Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Nunhead
Extract fan repair and replacement for commercial sites in Nunhead and across Greater London. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
Extract fan repair in Nunhead
We treat a failing fan much like a patient: listen to it, diagnose the fault, then treat it. What you want back is a fan that runs smoothly and a clear explanation of what was done. We are often asked to deal with an old fan that needs replacing and a fan shaking on its mountings, across kitchen extract fans, bearings and fan housings.
Rooftop fans in London take the weather as well as the grease from below, and bearings, belts and motors wear out in the end. Noise and vibration are worth reporting before the fan stops.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Nunhead (SE15, SE4, SE14)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Nunhead questions
Does London parking affect a job in Nunhead?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. Working overnight, as we often do in London, typically makes it simpler.
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Nunhead out of hours?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Nunhead is within the area we cover. Phone 0345 646 2711 and we will talk through the fault and access. If you can, stop cooking until the fan is checked.
How much time does a fan repair need?
It depends on the fault, but as a guide it takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. We’ll give you a better idea once we’ve diagnosed it.
Can you tell me the price of a fan repair?
The cost depends on what’s wrong and how easy the fan is to reach. We diagnose first and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
In the words of the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person. That’s generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and where several people have control, each can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
It depends on the fault. After diagnosing, we explain whether it can be repaired and quote a fixed price for the option you choose.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The recommended date is on the report. For kitchen extracts, BESA’s minimum intervals run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use, while fire dampers are tested at least annually.
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What else we do in Nunhead
How it works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in Nunhead is usually done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that will not start.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- We check the motor, bearings, drive, impeller and mountings.
- We explain the fault and give you a fixed price for the fix.
- The repair or replacement is carried out and the fan is run and checked.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Do you need extract fan repair in Nunhead?
Any kitchen that cooks for long hours works its fan hard, in Nunhead or anywhere else. On belt-driven fans, belts stretch, crack and start to slip, so the fan squeals or turns more slowly.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A dead fan motor
- A fan that keeps cutting out
If you manage a school such as Ivydale 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
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- What state the system is in
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The times the site is available
- Parking and loading at the site
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Leave it or put it right?
A fan that’s running slowly is not clearing the kitchen properly. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work and grease has more chance to settle on surfaces and in the duct. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Every visit written up, with photos
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and how to check a contractor.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Extract fans in Nunhead
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 311 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 258 takeaways and sandwich shops across Nunhead and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. We ask about access first for a London fan job, because roofs and basements need planning. In Nunhead, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Lewisham 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.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Saint Antony with Saint Silas or elsewhere in Nunhead, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. For kitchens close to Nunhead station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Nunhead is about 1 mile south-west of New Cross, in Greater London. Sites in Nunhead get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Every address in SE15, SE4 and SE14 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Extract fan repair is available to premises on Rye Road, Nash Road and Kitto Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Telegraph Hill (1 mile north-east), Honor Oak (1 mile south), Peckham (1 mile north-west), New Cross (1 mile north-east) and Brockley (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (3 miles north-west), City of Westminster (6 miles north-west), Marylebone (6 miles north-west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (5 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (5 miles north).
Near you in Nunhead
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Ivy House, Peckham Rye and Allenby Tutorial Trust and the streets around them. Nunhead has its own railway station: Nunhead station. Nearby you’ll also find Greenwich Castle (2.4 miles north-east) and Lewisham Shopping Centre (1.7 miles east). Not far away are Knight's Hill and One Tree Hill.
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep all filters fitted while cooking
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. If anything changes, let us know rather than waiting for it to fail.
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.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist 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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.