Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Roke extract fan repair
Extract fan repair for commercial sites in Roke and across Oxfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- An overheating extract motor
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A fan that won’t start at all
What happens if it’s left?
Weak extraction leaves heat, smoke and fumes in the kitchen. Staff work in hotter, steamier air, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Extract fan repair in Roke, done properly
Not every failed fan needs replacing. Often a clean, a new belt or new bearings brings it back and we’ll say so. When a fan is worn beyond sensible repair, a replacement suited to the system goes in. The work covers fan motors, belts and pulleys and bearings, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan rattling in its housing and an extract that vibrates through the ductwork.
A callout to a small place like Roke goes better when we know what we’re looking at: a photo of the fan, the details on its label and the access arrangements help us plan.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Roke (OX10)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Photo report after each visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Different parts, different methods
Motors and bearings
The motor and its bearings work hardest. Hot, greasy air and long days wear them down.
Impellers and housings
The impeller is the bladed wheel that moves the air. Grease deposits unbalance it and make it shake.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. In a small place like Roke, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We ask what the fan is doing, from noise and vibration to a full stop.
- The fan is isolated and opened up so we can see inside.
- We check the motor, bearings, drive, impeller and mountings.
- You hear what’s wrong and what it will cost, with a fixed quote, before we go ahead.
- The repair or replacement is carried out and the fan is run and checked.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; 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
When a fan fails in Roke
In Roke, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from South Oxfordshire council. Food hygiene rules expect food premises to have suitable and sufficient ventilation. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month. At about 44 miles from central London, Roke sits well inside the area we cover. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
For school kitchens, at schools like Benson Church of England Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time. Hall kitchens near Church of St Helen, or anywhere around Roke, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Roke is about 7 miles east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Across the OX10 area, we can take on extract fan repair. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby, about 10 miles away.
We cover every part of the OX10 postcode area for extract fan repair and the roads nearby. We also cover the places around Roke: Ewelme (2 miles south-east), Brightwell Baldwin (2 miles north-east), Chalgrove (2 miles north), Britwell Salome (3 miles east) and Watlington (4 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (10 miles north-west), Didcot (7 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (8 miles west), Thame (9 miles north-east), Wantage (14 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (11 miles south-east).
Near you in Roke
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Home Sweet Home pub and Wallingford School, among other places. A little further out are Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum (2.4 miles north-west) and Wallingford Castle (2.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Roke includes Wittenham Clumps and Ewelme Watercress Beds.
What else we do in Roke
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Keep the grease filters clean and fitted
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. The fan is completed on a return visit at a time that suits your service.
Small faults, like a worn belt, are quick to fix. Left for months, they can damage the motor or bearings so early attention pays.
Roke: your questions answered
Can you work in Roke outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Who inspects food businesses in Roke?
In Roke, it’s South Oxfordshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes. It’s your proof that the work was done: a dated report with pictures, listing the work and any areas we couldn’t reach.
How far ahead should we book?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do you have insurance?
Yes. Duct Doctor is fully insured, and the details are available on request.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. How often depends on use and condition, and we explain the reasoning on the report.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.