Essex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Lanham Green
Extract fan repair for Lanham Green and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan rattling in its housing
Do you need extract fan repair in Lanham Green?
Any kitchen that cooks for long hours works its fan hard, in Lanham Green or anywhere else. On belt-driven fans, belts stretch, crack and start to slip and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- A squealing belt on start-up
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
If you manage a school such as Cressing Primary School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
What to look for in a quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the price is fixed
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Extract fan repair in Lanham Green, done properly
Diagnosis comes before parts. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. The work covers bearings, roof and wall fans and kitchen extract fans, and people most often call us about a fan rattling in its housing and a failed fan that needs a replacement.
In a village or hamlet like Lanham Green, the kitchens with extract fans are few, wherever there are any. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and our 24/7 emergency line covers rural addresses too.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Lanham Green (CM77)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Lanham Green.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- You get our diagnosis and a fixed quote to repair or replace.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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When something else is needed
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
Nearby places to Lanham Green
What else we do in Lanham Green
Lanham Green questions
Can the work in Lanham Green be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Lanham Green?
In Lanham Green, it’s Braintree council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Do you cover Lanham Green?
Yes. We work in Lanham Green and across Essex, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. We are fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: normally the employer or whoever controls the premises. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
Should the fan be cleaned as well as repaired?
A repair deals with the fan, not the grease in the rest of the system. Grease on the fan normally means grease in the ducts and we can plan the two together.
Extract fans in Lanham Green
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 8 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 3 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Lanham Green. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. At about 39 miles from central London, Lanham Green sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. In Lanham Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Braintree council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Parish Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Lanham Green, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Lanham Green is about 2 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. We provide extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Lanham Green and the rest of Essex. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Lanham Green among them. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 10 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the CM77 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. If your site is just outside Lanham Green, we cover Cressing (1 mile south-west), Perry Green (1 mile east), Bradwell (1 mile north-east), Silver End (1 mile south-east) and Stisted (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Colchester (13 miles east), Chelmsford (10 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south), Witham (4 miles south), Camulodunum (11 miles east) and Halstead (6 miles north).
What’s near Lanham Green
Around Lanham Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Three Ashes pub and Alec Hunter Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Lanham Green is Cressing station, roughly 1.4 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Cressing Temple (1.8 miles south) and William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2.8 miles west). Open spaces near Lanham Green include Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Do not cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
A slipping belt or a loose mount is a small job. Left for months, they can damage the motor or bearings, so it’s worth acting early.
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and housings
The fan housing collects grease too. Both are inspected and cleaning may be part of the fix.
Fan controls
We check the controls as part of every diagnosis since the motor isn’t always to blame.
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Lanham Green
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.