Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Ladywell, Greater London
One call covers repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts in Ladywell, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- An extract fan that has stopped working
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A fan shaking on its mountings
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Ladywell
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The number of sites or systems
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
How we handle extract fan repair in Ladywell
Every fan job begins with finding the fault. Noise can come from grease on the impeller, worn bearings or a slipping belt; a dead fan can point to the motor or its controls. We explain the problem, and what it will take, before we start. The work covers kitchen extract fans, fan housings and fan motors, and people most often call us about a fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen and a fan that won’t start at all.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, with parking and lifting to arrange in Ladywell. Work can be done after service, so the kitchen loses as little time as possible.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Ladywell (SE13, SE6, SE4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
What happens if it’s left?
An overloaded motor is under constant strain. That shortens its life and a burnt-out motor is a bigger job than a worn belt. Early attention keeps the cost and disruption down. A busy site in Ladywell builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why us?
- Photo reports with every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
Questions from Ladywell
Does London parking affect a job in Ladywell?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Working overnight, as we often do in London, typically makes it simpler.
Do you cover Ladywell for emergency fan repairs?
Ladywell is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
How much does an extract fan repair cost?
The cost depends on what’s wrong and how easy the fan is to reach. We diagnose first and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes, on every job. It’s a dated, written report with photos, and TR19® Grease cleans come with a certificate through the BESCA VHE portal. Keep it in your maintenance log.
What happens on the day
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Expect the work in Ladywell to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Related advice
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
If the fan had grease on it, the rest of the system almost certainly does too. A full TR19® clean deals with the canopy, ductwork and fan together and you get a TR19 certificate and photo report afterwards.
A scheduled maintenance plan keeps the whole system on a regular cycle, which means the fan is seen regularly and wear is caught earlier.
Nearby places to Ladywell
Other services in Ladywell
Extract fans in Ladywell
Look up Ladywell on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 297 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 186 takeaways across Ladywell and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. In Ladywell, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Lewisham council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off. In London, a fan on a roof or in a basement can take planning to reach, with parking and loading to arrange.
If you look after a church or hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Ladywell, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day. If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term. For a takeaway near Ladywell station, a fan that fails on a busy evening means turning customers away, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Ladywell is about 1 mile south-east of New Cross, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the SE13 postcode area, we cover extract fan repair for commercial sites. Ladywell is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for extract fan repair.
Postcode districts we cover here for extract fan repair: SE13, SE6 and SE4. Streets in the area include Veda Road, Roxley Road and Honley Road, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. If your site is just outside Ladywell, we cover Lewisham (1 mile north-east), Crofton Park (1 mile west), Hither Green (1 mile east), Brockley (1 mile west) and Catford (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as London (5 miles north-west), City of Westminster (7 miles north-west), Marylebone (7 miles north-west), Kensington (9 miles west), St Pancras (7 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (6 miles north-west).
Near you in Ladywell
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The London & Rye pub, Trinity Church of England School and Ladywell Fields, among other places. Ladywell has its own railway station: Ladywell station. Nearby you’ll also find Greenwich Castle (1.8 miles north) and University Hospital Lewisham (less than half a mile north-west). The countryside around Ladywell includes Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve and Knight's Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Impellers and housings
Where an impeller is bent or corroded, cleaning will not help. It may be replaced on its own, or with the whole fan.
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans are often mounted on roofs or external walls. Access affects how long a repair takes, so we ask about it early.
When it’s something else
Extract fan repair cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It will not put right:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair won’t touch
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys