Oxfordshire · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extractor fan repair in West Hanney
One call covers repair and replacement of kitchen extract fans, fan motors and worn fan parts in West Hanney: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- A whining or grinding extract motor
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- An old fan that needs replacing
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Faults in the building’s electrical supply, which need an electrician
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Belts and pulleys
- Bearings
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan motors
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan housings
Extract fan repair in West Hanney, done properly
Not every failed fan needs replacing. Often a clean, a new belt or new bearings brings it back and we’ll say so. When a fan is worn beyond sensible repair, a replacement suited to the system goes in. We are often asked to deal with a dead fan motor and a fan that whines, hums or grinds, on bearings, fan motors and roof and wall fans.
Rural kitchens often have fans mounted on outside walls or roofs, exposed to the weather. Weather and grease together wear out motors and bearings.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures 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.
- Place
- West Hanney (OX12)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Towns and villages near West Hanney
What else we do in West Hanney
When a fan fails in West Hanney
We cover West Hanney, about 57 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. In West Hanney, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Vale of White Horse council. Ventilation is part of food hygiene law, which expects it to be suitable and sufficient. That is one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St James or elsewhere in West Hanney, an extract fan that rarely runs can seize or fail when it’s needed. If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as St James Church of England Primary School or nearby, a fan that’s getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
West Hanney is about 3 miles north of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of West Hanney to the outskirts, we cover extract fan repair for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 11 miles away.
We work across the OX12 postcode area for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Main Street, The Croft and School Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Lyford (1 mile north-west), Denchworth (2 miles south-west), Grove (2 miles south), Charney Bassett (2 miles north-west) and Kingston Bagpuize (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Oxford (11 miles north-east), Didcot (7 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles north-east), Witney (11 miles north), Carterton (12 miles north-west) and Wantage (3 miles south).
Local landmarks in West Hanney
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Black Horse pub. Nearby you will also find Abingdon Community Hospital (5.4 miles north-east) and Hinton Waldrist Castle (4.3 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Chain Hill and Letcombe Valley.
Why it’s worth doing now in West Hanney
In West Hanney, as elsewhere, an extract fan may well sit outside on a 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 neighbours notice. A fault that closes a site in a village like West Hanney affects everyone who depends on it.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Every job surveyed first
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Clean or change filters on schedule
- Save our number for the 24/7 emergency line
- Report new noises from the fan early
- Make sure the isolator and controls are easy to reach
Listen to the fan over the next few weeks. A new noise or vibration is worth reporting early rather than waiting for it to fail.
A scheduled maintenance plan keeps the whole system on a regular cycle, so the fan is looked at as part of each visit and wear is caught earlier.
FAQs for West Hanney
Who inspects food businesses in West Hanney?
The local authority for West Hanney is Vale of White Horse council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Inspections are risk-based, so a visit can come at any time, including the week a fan stops.
Do you cover West Hanney for emergency fan repairs?
West Hanney is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Call 0345 646 2711 and tell us what the fan is doing, or not doing. If you can, stop cooking until the fan is checked.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you replace extract fans as well as repair them?
We do. Where a fan is beyond repair, we replace it with one suited to the duct and the kitchen, and you get a fixed quote first.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How much time does a fan repair need?
Most fan jobs take a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement including running the fan afterwards. We’ll fit it around the kitchen’s hours wherever we can.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near West Hanney, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- 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.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
What affects the quote in West Hanney
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- The size of the system
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition we find in the survey
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What we need to know
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by 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. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.