Kent · Extract fan repair and replacement
Thurnham extract fan repair
Extract fan repair for Thurnham, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A worn or slipping fan belt
Different parts, different methods
Impellers and housings
The impeller is the bladed wheel that moves the air. Grease on it throws it out of balance and make it shake.
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.
Extract fan repair in Thurnham, done properly
Before anything is ordered, we diagnose. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked, along with the fan’s controls. Then you are given a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. We’re often asked to deal with a fan rattling in its housing and a fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen, across belts and pulleys, kitchen extract fans and fan housings.
Somewhere as small as Thurnham, 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.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Thurnham (ME14)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Written report with pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan repair in Thurnham: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Thurnham. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. Thurnham, about 33 miles from central London, is within our usual area. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. In Thurnham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Maidstone 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.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Valley Park School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Thurnham is about 3 miles north-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Thurnham, we can take on extract fan repair. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Thurnham among them.
Extract fan repair in ME14 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on Thurnham Lane, Aldington Lane and Pilgrims Way and the roads around them. Other places close to Thurnham include Detling (1 mile north-west), Bearsted (1 mile south-west), Weavering (2 miles south-west), Grove Green (2 miles west) and Harbourland (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (3 miles south-west), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-east), Gravesend (13 miles north-west), Tonbridge (15 miles south-west), Faversham (13 miles east) and Northfleet (14 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Thurnham
Around Thurnham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near White Horse Wood and Black Horse Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Thurnham is Bearsted station, roughly 1.1 miles south-west. Other landmarks nearby include Allington Castle (3.3 miles west) and KIMS hospital (1.4 miles west). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill.
Thurnham: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Thurnham?
Kitchens in Thurnham are inspected by Maidstone council’s environmental health officers. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
Will you come out to Thurnham?
Yes. Thurnham is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
Yes. A replacement is matched to the system it’s going into with a fixed price agreed before any work starts.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
How do you protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Who do we call if the fan stops in the middle of cooking?
You can reach our emergency line day or night. Cooking without working extraction isn’t sensible, and we will aim to get it going again.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What we’re called out for in Thurnham
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, so the fan runs out of balance and the noise follows.
What we’re most often called out for:
- A knocking noise from the extract fan
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
Hall kitchens near St Mary the Virgin Church, or anywhere around Thurnham, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Comparing quotes
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether they’re fully insured
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Kitchen extract fans
- Bearings
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
- Keep access to the fan controls unobstructed
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
- Don’t turn the fan down to hide a noise
Your kitchen can get back to normal as soon as the fan is running. We clear up after ourselves and talk you through what we found.
A fan that is starting to make noise is giving you a warning. Booking a check at this stage keeps it a planned job rather than an emergency during service.
What staff can safely do
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Thurnham
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Where the site is and how we reach it
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Asking for a quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- A few general shots of the system
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
What happens on the day
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. For a village or hamlet like Thurnham, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We start with the symptoms, such as rattling, humming, slow running or a fan that won’t start.
- With the fan safely isolated, we open it up for a proper look.
- 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.
- Once the work is done, we run the fan and check it’s steady and quiet.
Before we arrive
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Ask for a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.