jobs take a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. You’ll know more once we’ve found the fault.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
A fan repair on its own doesn’t include the ductwork. We’ll tell you what we see and quote for a TR19 clean if it’s needed.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hunston
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 records stay tidy.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Hunston and across West Sussex. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
How the job changes from site to site
Belt-driven fans
A squeal when the fan starts is a classic belt symptom. We check the belt condition, tension and alignment and renew them where necessary.
Fan controls
Supply faults are a job for an electrician. If that is the cause, we will say so and explain what we found.
How we price extract fan repair
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How big the system is
- The condition of the system
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Any previous report or certificate
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Places near Hunston
What else we do in Hunston
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Never run the extract with filters missing
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. The fan is completed on a return visit at a time that suits your service.
A fan that is 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.