Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Peaks Hill, Greater London
Extract fan repair for commercial sites in Peaks Hill and across Greater London. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A dead fan motor
- An overheating extract motor
About our extract fan repair in Peaks Hill
Diagnosis comes before parts. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. The work covers roof and wall fans, kitchen extract fans and belts and pulleys, and people most often call us about a motor that trips out or overheats and a squealing belt on start-up.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, and in Peaks Hill, parking and lifting are part of that. Work can be done after service, so the kitchen loses as little time as possible.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Peaks Hill (CR8, SM6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Don’t cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Do not turn the fan down to hide a noise
Clean filters help a repaired fan stay that way. The less grease that reaches the fan, the longer its parts last and fewer faults.
Regular TR19 cleaning includes the extract fan. A clean impeller stays in balance and that means less wear.
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Peaks Hill
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The scale of the work
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Peaks Hill
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do 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. Before any visit in Peaks Hill, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- The work is done and the fan is tested running.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Related advice
Your questions about extract fan repair in Peaks Hill
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Peaks Hill?
Food hygiene inspections in Peaks Hill are carried out by Croydon council. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Is there an emergency callout for extract fans in Peaks Hill?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Peaks Hill is within the area we cover. Ring 0345 646 2711 at any hour and describe the fault. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
What makes a kitchen extract fan rattle or whine?
Noise typically comes from grease build-up, bearings, belts or loose fixings. Each sounds a little different and we find the exact cause on site.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Should the fan be cleaned as well as repaired?
Repairing the fan does not clean the canopy or ducts. Grease on the fan normally means grease in the ducts, and we can arrange both.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
It depends on the building. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What extract fan repair looks like in Peaks Hill
There are about 102 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 73 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Peaks Hill, 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. London extract fans are often at the end of long duct runs, on roofs or in basements. Food hygiene inspections in Peaks Hill are the job of Croydon council’s environmental health team. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Church of St Mark or elsewhere in Peaks Hill, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Coloma Convent Girls' School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Peaks Hill is about 1 mile north-west of Purley, in Greater London. For extract fan repair in and around Peaks Hill, please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Peaks Hill. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Peaks Hill among them. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 11 miles away.
Every address in CR8 and SM6 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Furze Lane, Birch Lane and Plough Lane and the roads around them. With the A2022 close by, Peaks Hill is easy for our technicians to reach for extract fan repair. We also cover the places around Peaks Hill: Russell Hill (1 mile north), Roundshaw (1 mile north), Woodcote (1 mile south-west), Purley (1 mile south-east) and Woodcote Green (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles north), City of Westminster (12 miles north), Marylebone (12 miles north), Kensington (11 miles north), St Pancras (13 miles north) and Shoreditch (13 miles north).
Landmarks near Peaks Hill
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Carshalton Park, Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School and The Foxley Hatch pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Purley station, roughly 0.8 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include St George's Walk (2.4 miles north-east) and Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (1 mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Duppas Hill and Roundshaw Downs.
What we are called out for in Peaks Hill
Grease that gets past the filters ends up on the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, so the fan runs out of balance and the noise follows.
Look out for any of the following:
- A squealing belt on start-up
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A dead fan motor
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
For kitchens close to Purley station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether VAT is included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Towns and villages near Peaks Hill
Other services in Peaks Hill
How the job changes from site to site
Direct-drive fans
Many kitchen extracts use direct-drive fans. When the motor fails, replacing the whole fan unit can make more sense than repairing it, and we will explain why.
Belt-driven fans
With belts and pulleys, there’s more to wear. That means more to check, but often a simpler repair.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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. That’s our job.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.