Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Tooting, Greater London
Extract fan repair across Tooting and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- A motor that trips out or overheats
- Poor airflow at the canopy
- A fan shaking on its mountings
How we handle extract fan repair in Tooting
Before anything is ordered, we diagnose. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. Then you’re given a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. If you have a fan that keeps cutting out and a dead fan motor, we can put it right.
Rooftop fans in London take the weather as well as the grease from below, and in time, bearings, belts and motors fail. Noise and vibration are worth reporting before the fan stops.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Tooting (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about extract fan repair in Tooting
What if my kitchen extract fan stops in Tooting at night?
Day or night, a failed fan in Tooting can be reported on our emergency line. Phone 0345 646 2711 and we will talk through the fault and access. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Does London parking affect a job in Tooting?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit usually gets round them.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has to manage fire risk, and many insurers can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of cleaning.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
Should the fan be cleaned as well as repaired?
A fan repair on its own doesn’t include the ductwork. We’ll tell you what we see, so you can decide whether to book a TR19 clean.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, plus food production and leisure sites.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Each report and certificate we give you, kept together in your maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA advises that certificates record the date, location and technician.
Will we have to shut during the visit?
Not typically. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
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.
What the work involves, part by part
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans outside are exposed to rain and condensation. Rust on fixings and housings is a frequent find.
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.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
- Write down when the fan misbehaves
- Avoid lowering the speed to quieten a fault
- Clean or change filters on schedule
Once the fan is running smoothly, keep the filters clean. The less grease that reaches the fan, the longer its parts last and fewer faults.
When filters block, the fan works harder. Keeping filters clean eases the strain and helps prevent overheating.
Nearby places to Tooting
Also in Tooting
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, carry out the extract fan repair, tidy up and leave you the report. On site, the work takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in Tooting is typically done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- First, you tell us the symptoms: noise, shaking, weak extraction or no power.
- The fan is isolated and opened up so we can see inside.
- Each part is checked in turn: motor, bearings, drive, impeller and fixings.
- We explain the fault and give you a fixed price for the fix.
- The repair or replacement is carried out and the fan is run and checked.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Related advice
When it’s something else
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
- Wiring and supply faults beyond the fan itself
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan housings
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
Extract fans in Tooting
Food Standards Agency data counts about 555 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 128 sandwich bars and takeaways across Tooting and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Those that cook under a canopy rely on a fan that runs every hour they’re open. Environmental health officers from Wandsworth council inspect food businesses in Tooting. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That makes a fan repair urgent rather than something to put off. We ask about access first for a London fan job, because roofs and basements need planning.
If you cook near Tooting station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St Augustine or elsewhere in Tooting, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Tooting is about 3 miles south-west of Stockwell, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Tooting or further out, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Tooting is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 6 miles away.
Extract fan repair in SW17, SW19 and CR4 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on Vant Road, Byton Road and Avarn Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Tooting Bec (1 mile north-west), Colliers Wood (1 mile south), Furzedown (1 mile east), Streatham Park (1 mile east) and Summerstown (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (6 miles north-east), City of Westminster (6 miles north), Marylebone (6 miles north), Kensington (5 miles north), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-east).
Around Tooting
In Tooting, that means kitchens and buildings near King's Head pub, Ensham School and Graveney School. The nearest railway station is Tooting station, about 0.6 miles south. Well-known places in the area include Southside Wandsworth (2.2 miles north-west) and Grove Hospital (within half a mile west). For a walk, there’s Battersea Park Lake and Myrna Close.
What affects the cost of extract fan repair
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- The condition we find in the survey
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How easy every part is to reach
- The times the site is available
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
Asking for a quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What we’re called out for in Tooting
Grease that gets past the filters ends up on the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, and an unbalanced impeller shakes and the noise follows.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- A dead fan motor
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as St Boniface RC Primary School, rather than mid-term.
What your quote should include
- What hours they’ll be on site
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor