Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in South Street, Greater London
Extract fan repair for South Street, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- A motor that trips out or overheats
FAQs for South Street
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in South Street?
Kitchens in South Street are inspected by Bromley council’s environmental health officers. A note of when the fan failed and when it was fixed shows the problem was dealt with.
Can you work in South Street outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in South Street can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How long does an extract fan repair take?
Most fan jobs take a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan including running the fan afterwards. We plan the work around your service where possible.
Is it worth cleaning the extract while you are fixing the fan?
The ductwork is a separate job. We will point out grease where we find it and quote for a TR19 clean if it’s needed.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Are you insured?
Yes. We’re fully insured, and the details are available on request.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Extract fan repair in South Street
Diagnosis comes before parts. We look at the motor, the belts or direct drive, the impeller and the mountings and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. Typical jobs include a fan shaking on its mountings and a belt-driven fan that squeals, across kitchen extract fans, fan motors and roof and wall fans.
In London, a kitchen without working extraction can’t keep cooking safely. Fans in South Street are often on a roof or in a basement at the end of a long duct run, so we ask about access first.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Where
- South Street (TN16)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
Multi-site and managed buildings
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Common problems we fix in South Street
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. It builds up on the impeller blades unevenly, so the fan runs out of balance and starts to vibrate and rattle.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A failed fan that needs a replacement
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A motor that trips out or overheats
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Charles Darwin School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Before booking anyone
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered, and we clear up before we go. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in South Street needs from us.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- We isolate the fan before touching it.
- The fan and its controls are checked to pin down the fault.
- A fixed quote for the repair or replacement follows.
- We fix the fault and run the fan to check it.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting 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, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Never run the extract with filters missing
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
Clean filters help a repaired fan stay that way. Less grease on the impeller means less wear and fewer faults.
Clogged filters make the fan strain. Changing or cleaning them on time takes load off the motor and helps prevent overheating.
Different parts, different methods
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’ll talk you through it.
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.
Places near South Street
What else we do in South Street
What extract fan repair looks like in South Street
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 11 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 10 takeaways and sandwich shops within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of South Street. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. We ask about access first for a London fan job, because roofs and basements need planning. It’s Bromley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in South Street. 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.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in South Street, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed.
South Street is about 4 miles north-east of Oxted, in Greater London. Anywhere in TN16, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, South Street among them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 15 miles from South Street.
Work in TN16 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Nearby, we also carry out extract fan repair in Tatsfield (1 mile west), Force Green (2 miles south-east), Titsey (2 miles south-west), Westerham (2 miles south-east) and Moorhouse Bank (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include London (15 miles north-west), Stockwell (14 miles north-west), Orpington (6 miles north), Wimbledon (14 miles north-west), Kennington (15 miles north-west) and New Cross (13 miles north).
What’s near South Street
The closest station to South Street is Oxted station, about 3.7 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find Tandridge Priory (3.2 miles south). Open spaces near South Street include West Kent Golf Course nature reserve and Betsom's Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
An overloaded motor is under constant strain. Every hour of strain takes its toll, and when it finally fails, it may take other parts with it. Catching it early keeps the repair small. In a London building, a problem in a duct, damper or fan rarely stays in one unit.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Photo reports with every job
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Read our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.