Greater London · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract fan repair and replacement in Woolwich, Greater London
Extract fan repair for Woolwich, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A whining or grinding extract motor
Extract fan repair for kitchens and businesses in Woolwich
Diagnosis comes before parts. The motor, drive, impeller, bearings and mounts are all checked, along with the fan’s controls. After that, you get a fixed price for what’s needed. The work covers roof and wall fans, bearings and belts and pulleys, and people most often call us about a whining or grinding extract motor and a fan shaking on its mountings.
Replacing a fan in a London building often means working at height or in a tight plant space, and in Woolwich, parking and lifting are part of that. Repairs can be done out of hours so the kitchen keeps trading.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Woolwich (SE18, E16, SE7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Extract fan repair in Woolwich: local notes
Look up Woolwich on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 192 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 90 takeaways across Woolwich and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook under a canopy, a failed extract fan stops the kitchen. A failed fan in a London kitchen typically means a closed kitchen, so access details help us plan the repair. Food hygiene inspections in Woolwich are the job of Greenwich council’s environmental health team. Food premises are expected to have suitable and sufficient ventilation under food hygiene rules. That’s one more reason not to keep cooking with a broken fan.
If you run a café or takeaway near Woolwich Dockyard station, a failed fan in the middle of service is exactly what our 24/7 emergency line is for.
Woolwich is about 6 miles south-east of Leyton, in Greater London. For extract fan repair in and around Woolwich, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, Woolwich included. Woolwich is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for extract fan repair. London is in our area too, around 7 miles away.
Extract fan repair in SE18, E16 and SE7 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Market Street, Woolwich High Street and Beresford Square Market Place or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Woolwich, we cover Plumstead (1 mile east), Charlton (1 mile west), New Charlton (1 mile west), Shooter's Hill (1 mile south) and Kidbrooke (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (7 miles west), City of Westminster (9 miles west), Marylebone (9 miles west), Kensington (11 miles west), St Pancras (8 miles west) and Shoreditch (7 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Woolwich
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Woolwich Common, Oasis Academy Silvertown and Oasis Academy Silvertown, among other places. Woolwich has its own railway station: Woolwich Dockyard station. Well-known places in the area include Royal Artillery Museum (0.5 miles north-east) and British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.5 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Gilbert's Pit.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Woolwich: your questions answered
Is parking a problem for work in Woolwich?
London parking can be tight, so details of loading bays and permits help. Working overnight, as we often do in London, typically makes it simpler.
Who do I call if an extract fan fails in Woolwich?
Woolwich is covered, and our emergency callout runs 24/7. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. Tell us where the fan is and how to reach it.
Do I get a report after the visit?
Yes. Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, showing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Kitchen extract cleans to TR19® Grease also get a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
Does a fan repair include cleaning the ductwork?
A repair deals with the fan, not the grease in the rest of the system. If there’s grease on the fan, a full TR19® clean is worth booking and we can plan the two together.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
What will a fan repair or replacement cost?
We cannot price it without knowing the fault. Once we’ve looked at it, you get a fixed quote for whichever option you choose.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
What happens on the day
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a few hours on site, depending on the fault and the access to the fan. If your building in Woolwich has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
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Signs you need extract fan repair in Woolwich
Some grease always slips past the filters and reaches the fan. Deposits gather on the blades, never quite evenly, and an unbalanced impeller shakes and starts to vibrate and rattle.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- A fan worn beyond sensible repair
- An extract fan that rattles or knocks
- A fan that whines, hums or grinds
- Vibration spreading from the fan into the ducts
School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like Mulgrave Primary School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Questions to ask before booking
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the price is fixed
Fixed quotes for extract fan repair in Woolwich
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Whether several sites go on one quote
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The postcode and the type of business
Need a price for extract fan repair? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Make sure every filter is in place and clean
- Keep a record of any trips or stoppages
- Do not cook with gaps in the filter bank
- Make sure the fan is cleaned with the rest of the system
Grease on the fan typically means grease in the duct as well. We can book a TR19® clean of the whole extract and you get a TR19 certificate and photo report afterwards.
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.
Honest limits
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Problems with the electrical supply to the fan (an electrician’s job)
- Grease throughout the ductwork, which needs a full TR19 clean
- A system that needs redesigning rather than repairing
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan motors
- Bearings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Roof and wall fans
- Fan housings