Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Widmore, Greater London
Extract fan repair across Widmore and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and photos.
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A dead fan motor
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
Why act early in Widmore
Weak extraction leaves heat, smoke and fumes in the kitchen. The kitchen becomes an uncomfortable place to work and grease has more chance to settle on surfaces and in the duct. It’s better booked as a planned job in Widmore than handled as an emergency.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why Widmore businesses choose us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- In business since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.
About our extract fan repair in Widmore
Kitchens in Widmore call us about extract fans and motors that are noisy, slow or dead, we diagnose the fault and send you a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement. When the fan gives up mid-service, our 24/7 emergency line is there. Common call-outs are for an extract fan that rattles or knocks and a dead fan motor, across belts and pulleys, bearings and kitchen extract fans.
Rooftop fans in London take the weather as well as the grease from below, and bearings, belts and motors wear out in the end. A fan that’s noisy or vibrating is giving a warning.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Widmore (BR1, BR2, BR7)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Widmore and across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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.
What affects the quote in Widmore
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How easy every part is to reach
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Extract fan repair in Widmore: local notes
Look up Widmore on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 111 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 44 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Widmore. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. A failed fan in a London kitchen usually means a closed kitchen, so access details help us plan the repair. In Widmore, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Bromley 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.
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near Church of St George or elsewhere in Widmore, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up. If you run a school kitchen, at a school such as Bullers Wood School for Boys or nearby, a fan that is getting noisy is best repaired in the holidays before it fails in term.
Widmore is about 1 mile east of Bromley, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Widmore or further out, extract fan repair is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Widmore is one of them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 9 miles away.
Here we cover the BR1, BR2 and BR7 postcode area for extract fan repair. Extract fan repair is available to premises on Golf Road, The Avenue and Canon Road and nearby roads. Other places close to Widmore include Bickley (1 mile north), Elmstead (1 mile north), Chislehurst (1 mile north-east), Bromley (1 mile west) and Sundridge (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles north-west), City of Westminster (12 miles north-west), Marylebone (12 miles north-west), Kensington (13 miles north-west), St Pancras (11 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (10 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Widmore
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Bird In Hand Public House, St George's and Jubilee Country Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Widmore itself: Bickley station. A little further out are Bridgeways Day Hospital (1 mile south) and The Mall (1.3 miles west). Open spaces near Widmore include Summer Hill and The Tarn.
How the job changes from site to site
Motors and bearings
Rumbling and grinding normally come from the bearings. We find out whether the bearings or the motor is at fault and then recommend the fix.
Impellers and housings
The impeller does the work of moving air through the system. Grease on it throws it out of balance and make it shake.
What else we do in Widmore
FAQs for Widmore
Is there an emergency callout for extract fans in Widmore?
Widmore is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Is parking a problem for work in Widmore?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Can you supply and fit a replacement fan?
We do. Where a fan is beyond repair, we replace it with one suited to the duct and the kitchen with a fixed price agreed before work begins.
How long will the fan be out of action?
It depends on the fault, but as a guide it takes a few hours for most repairs, longer for a full fan replacement. We will give you a better idea once we’ve diagnosed it.
What should go in our maintenance log?
Anything that proves the system is maintained: our reports and pictures, any certificates and your in-house logs. One maintenance log per site keeps it simple.
Does a faulty extract fan always need replacing?
We look at repairing it first. If the fan is past saving, a replacement may be more sensible, and we will explain why.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we will quote them together.
How the visit works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. For a job in Widmore, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Advice
When to call us in Widmore
In Widmore, as anywhere, long cooking days mean long hours for the fan. Belts on a belt-driven fan stretch and wear and a slipping belt means slower fan speed and weaker extraction.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- A humming noise from the fan motor
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A worn or slipping fan belt
- A fan rattling in its housing
For a takeaway near Bickley station, a fan that fails on a busy evening means turning customers away, and our emergency line runs 24/7.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- When the next visit should be, and why