Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Ightham
Extract fan repair and replacement for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Ightham. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A squealing belt on start-up
- Poor airflow at the canopy
About our extract fan repair in Ightham
Every fan job begins with finding the fault. A noisy fan might need cleaning, new bearings or a new belt; a dead fan can point to the motor or its controls. You hear what we’ve found before any work goes ahead. The work covers roof and wall fans, fan motors and kitchen extract fans, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan rattling in its housing and a whining or grinding extract motor.
In a small place like Ightham, fans are often on an outside wall or roof, open to wind and rain. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Ightham (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
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 call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
FAQs for Ightham
Can you come to Ightham after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Ightham can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you cover Ightham for emergency fan repairs?
We run a 24/7 emergency line for failed extract fans, and Ightham is part of our area. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
What makes a kitchen extract fan rattle or whine?
Common causes are grease on the impeller, worn bearings, slipping belts and loose mountings. Each sounds a little different, and we diagnose it on site.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages to keep things running.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the details are available on request.
How much does an extract fan repair cost?
We cannot price it without knowing the fault. After we have checked the fan, we give you a fixed price for the repair or the replacement.
What’s 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.
What extract fan repair looks like in Ightham
Food Standards Agency records list about 11 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 6 takeaways and sandwich shops across Ightham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Ightham is about 22 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. It’s Tonbridge and Malling council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ightham. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
Hall kitchens near Church of St Peter, or anywhere around Ightham, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Ightham is about 4 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Across the TN15 area, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Ightham is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
We work across the TN15 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Streets in the area include The Street, Redwell Lane and Old Lane, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan repair in Oldbury (1 mile north), Ivy Hatch (1 mile south-west), Sheet Hill (1 mile south-east), Styants Bottom (1 mile north-west) and Yopps Green (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
Near you in Ightham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, Wrotham School and The Old House and the streets around them. Ightham’s nearest station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, about 1.5 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Ightham Court (1.1 miles north) and Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2.3 miles east).
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Ightham
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What we need to know
When you call or email, these details help:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
For extract fan repair in Ightham, call 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Common problems we fix in Ightham
When filters clog and ducts fill with grease, the fan has to strain. A motor that strains runs hot and may cut out or fail.
Look out for any of the following:
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Ightham Primary School, rather than mid-term.
What to look for in a quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
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What else we do in Ightham
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
We run the fan and check it’s steady before we go. You’ll hear what we found and what we did along with anything else that needs watching.
Regular TR19 cleaning includes the extract fan. A clean impeller stays in balance, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.
What happens on the day
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 an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Ightham, let us know and we will plan around it.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- You get a fixed price for putting it right.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
What the work involves, part by part
Direct-drive fans
An impeller coated in grease vibrates straight into the motor bearings. Sometimes a clean is all it needs as long as the bearings are still sound.
Motors and bearings
A grinding or rumbling noise often means worn bearings. We diagnose whether it’s the bearings or the motor itself before recommending a fix.