Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Marchwood
Extract fan repair for commercial sites in Marchwood and across Hampshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A fan rattling in its housing
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A humming noise from the fan motor
Common questions in Marchwood
Do you cover smaller places like Marchwood?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Is there an emergency callout for extract fans in Marchwood?
We run a 24/7 emergency line for failed extract fans, and Marchwood is part of our area. Phone 0345 646 2711 and we’ll talk through the fault and access. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Will you fit a new fan if ours cannot be repaired?
Yes, when repair doesn’t make sense. We check the duct size and the extract the kitchen needs before recommending a unit.
Who is the responsible person?
That depends on who controls the premises. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. You get a written report with photos after every visit, covering the work, any areas we couldn’t access and the recommended next date. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
Not in itself. TR19® is the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs check against, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The law behind it is the Fire Safety Order 2005, which applies in England and Wales.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The report recommends when the next visit should be, based on what we found and how the system is used.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
A repair deals with the fan, not the grease in the rest of the system. Grease on the fan typically means grease in the ducts and we can plan the two together.
About our extract fan repair in Marchwood
Wherever your kitchen is in Marchwood, fan work means the extract has to be isolated, so we plan it around your service. We can work in the evening, overnight or at the weekend and there’s a 24/7 emergency line if the fan fails while you’re cooking. We are often asked to deal with a dead fan motor and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen, on bearings, fan housings and belts and pulleys.
Kitchens around a smaller place like Marchwood often have fans fitted to a wall or roof years ago. When an older fan fails, replacing it can be the better answer.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Marchwood (SO40)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
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 can diagnose it and quote.
How the job changes from site to site
Fan controls
Every fan has controls, from a speed controller to an isolator. When they fail, the fan may not start or may run at the wrong speed.
Motors and bearings
If the motor runs hot or keeps tripping, something’s wrong. It may be straining against blocked filters or ducts, or the motor itself may be failing.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Marchwood can normally be finished without a second trip.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- 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.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
For extract fan repair in Marchwood, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Advice
Why it’s worth doing now in Marchwood
A fan that is running slowly is not clearing the kitchen properly. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Marchwood than wait for a failure.
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will talk you through it.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Marchwood
- Full insurance on every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Aftercare tips
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
Grease on the fan usually means grease in the duct as well. We can book a TR19® clean of the whole extract and you get a TR19 certificate and photo report afterwards.
A 3, 6 or 12-monthly cleaning plan brings us back at set intervals, so the fan is looked at as part of each visit and wear is caught earlier.
Extract fans in Marchwood
Marchwood is within about 1 mile of the coast. Rust and grease together wear a fan out sooner, and coastal air speeds up the rust. There are about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 7 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Marchwood, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. It’s New Forest council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Marchwood. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
If you manage a school such as Marchwood Junior School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it. Hall kitchens near Church of St John the Apostle, or anywhere around Marchwood, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Marchwood is about 3 miles south-east of Totton, in Hampshire. Marchwood gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Marchwood is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for extract fan repair.
Work in SO40 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Extract fan repair is available to premises on Cranberry Close, Melick Close and The Rowans and the roads around them. Marchwood is on the A326, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. If your site is just outside Marchwood, we cover Dibden (2 miles south-east), Dibden Purlieu (3 miles south-east), Hythe (3 miles south-east), Beaulieu (5 miles south) and Furzey Lodge (5 miles south). Further out, we also cover Winchester (13 miles north-east), Gosport (14 miles south-east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-east), Fareham (11 miles east), Totton (3 miles north-west) and Chandler's Ford (7 miles north-east).
Around Marchwood
Typical jobs here are in premises near White Horse pub and Hounsdown School. The nearest railway station is Millbrook (Hants) station, about 1.6 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Netley Castle (4.1 miles east) and Westquay (2.1 miles east). The countryside around Marchwood includes Testwood Lakes.
Multi-site and managed buildings
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by extract fan repair, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair will not touch
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors
- Bearings