Medway · Extract fan repair and replacement
Moor Street extract fan repair
Extract fan repair and replacement for commercial sites in Moor Street and across Medway. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- An overheating extract motor
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A fan shaking on its mountings
How the job changes from site to site
Belt-driven fans
Squealing at start-up often points to a belt. We check the belt condition, tension and alignment and replaced if they’re worn.
Impellers and housings
A damaged or corroded impeller can’t simply be cleaned. It may be replaced on its own, or with the whole fan.
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Moor Street
Grease is hard on extract fans. Deposits on the impeller throw it out of balance and the vibration wears out bearings and fixings. So when we repair extract fan, we look at the grease too and can arrange a TR19® clean of the whole system at the same time. We are often asked to deal with a whining or grinding extract motor and a squealing belt on start-up, across fan housings, roof and wall fans and kitchen extract fans.
In a village or hamlet like Moor Street, the kitchens with extract fans are few, wherever there are any. When one fails, the cooking stops, and our 24/7 emergency line covers rural addresses too.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Moor Street (ME8)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Records
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Don’t wait for a noisy fan to stop
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Keep access to the fan controls unobstructed
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. We then come back and fit them at a time that suits your service.
The fan is part of every full TR19 clean. A clean impeller stays in balance and that means less wear.
Why act early in Moor Street
Some kitchens run a noisy fan on a lower speed to cut the noise. It hides the symptom and weakens the extract, and the fault carries on developing. A proper diagnosis in Moor Street gets to the real cause. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Moor Street
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Towns and villages near Moor Street
What else we do in Moor Street
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Extract fan repair around Moor Street
Sea air reaches Moor Street, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air is hard on fan housings, motors and fixings on roofs and outside walls. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 19 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 16 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Moor Street. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. In Moor Street, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Swale council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
If you look after a church or hall kitchen near Church of St Margaret, or anywhere in Moor Street, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day. If you cook near Rainham (Kent) station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early.
Moor Street is about 2 miles east of Gillingham, in Medway. Sites in Moor Street get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Moor Street is one of 68 places in Medway where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (8 miles or so).
Every address in ME8 is covered for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Seymour Road, Horseman's Green Road and South Bush Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Rainham (1 mile west), Hartlip (1 mile south-east), Meresborough (1 mile south-west), Breach (1 mile east) and Lower Hartlip (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Chatham (4 miles west), Rochester (6 miles west), Strood (7 miles west), Luton (4 miles west), Lordswood (4 miles south-west) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north-west).
What’s near Moor Street
Typical jobs here are in premises near Berengrave Chalk Pit, The Railway pub and Riverside Primary School. Moor Street’s nearest station is Rainham (Kent) station, about 0.8 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Medway Maritime Hospital (4 miles west). For a walk, there’s Bishop Saltings and Detling Hill.
What we’re called out for in Moor Street
Not every problem is mechanical. Speed controllers, isolators and wiring can all fail so we check the controls before blaming the motor.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- A fan that won’t start at all
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Leigh Academy Rainham or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the price is fixed
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Proof of insurance
- What paperwork you get at the end
FAQs for Moor Street
Do you cover smaller places like Moor Street?
Yes, Moor Street is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Which council inspects kitchens in Moor Street?
Food hygiene inspections in Moor Street are carried out by Swale council. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Who do we call if the fan stops in the middle of cooking?
You can reach our emergency line day or night. Until the fan is running, think carefully about cooking without extraction, and we’ll aim to get it going again.
Which records should we keep?
Every certificate and report from each visit, kept together in your maintenance log, along with your own cleaning log. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Why is our extract fan so noisy?
Common causes are grease on the impeller, worn bearings, slipping belts and loose mountings. Rattles, whines and grinding point to different faults and we find the exact cause on site.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a dated report with pictures, listing the work and any areas we couldn’t reach.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
A repair deals with the fan, not the grease in the rest of the system. If there’s grease on the fan, a full TR19® clean is worth booking and we can plan the two together.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What we do, step by step
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. The work on site takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Somewhere like Moor Street, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that won’t 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.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.