Isle of Wight · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight
One call covers extract fan repair and replacement in St Lawrence: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
Extract fan repair in St Lawrence
Our engineers handle all sorts of fan faults in St Lawrence, from a squeal at start-up to a fan that will not run at all. We find the cause, give you a fixed price and fix it, or the fan is replaced if repair doesn’t make sense. The work covers fan housings, belts and pulleys and kitchen extract fans, and the jobs we see most are an extract fan that has stopped working and a fan that whines, hums or grinds.
In a small place like St Lawrence, fans are often on an outside wall or roof, open to wind and rain. Weather and grease together wear out motors and bearings.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- St Lawrence (PO38)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Paperwork
- Photo report after each visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
St Lawrence questions
Do you work at weekends in St Lawrence?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, mention when the site is quiet.
Will you come out to St Lawrence?
Yes, St Lawrence is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Who is responsible for fire safety on the premises?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. Landlords, facilities managers and managing agents can also hold responsibility.
Is it worth cleaning the extract while you are fixing the fan?
A repair deals with the fan, not the grease in the rest of the system. If there’s grease on the fan, a full TR19® clean is worth booking and we can plan the two together.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
The reports and certificates from each visit, plus your own logs. They’re what an insurer, fire officer or EHO may ask for, so keep them together and easy to find.
How long will the fan be out of action?
It depends on the fault, but as a guide it takes part of a day for most faults, with a return visit if parts have to be ordered. We will give you a better idea once we have diagnosed it.
More services for St Lawrence
Do you need extract fan repair in St Lawrence?
When filters clog and ducts fill with grease, the fan has to strain. A motor that strains runs hot and may cut out or fail.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- A dead fan motor
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- An old fan that needs replacing
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary Academy, rather than mid-term.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the figure could change on the day
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
When something else is needed
Extract fan repair can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before we start. It will not put right:
- Wiring and supply faults beyond the fan itself
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
How it works
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan, and we clear up before we go. The timing of a visit to St Lawrence is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We take details of the symptoms and book a time that suits the kitchen.
- 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
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
Extract fan repair around St Lawrence
St Lawrence is within about 1 mile of the coast. Rust and grease together wear a fan out sooner, and coastal air speeds up the rust. Look up St Lawrence on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways across St Lawrence and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. Food hygiene inspections in St Lawrence are the job of Isle of Wight council’s environmental health team. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
Hall kitchens near St Lawrence's Church, or anywhere around St Lawrence, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
St Lawrence is about 4 miles south-west of Shanklin, in the Isle of Wight. Every kind of commercial site in St Lawrence, we can take on extract fan repair. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. 125 places in the Isle of Wight are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Portsmouth, about 17 miles away.
Every address in PO38 is within our area for extract fan repair, from busy streets to back roads. Streets in the area include Twining Road, Whitwell Road and Woolverton Road, and we cover them all for extract fan repair. Close by, we work in Steephill (1 mile east), Nettlecombe (1 mile north-west), Whitwell (1 mile north-west), Ventnor (1 mile east) and Bierley (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Newport (8 miles north), Ryde (10 miles north), Cowes (12 miles north), Sandown (6 miles north-east), Shanklin (4 miles north-east) and East Cowes (12 miles north). Island and remote sites take a little more planning, so please mention your location when you call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What’s near St Lawrence
In St Lawrence, that means kitchens and buildings near St Catherine's School, among other places. St Lawrence’s nearest station is Shanklin station, about 4.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Arthur Webster Memorial Hospital for Children (4.1 miles north-east) and Longshoremans Museum (1.3 miles east). The countryside around St Lawrence includes Stenbury Down.
How the job changes from site to site
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Many kitchen extract fans sit on a roof or an outside wall. How easy the fan is to reach shapes the job and we plan around it.
Impellers and housings
A damaged or corroded impeller cannot simply be cleaned. It may be replaced on its own, or with the whole fan.
Why act early in St Lawrence
Fan noise tends to get worse, not better. Bearings that are left to wear can fail suddenly and the fan may stop when you are busiest. A repair booked now is simpler than an emergency later. It’s simpler to plan the work at St Lawrence now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why St Lawrence businesses choose us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Each visit written up, with photos
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- We diagnose before we treat
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in St Lawrence
Every site gets its own quote. This is what makes a difference:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The size of the system
- The times the site is available
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
If you need extract fan repair in St Lawrence, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.