Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Upton, Greater London
For extract fan repair in Upton, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- A fan that keeps cutting out
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Upton
Diagnosis comes before parts. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked and the speed control too. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. If you have weak extraction and a smoky kitchen and a fan that keeps cutting out, we can help.
London extract fans often sit on rooftops, exposed to the weather as well as the grease, and bearings, belts and motors wear out in the end. A fan that is noisy or vibrating is giving a warning.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Upton (E7, E13, E15)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Report and photos after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Fan controls
Supply faults are a job for an electrician. We’ll tell you if that is what we find so you know who to call.
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.
When it’s something else
Extract fan repair can’t fix everything, and we will tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- A greasy canopy and duct that a fan repair will not touch
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Roof and wall fans
- Kitchen extract fans
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Fan housings
Multi-site and managed buildings
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Upton and across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Nearby places to Upton
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What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: 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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Extract fan repair around Upton
Food Standards Agency data counts about 423 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 314 sandwich bars and takeaways across Upton and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. It’s Newham council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Upton. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan. A failed fan in a London kitchen usually means a closed kitchen, so access details help us plan the repair.
If you cook near Forest Gate station, long trading hours wear fan belts and bearings, so noise and vibration are worth reporting early. Holidays are the time to replace a tired kitchen fan at schools such as Elmhurst Primary School, rather than mid-term.
Upton is about 1 mile north of Plaistow, in Greater London. Anywhere in E7, we cover extract fan repair for commercial sites. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small. You can also see our page for London, about 6 miles away.
Our technicians cover all of the E7, E13 and E15 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. We cover sites on May Road, West Road and Park Road and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Upton, we cover Upton Park (1 mile south-east), Greengate (1 mile south), West Ham (1 mile south-west), Forest Gate (1 mile north) and Plashet (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include London (6 miles south-west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (8 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (6 miles west) and Shoreditch (5 miles west).
Local landmarks in Upton
In Upton, that means kitchens and buildings near St Bonaventure's RC School, West Ham Park and Spotted Dog pub. Upton’s nearest station is Forest Gate station, roughly 0.8 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End (1 mile west) and Greenwich Castle (4.4 miles south). Open spaces near Upton include Hollow Pond and Tower Hill.
Your questions about extract fan repair in Upton
Is parking a problem for work in Upton?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in Upton, and about any building rules on loading. Working overnight, as we often do in London, typically makes it simpler.
Can you come to Upton after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Upton does not have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What’s TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Will I get paperwork for my records?
Yes. Every visit ends with a written report and photos, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, there’s also a certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. The law sets the duty; TR19® is the benchmark used to show it’s met. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and without records, many insurers may refuse or reduce a claim.
How long does an extract fan repair take?
Most fan jobs take an hour or two to diagnose, then longer if parts or a new fan are needed including running the fan afterwards. We plan the work around your service where possible.
Which sectors do you work in?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Do not cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Book regular TR19 cleaning, which includes the fan
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
- Do not wait for a noisy fan to stop
Where parts need ordering, we explain what that means for the kitchen until we return. We then come back and fit them outside your busiest hours.
A scheduled maintenance plan keeps the whole system on a regular cycle, so the fan is looked at as part of each visit and problems are spotted sooner.
The process
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. In a London area like Upton, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- We inspect every moving part and the fixings.
- We explain the options and quote a fixed price.
- We complete the work and check the fan runs smoothly.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
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Do you need extract fan repair in Upton?
Some faults are in the controls rather than the fan. Speed controllers, isolators and wiring can all fail so we check the controls before blaming the motor.
These are the problems we see most often:
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A fan that will not start at all
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
Hall kitchens near St Peter's Church, or anywhere around Upton, often use their fans only now and then, and an idle fan can stick.
Before booking anyone
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed