Medway · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Rainham, Medway
Repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts for commercial sites in Rainham and across Medway. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- A squealing belt on start-up
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- An extract that vibrates through the ductwork
Common questions in Rainham
Can you come out to a failed extract fan in Rainham out of hours?
Extract fan emergencies in Rainham are covered around the clock. The number to ring is 0345 646 2711. Let us know whether the fan is silent, noisy or tripping the power.
Do you work at weekends in Rainham?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Rainham keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What will a fan repair or replacement cost?
It depends on the fault, the parts and the access. We diagnose first and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
How long does an extract fan repair take?
It depends on the fault, but most jobs take anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. You’ll know more once we have found the fault.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
Extract fan repair in Rainham
Extract fan repair starts with a diagnosis. Noise can come from grease on the impeller, worn bearings or a slipping belt, while a fan that won’t start may have a motor or control fault. We explain the problem, and what it will take, before work begins. The work covers fan motors, roof and wall fans and belts and pulleys, and people most often call us about a failed fan that needs a replacement and a fan that whines, hums or grinds.
For a pub, café or takeaway in a town like Rainham, no extract fan means no cooking. That’s why our emergency line runs 24/7, with repair or replacement planned from what we find.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Rainham (ME8, ME9)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
Keep an ear on the fan after the repair. If anything changes, let us know, so it can be looked at before it grows.
A fan that is starting to make noise is giving you a warning. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job instead of a breakdown at the worst moment.
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Why act early in Rainham
It can be tempting to turn the fan down to quieten it. That reduces extraction without fixing anything while the underlying wear continues. Diagnosing the fault properly is the lasting answer. Nothing in a duct, damper or fan improves by being left.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What you get with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Photo reports with every job
- We are fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations.
How the job changes from site to site
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans are compact and common in kitchen extracts. When the motor fails, replacing the whole fan unit can make more sense than repairing it, and we will explain why.
Fan controls
Every fan has controls, from a speed controller to an isolator. A control fault can leave the fan dead or stuck at one speed.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
What extract fan repair looks like in Rainham
Rainham lies within about 3 miles of the sea. Motor mounts, bolts and housings on outdoor fans corrode faster close to the coast. There are about 25 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 28 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Rainham, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, the extract fan is what keeps the kitchen usable. In Rainham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Medway council. Under food hygiene rules, a kitchen needs suitable and sufficient ventilation. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near Church of St Margaret or elsewhere in Rainham, can seize between uses. For kitchens close to Rainham (Kent) station, a fan that stops mid-service needs fixing fast, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Rainham is about 2 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. Every kind of commercial site in Rainham, extract fan repair is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 68 places across Medway, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 7 miles from Rainham.
Our technicians cover all of ME8 and ME9 for extract fan repair and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Durham Road, London Road and Bloors Lane and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Meresborough (1 mile south), Moor Street (1 mile east), Lower Rainham (1 mile north), Hartlip (2 miles south-east) and Lower Hartlip (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles west), Luton (3 miles west), Lordswood (3 miles south-west) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north-west). Rainham is one of the larger places we cover in Medway for extract fan repair.
Local landmarks in Rainham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Howard School, The Railway pub and Howard School. The closest station to Rainham is Rainham (Kent) station, roughly 0.5 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Medway Maritime Hospital (3.2 miles north-west) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill and Bishop Saltings.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, make the system safe, carry out the extract fan repair, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Send us pictures of the system and we can plan most of a visit in Rainham before we arrive.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Move anything stored near the system
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Advice
Signs you need extract fan repair in Rainham
Fixings and anti-vibration mounts work loose or perish over time. Then every vibration is passed into the duct and the building, which is where knocking and rattling often come from.
Look out for these warning signs:
- An overheating extract motor
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- An extract fan that has stopped working
For school kitchens, at schools like St Margaret's Church of England Junior School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time.
What to look for in a quote
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What insurance they carry
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.