Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Loose, Kent
Extract fan repair and replacement in Loose, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- An overheating extract motor
Questions from Loose
Can you get to a site in Loose?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Loose is covered. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Who inspects food businesses in Loose?
That is Maidstone council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Loose. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
What do you do to protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. Every report includes a recommended date for the next visit, based on use and what we found.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. We are fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
How long will the fan be out of action?
As a guide, it takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. If parts have to be ordered, we’ll tell you how long that’s likely to be.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. Then you get a fixed quote.
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Loose
Diagnosis comes before parts. We look at the motor, the belts or direct drive, the impeller and the mountings, along with the fan’s controls. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. Common call-outs are for a fan worn beyond sensible repair and a fan rattling in its housing, across belts and pulleys, bearings and fan motors.
In a small place like Loose, fans are often on an outside wall or roof, open to wind and rain. Weather and grease together wear out motors and bearings.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Loose (ME15, ME17)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
We run the fan and check it’s steady before we go. You will hear what we found and what we did along with anything else that needs watching.
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.
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What affects the quote in Loose
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
- How many systems or sites are involved
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 give you a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The site address and the type of premises
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Want a quote for extract fan repair? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
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.
What we’re called out for in Loose
In Loose, as anywhere, long cooking days mean long hours for the fan. On belt-driven fans, belts stretch, crack and start to slip and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A dead fan motor
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
If you manage a school such as Loose Primary School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether a survey comes first
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
When something else is needed
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair won’t touch
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Fan motors
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan housings
Extract fan repair in Loose: local notes
There are about 13 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 12 takeaways and sandwich shops in Loose and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Kitchens in Loose get their food hygiene inspections from Maidstone council. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan. At about 32 miles from central London, Loose sits well inside the area we cover. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
Hall kitchens near Church of All Saints, or anywhere around Loose, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Loose is about 2 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. Across the ME15 area, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Loose is one of them.
Here we cover the ME15 and ME17 postcode area for extract fan repair. Streets in the area include Rosemount Close, Malthouse Hill and Old Loose Hill, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Boughton Green (1 mile south-east), Boughton Monchelsea (1 mile south-east), Linton (1 mile south), Park Wood (2 miles east) and Shepway (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (15 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (11 miles west) and Northfleet (15 miles north-west).
What’s near Loose
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Cornwallis Academy and The Chequers Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is East Farleigh station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west. A little further out are Kent Fire Brigade Museum (1.4 miles north) and The Mall Maidstone (2.4 miles north).
What happens on the day
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement, and we clear up before we go. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Loose, let us know and we will plan around it.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- 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
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.