Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Kew, Greater London
We cover Kew for extract fan repair. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A squealing belt on start-up
How we handle extract fan repair in Kew
Think of it as a check-up for the fan: we hear the symptoms, find the cause and put it right. What you want back is a fan that runs smoothly and a clear explanation of what was done. The work covers fan motors, belts and pulleys and fan housings, and common reasons people get in touch are an overheating extract motor and vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts.
London extract fans often sit on rooftops, exposed to the weather as well as the grease, and in time, bearings, belts and motors fail. Noise and vibration are worth reporting before the fan stops.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Kew (W4, TW9, TW8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Kew: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Kew?
Food hygiene inspections in Kew are carried out by Richmond-Upon-Thames council. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Does London parking affect a job in Kew?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
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.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Every certificate and report from each visit, filed in the maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Will the kitchen have to stop cooking while you work?
The extract must be off while the fan is opened up. We plan the visit around your hours to avoid losing a service.
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in Kew.
- 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.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- We explain the fault and give you a fixed price for the fix.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear the space around the work
Ask for a quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Why act early in Kew
Weak extraction leaves heat, smoke and fumes in the kitchen. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. A booked night’s work in Kew costs you no trading time; an unplanned closure does.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fully insured
Read how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Kew
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- The condition of the system
- The number of sites or systems
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Different parts, different methods
Motors and bearings
Rumbling and grinding usually come from the bearings. We find out whether the bearings or the motor is at fault before recommending a fix.
Belt-driven fans
A squeal when the fan starts is a classic belt symptom. We check the belt condition, tension and alignment and replaced if they’re worn.
When a fan fails in Kew
Look up Kew on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 287 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 80 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Kew. Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. Food hygiene inspections in Kew are the job of Richmond-Upon-Thames council’s environmental health team. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. Getting the fan running again is the priority. London extract fans are often at the end of long duct runs, on roofs or in basements.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Paul's Church or elsewhere in Kew, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. For kitchens close to Chiswick station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Kew is about 2 miles south of Acton, in Greater London. We provide extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Kew and the rest of Greater London. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Kew is one of them. We also work in London, about 8 miles from Kew.
Work in W4, TW9 and TW8 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Local streets include Kew Road, Maze Road and Kent Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Being close to the A3000, Kew is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Close by, we work in Strand-on-the-Green (1 mile north), Grove Park (1 mile east), North Sheen (1 mile south), Gunnersbury (1 mile north) and Turnham Green (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (8 miles east), City of Westminster (6 miles east), Marylebone (6 miles north-east), Kensington (3 miles east), St Pancras (7 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (9 miles east).
Near you in Kew
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Library for Iranian Studies, Kew Green and Chiswick School and the streets around them. Also close by are Kew College Prep (within half a mile south-west) and Bull's Head pub (less than half a mile north). The closest station to Kew is Chiswick station, about 0.5 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Livat Hammersmith (2.2 miles east) and Barnes Hospital (1.5 miles south-east). Not far away are Kew Gardens Lake and Duke's Hollow.
What we are called out for in Kew
Fans everywhere, Kew included, live in a hard environment: heat, grease, steam and long running hours. Moisture can rust housings and fixings and eventually any fan simply wears out.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- A fan that won’t start at all
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A fan that keeps cutting out
If you manage a school such as Grove Park Primary School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether VAT is included
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
Towns and villages near Kew
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Managing agents and facilities teams in Kew
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Kew and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.