Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in New Yatt
Extract fan repair and replacement for commercial sites in New Yatt and across Oxfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A motor that trips out or overheats
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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’re happy to quote for all of it.
How we handle extract fan repair in New Yatt
Kitchens in New Yatt call us about extract fans and motors that are noisy, slow or dead, we find the cause and quote a fixed price for the repair or the replacement. For a fan that fails during service, there’s a 24/7 emergency callout. If you’re dealing with a humming noise from the fan motor and a knocking noise from the extract fan, we can help.
Rural kitchens often have fans mounted on outside walls or roofs, exposed to the weather. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- New Yatt (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
New Yatt questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in New Yatt?
In New Yatt, it’s West Oxfordshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. If the extract fan has failed, it’s worth having the repair booked, and the details to hand, before an officer visits.
Can the work in New Yatt be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in New Yatt keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
How far ahead should we book?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a written, dated record with pictures of what we did and anything we couldn’t access.
Will you tell us when the next visit is due?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not usually. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that is running slowly isn’t clearing the kitchen properly. Staff work in hotter, steamier air and grease has more chance to settle on surfaces and in the duct. Somewhere as small as New Yatt, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
Also near New Yatt
What else we do in New Yatt
What extract fan repair looks like in New Yatt
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens in New Yatt and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Kitchens in New Yatt get their food hygiene inspections from West Oxfordshire council. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
If you look after a church or hall kitchen near St Mary's Church, or anywhere in New Yatt, test the extract fan before a big event rather than on the day.
New Yatt is about 2 miles north-east of Witney, in Oxfordshire. New Yatt gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, New Yatt among them. We also work in Oxford, around 11 miles away.
Every address in OX29 is covered for extract fan repair, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on New Yatt Road and New Yatt Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in North Leigh (1 mile east), Poffley End (1 mile west), Delly End (1 mile west), Hailey (2 miles west) and East End (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (11 miles south-east), Bicester (14 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south-east), Carterton (7 miles south-west), Wantage (15 miles south) and Grove (14 miles south).
What’s near New Yatt
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The King's School, Wood Green School and The Saddlers Arms and the streets around them. New Yatt’s nearest station is Finstock station, roughly 2.7 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Cogges Manor Farm Museum (2.3 miles south-west). Not far away are Blenheim Farm.
Part by part
Impellers and housings
The fan housing collects grease too. We check both and cleaning may be part of the fix.
Direct-drive fans
In a direct-drive fan, the impeller sits on the motor shaft. There are no belts, so faults tend to be in the motor, bearings or impeller.
Common problems we fix in New Yatt
Not every problem is mechanical. Speed controllers, isolators and wiring can all fail so we check the controls before blaming the motor.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- A dead fan motor
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as North Leigh Church of England (Controlled) School, rather than mid-term.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether they’re fully insured
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Somewhere as small as New Yatt, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
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, which is where we come in.