Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in Shirburn
Professional extract fan repair in and around Shirburn, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with photos.
- A fan that will not start at all
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
Common questions in Shirburn
Will you come out to Shirburn?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you work at weekends in Shirburn?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Shirburn can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
Who is the responsible person?
The law calls them the responsible person. That is generally the employer or the person in control of the premises, and in shared buildings more than one person can have duties. Your lease and fire risk assessment should make it clear.
Will you fit a new fan if ours cannot be repaired?
Yes, when repair does not make sense. The replacement has to suit the ductwork and the cooking so we confirm that first.
What causes a noisy extract fan?
Common causes are grease on the impeller, worn bearings, slipping belts and loose mountings. Each sounds a little different and we find the exact cause on site.
Do you have insurance?
Yes, fully. CHAS and SafeContractor accreditation sit alongside it for clients who vet their contractors.
How we handle extract fan repair in Shirburn
The extract fan is what pulls smoke, heat and steam out of the kitchen. Once it turns noisy, sluggish or stops altogether, the cooking area soon fills with heat and fumes. We find out why and put it right with a repair or a replacement. The work covers bearings, fan housings and belts and pulleys, and the jobs we see most are vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts and a squealing belt on start-up.
Somewhere as small as Shirburn, a kitchen extract fan might serve a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen. When one fails, the cooking stops, and our 24/7 emergency line covers rural addresses too.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Where
- Shirburn (OX49)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the area around the fan controls clear
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Get a noisy fan checked rather than slowed down
- Keep the fan on a planned cleaning cycle
Once we are done, the extract is back in service. We clear up after ourselves and explain anything you need to know.
A fan that’s 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.
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. Somewhere like Shirburn, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- You describe the fault and we arrange a visit.
- On site, the fan is safely isolated.
- We diagnose the fault, checking the controls as well as the fan.
- You get a fixed price for putting it right.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
For extract fan repair in Shirburn, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Why deal with it now?
A fan that is running slowly isn’t clearing the kitchen properly. Staff work in hotter, steamier air, and more grease settles where it shouldn’t. With notice, the visit to Shirburn can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- We diagnose before we treat
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Oxfordshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
What a clean won’t put right
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Grease throughout the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
- Ductwork designed too small for the kitchen’s cooking
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
When to call us in Shirburn
Not every problem is mechanical. A failed speed controller or a wiring fault can stop a fan, and a fan that won’t start is not always a dead motor.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- A dead fan motor
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Icknield Community College, rather than mid-term.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What insurance they carry
Towns and villages near Shirburn
Also in Shirburn
When a fan fails in Shirburn
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Shirburn, 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. We cover Shirburn, about 40 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site. Food hygiene inspections in Shirburn are the job of South Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
Hall kitchens near All Saints Church, or anywhere around Shirburn, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Shirburn is about 6 miles south of Thame, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Shirburn to the outskirts, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, and Shirburn is one of them. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 12 miles away.
All of OX49 is covered for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Watlington Road, Castle Road and Blenheim Road or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Shirburn include Lewknor (1 mile north-east), South Weston (2 miles north), Christmas Common (2 miles south-east), Postcombe (2 miles north) and Howe Hill (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Oxford (12 miles north-west), Didcot (11 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (13 miles west), Thame (6 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (9 miles south-east) and Benson (5 miles south-west).
Near you in Shirburn
Typical jobs here are in premises near Watlington Primary School, St Mary's Church and The Chequers pub and the streets around them. The countryside around Shirburn includes Aston Rowant NNR and Bald Hill.