Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Wantage extract fan repair
We cover Wantage for repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- A fan rattling in its housing
How we handle extract fan repair in Wantage
Wherever your kitchen is in Wantage, fan work means the extract has to be isolated, so we plan it around your service. We can work in the evening, overnight or at the weekend and there’s a 24/7 emergency line if the fan fails while you are cooking. The work covers fan motors, bearings and belts and pulleys, and common reasons people get in touch are a fan that won’t start at all and a fan worn beyond sensible repair.
Extract fans on buildings in towns like Wantage are often on a flat roof or an outside wall, exposed to wind and rain as well as grease. In time, belts, bearings and motors wear.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Wantage (OX12)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Photo report after each visit
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Roof and wall-mounted fans
Fans are often mounted on roofs or external walls. Access affects how long a repair takes, so we ask about it early.
Impellers and housings
The impeller is the bladed wheel that moves the air. Grease deposits unbalance it and cause vibration.
Towns and villages near Wantage
What else we do in Wantage
What affects the quote in Wantage
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The scale of the work
- The number of sites or systems
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Your last certificate, test record or report
If you need extract fan repair in Wantage, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
The process
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. For a site in a town like Wantage, tell us your opening hours, where we can park and how we reach the roof or plant.
- We agree a time to attend, out of hours if needed.
- The extract is switched off and the fan opened up.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Leave it or put it right?
In kitchens with an interlocked gas supply, no extract can mean no cooking. Even without an interlock, cooking without extraction is not sensible and fixing the fan early avoids a forced shutdown. Before an inspection or an insurer’s visit in Wantage, it helps to have up-to-date records.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- In business since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What extract fan repair cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by extract fan repair, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- Smells from the discharge that need odour control equipment
- Faults on the gas side of an interlock system, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
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 we work on in Wantage
- Fan motors
- Belts and pulleys
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
- Roof and wall fans
- Bearings
When a fan fails in Wantage
Food Standards Agency records list about 20 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 10 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Wantage, up to about a mile and a half out. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. It’s Vale of White Horse council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Wantage. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. A kitchen without a working fan has a problem to fix quickly. We cover Wantage, about 57 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as St Mary's School or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Wantage is about 8 miles west of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX12, we can carry out extract fan repair at your premises. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. Oxford is in our area too, about 14 miles from Wantage.
Work in OX12 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Market Place, Limborough Road and Humber Close, all of which we cover for extract fan repair. Main roads around Wantage include the A338 and A417, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for extract fan repair include Charlton (1 mile east), East Challow (1 mile west), Letcombe Regis (2 miles south-west), West Challow (2 miles west) and Childrey (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Oxford (14 miles north-east), Didcot (8 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (8 miles north-east), Witney (14 miles north), Carterton (14 miles north-west) and Faringdon (8 miles north-west). Wantage is among the bigger places we cover in Oxfordshire for extract fan repair.
Around Wantage
Around Wantage, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near King Alfred's, Betjeman Millennium Park and The Abingdon Arms and the streets around them. A little further out are Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection (1.9 miles north). The countryside around Wantage includes Letcombe Valley and Chain Hill.
Wantage: your questions answered
Do you cover Wantage for emergency fan repairs?
We run a 24/7 emergency line for failed extract fans, and Wantage is part of our area. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. Details of the make and model help us plan the repair.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Wantage?
Kitchens in Wantage are inspected by Vale of White Horse council’s environmental health officers. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
That depends on what we find. After diagnosing, we explain whether it can be repaired, then give you a fixed quote.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Do you recommend a next date?
Yes. The interval depends on how much the system is used and what we find and the report sets out why.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Is TR19 cleaning required by law?
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.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Signs you need extract fan repair in Wantage
Fans everywhere, Wantage included, live in a hard environment: heat, grease, steam and long running hours. Moisture can rust housings and fixings and eventually any fan simply wears out.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- A fan running too slowly to clear the kitchen
- A fan that won’t start at all
- A humming noise from the fan motor
A fan that rarely runs, like one in a hall kitchen near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Wantage, can seize between uses.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach