Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Swanton, Kent
Our technicians work in Swanton on extract fan repair. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- An overheating extract motor
Extract fan repair in Swanton, done properly
Extract fan repair starts with a diagnosis. A noisy fan might need cleaning, new bearings or a new belt, while a fan that won’t start may have a motor or control fault. You hear what we have found before any work goes ahead. We are often asked to deal with a whining or grinding extract motor and a knocking noise from the extract fan, across fan motors, bearings and belts and pulleys.
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.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Swanton (ME18)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Swanton: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Swanton?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Swanton keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Do you cover smaller places like Swanton?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Swanton included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Does the report say when we need you again?
Yes. We put a recommended next date on the report. For kitchen extracts, BESA’s minimum intervals run from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use, and fire dampers need testing at least once a year.
What about areas you cannot get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Which records should we keep?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: reports, certificates, pictures and your own cleaning or check logs. A single log for each site works best.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What extract fan repair looks like in Swanton
At about 26 miles from central London, Swanton sits well inside the area we cover. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council inspect food businesses in Swanton. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. So a failed fan is worth fixing before the next service, not the next month.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Dunstan or elsewhere in Swanton, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed. For school kitchens, at schools like Mereworth Community Primary School for example, a planned fan repair in the holidays avoids losing lunches in term time.
Swanton is about 5 miles north-east of Tonbridge, in Kent. We carry out extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Swanton and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Swanton among them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (8 miles or so).
Here we cover the ME18 postcode area for extract fan repair. Other places close to Swanton include West Peckham (1 mile south), New Pound (1 mile north-east), Mereworth (1 mile east), Herne Pound (1 mile north-east) and Roughway (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (7 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south-west), Gravesend (12 miles north) and Tonbridge (5 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Swanton
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Swan on the Green pub and the streets around them. Swanton’s nearest station is Wateringbury station, roughly 3 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2 miles north-west) and Ightham Court (3.8 miles north-west).
For landlords and multi-site operators
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Why deal with it now?
Wherever the kitchen is, Swanton included, the fan often sits on an outside wall or roof, where a rattle or a whine can be heard beyond the kitchen. Dealing with the fault brings the noise back down before it becomes a nuisance. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
- Tell us about a new rattle or whine straight away
- Make sure staff know who to call if the fan fails
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
We run the fan and check it’s steady before we go. You’ll hear what we found and what we did along with anything else that needs watching.
A scheduled maintenance plan keeps the whole system on a regular cycle, which means the fan is seen regularly and problems are spotted sooner.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Grease build-up in the rest of the extract system
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- Problems with the gas supply or its interlock valve
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Swanton
- Belts and pulleys
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Fan housings
- Kitchen extract fans
The process
There are three stages on the day: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed. Somewhere as small as Swanton, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Different parts, different methods
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans are often mounted on roofs or external walls. How easy the fan is to reach shapes the job and we plan around it.
Direct-drive fans
Direct-drive fans have the impeller mounted straight on the motor. There are no belts, so faults tend to be in the motor, bearings or impeller.