Surrey · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Old Woking
Specialist extract fan repair for Old Woking: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An overheating extract motor
- A fan that won’t start at all
- An old fan that needs replacing
About our extract fan repair in Old Woking
We treat a failing fan much like a patient: we hear the symptoms, find the cause and put it right. What you want back is a fan that runs smoothly and a clear explanation of what was done. The work covers fan housings, bearings and kitchen extract fans, and the jobs we see most are a dead fan motor and weak extraction and a smoky kitchen.
In a village or hamlet like Old Woking, the kitchens with extract fans are few, wherever there are any. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and emergency callout is available 24/7, villages included.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Old Woking (GU22, GU23)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan repair around Old Woking
There are about 70 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 34 sandwich bars and takeaways across Old Woking and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. Food hygiene inspections in Old Woking are the job of Woking council’s environmental health team. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly. We cover Old Woking, about 23 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Peter's Church or elsewhere in Old Woking, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. If you manage a school such as Kingfield Primary School and the kitchen fan is getting louder, the next break is the time to deal with it.
Old Woking is about 2 miles south-east of Woking, in Surrey. We provide extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Old Woking and the rest of Surrey. 395 places in Surrey are on our list, large and small.
Our technicians cover all of GU22 and GU23 for extract fan repair and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Ford Road, Farm Road and High Street, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. We also cover Westfield (1 mile west), Pyrford Village (2 miles north-east), Woking (2 miles north-west), Pyrford (2 miles north-east) and Horsell (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (4 miles south), Camberley (9 miles west), Epsom (12 miles east), Farnham (13 miles south-west), Ewell (13 miles east) and Egham (9 miles north).
Around Old Woking
Typical jobs here are in premises near St John the Baptist School, St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School and The New Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Woking station, roughly 1.4 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find The Peacocks (1.5 miles north-west) and Woking Community Hospital (1.2 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Pewley Hill and Boldermere Lake.
What happens if it’s left?
In Old Woking, as elsewhere, an extract fan may well sit outside on a wall or roof, so its noise does not stay in the kitchen. Fixing the cause quietens it down before neighbours notice. A fault that closes a site in a village like Old Woking affects everyone who depends on it.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Old Woking
- Fully insured
- Every job surveyed first
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by extract fan repair, and we’ll tell you before we start. It does not solve:
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair won’t touch
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Fan housings
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. For a village or hamlet like Old Woking, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Move anything stored near the system
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
How the job changes from site to site
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans are compact and common in kitchen extracts. If the motor has gone, a replacement unit is often the sensible option, and we’ll explain why.
Belt-driven fans
Belt-driven fans have a motor that turns the impeller through belts and pulleys. Worn belts squeal and slow the fan down, and pulleys and bearings need checking too.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Do not wait for a noisy fan to stop
Grease on the fan usually means grease in the duct as well. We can book a TR19® clean of the whole extract, with a certificate and photo report.
Regular TR19 cleaning includes the extract fan. A clean impeller stays in balance, so planned cleaning helps the fan last.
Old Woking: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Old Woking?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. That way a site in Old Woking doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Old Woking?
That’s Woking council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Old Woking. Keeping the fan serviced is easier than explaining a broken one on inspection day.
Can you repair a fan rather than replace it?
We look at repairing it first. If the fan is past saving, a replacement may be more sensible, and we’ll explain why.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and leave the area clean.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Should the fan be cleaned as well as repaired?
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.