East Sussex · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Ore, East Sussex
Need extract fan repair in Ore? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A fan that keeps cutting out
About our extract fan repair in Ore
Across Ore, we deal with fan faults of every kind, from rattling and humming to a fan that has stopped dead. We find the cause, give you a fixed price and fix it, or the fan is replaced if repair does not make sense. Common call-outs are for a fan that whines, hums or grinds and a fan that won’t start at all, across fan housings, belts and pulleys and bearings.
Around a place like Ore, a pub, café or care home kitchen with a failed fan cannot carry on cooking as normal. That’s what our 24/7 emergency callout is for.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Ore (TN35, TN34)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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 records stay tidy.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
How it works
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. For a site near Ore, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- You hear what’s wrong and what it will cost, with a fixed quote, before we go ahead.
- We fix or replace the fan, then test it running before we leave.
Getting ready for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
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 send us an email.
Advice
When it’s something else
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Bearings
- Fan housings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
Questions from Ore
Can the work in Ore be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Ore needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which environmental health team covers Ore?
The local authority for Ore is Hastings council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
Can you supply and fit a replacement fan?
Yes. Replacing a fan is part of our fits and repairs work, and we’ll explain the options.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Everything that shows the system is looked after: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
Keeping the system healthy
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Keep the emergency number where staff can see it
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
Clean filters help a repaired fan stay that way. Less grease on the impeller means less wear and the quieter it runs.
Noise is usually the first sign of a fan problem. Getting it checked now means a planned repair rather than an emergency during service.
When to call us in Ore
Any kitchen that cooks for long hours works its fan hard, in Ore or anywhere else. On belt-driven fans, belts stretch, crack and start to slip and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- An overheating extract motor
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Sandown Primary School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Questions to ask before you book
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
What else we do in Ore
Different parts, different methods
Belt-driven fans
In a belt-driven fan, the motor drives the impeller by belt. Belts wear, stretch and slip, so we check the pulleys and bearings as well.
Motors and bearings
If the motor runs hot or keeps tripping, something’s wrong. The cause might be grease restricting the airflow or the motor may be near the end of its life.
Extract fan repair around Ore
Sea air reaches Ore, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Near the sea, fans mounted outdoors corrode faster, and corroded fans tend to get noisy before they fail. There are about 111 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 43 sandwich bars and takeaways in and around Ore, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. A kitchen with a dead extract fan gets hot and smoky fast, and kitchens like these feel it at once. It’s Hastings council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ore. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
If you cook near Ore station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near Christ Church or elsewhere in Ore, can seize between uses.
Ore is about 2 miles east of Hastings, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Ore or further out, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 289 places across East Sussex, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (27 miles or so).
Here we cover the TN35 and TN34 postcode area for extract fan repair. Whether your site is on Rye Road, Rock Lane and Mill Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Other places close to Ore include Bachelor's Bump (1 mile north-east), Guestling (2 miles north-east), Fairlight (2 miles east), Friar's Hill (2 miles north-east) and Guestling Green (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (15 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (6 miles west), Hailsham (15 miles west), St Leonards (3 miles south-west), Upper Horsebridge (15 miles west) and Langney (14 miles west).
Landmarks near Ore
Typical jobs here are in premises near Speckled Wood, Hastings Academy and Roman Catholic Church of St Mary Star of the Sea and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Ore station, roughly 0.8 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Hastings Castle (1.5 miles south-west) and Conquest Hospital (2 miles north-west). Not far away are Church Wood and Robsack Wood.