Hampshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Red Post Bridge extract fan repair
Professional extract fan repair in and around Red Post Bridge, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
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.
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Red Post Bridge
A faulty fan does not always mean a new one. Often a clean, a new belt or new bearings brings it back, and that’s what we’ll recommend. When a fan is worn beyond sensible repair, a replacement suited to the system goes in. Typical jobs include an extract fan that has stopped working and a humming noise from the fan motor, across fan housings, roof and wall fans and fan motors.
Rural kitchens often have fans mounted on outside walls or roofs, exposed to the weather. That, with the grease, is hard on motors and bearings.
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
- Red Post Bridge (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
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 the report can go to both.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- The number of sites or systems
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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Leave it or put it right?
A noisy fan rarely fixes itself. Worn bearings can seize without much warning and the fan may stop when you are busiest. A repair booked now is simpler than an emergency later. A planned visit to Red Post Bridge is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Red Post Bridge
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- We are fully insured
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
What happens on the day
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. For a village or hamlet like Red Post Bridge, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Red Post Bridge questions
Will you come out to Red Post Bridge?
Yes, Red Post Bridge is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you work at weekends in Red Post Bridge?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Red Post Bridge does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
That depends on who controls the premises. The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, which can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, an FM or a managing agent.
Will you fit a new fan if ours can’t be repaired?
Yes, when repair doesn’t make sense. We check the duct size and the extract the kitchen needs so we confirm that first.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Are you fully insured?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and we can share the details when you need them.
How much notice do you need?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
When something else is needed
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair will not touch
- Odour complaints that need filtration rather than a fan repair
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Red Post Bridge
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan housings
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Never run the extract with filters missing
Before we leave, the fan is run and checked. You’ll hear what we found and what we did along with anything else that needs watching.
Noise is usually the first sign of a fan problem. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job instead of a breakdown at the worst moment.
Extract fan repair in Red Post Bridge: local notes
There are about 13 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Red Post Bridge, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. It’s Test Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Red Post Bridge. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly.
A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Red Post Bridge, can seize between uses. School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like John Hanson Community School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Red Post Bridge is about 2 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. Red Post Bridge gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Red Post Bridge is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Southampton is in our area too, around 21 miles away.
All of SP11 is covered for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Newall Road, Andover Road and Red Post Lane, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. If your site is just outside Red Post Bridge, we cover Penton Corner (1 mile north), Weyhill (1 mile north-west), Penton Grafton (1 mile north), Penton Mewsey (2 miles north) and East Cholderton (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (14 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (6 miles north-west), Weeke (13 miles south-east) and Stanmore (14 miles south-east).
Around Red Post Bridge
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Black Swan Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Andover station, roughly 1.9 miles east. A little further out are Andover Museum (2.6 miles east) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.