Isle of Wight · Extract fan repair and replacement
Extract Fan Repair in Yaverland
Extract fan repair for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Yaverland. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A fan shaking on its mountings
- A whining or grinding extract motor
What extract fan repair cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which may need odour control
- An extract system that was undersized from the start
- Gas interlock faults that a Gas Safe registered engineer must deal with
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Yaverland
- Roof and wall fans
- Belts and pulleys
- Fan housings
- Kitchen extract fans
- Fan motors
- Bearings
How we handle extract fan repair in Yaverland
Everything a kitchen extract does depends on the fan. When it starts to rattle, hum or slow down, the kitchen gets hot and smoky very quickly. We find out why and put it right, by repairing the fan or replacing it. We are often asked to deal with a knocking noise from the extract fan and a squealing belt on start-up, on fan motors, bearings and fan housings.
Somewhere as small as Yaverland, a kitchen extract fan might serve a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen. A failed fan stops the kitchen, and emergency callout is available 24/7, villages included.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Yaverland (PO36)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026

For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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.
Yaverland: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Yaverland?
Food hygiene inspections in Yaverland are carried out by Isle of Wight council. An officer may ask how the kitchen is ventilated, so keep repair records with your maintenance file.
Is there an emergency callout for extract fans in Yaverland?
Our emergency line runs 24/7, and Yaverland is within the area we cover. Use 0345 646 2711, our emergency number, at any time. A photo of the fan’s rating plate helps.
Can you supply and fit a replacement fan?
Yes. We fit replacement fans as well as repairing old ones, and we’ll explain the options.
What paperwork should we keep on file?
Each report and certificate we give you, filed in the maintenance log with your in-house cleaning records. BESA says certificates should show the date, location and technician.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Is repair an option before replacing the whole fan?
In many cases, yes. Many faults are fixed by cleaning the impeller or renewing worn parts, and we will always say when repair makes sense.
Can you tell me the price of a fan repair?
We cannot price it without knowing the fault. Once we’ve looked at it, you get a fixed quote for the repair or the replacement.
What the work involves, part by part
Impellers and housings
Where an impeller is bent or corroded, cleaning will not help. It may need replacing, or the fan may need replacing as a whole.
Roof and wall-mounted fans
An external fan faces the weather as well as the grease. Rust on fixings and housings is a frequent find.
Leave it or put it right?
Fan noise tends to get worse, not better. Bearings that are left to wear can fail suddenly and the fan may stop when you’re busiest. Sorting it while it still runs is far easier to plan. If the system at a site near Yaverland fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll explain each part.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- Trading since 2009
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Other services in Yaverland
Extract fan repair around Yaverland
At about 1 mile from the coast, Yaverland is close enough for sea air to matter. Rust and grease together wear a fan out sooner, and coastal air speeds up the rust. There are about 32 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 9 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Yaverland, up to about a mile and a half out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Every one of them that cooks under a canopy depends on its extract fan to keep cooking. In Yaverland, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Isle of Wight council. A kitchen with no working extract can fall short of the suitable and sufficient ventilation food hygiene rules expect. Getting the fan running again is the priority.
School kitchens can’t easily serve lunch without extraction, so if you look after one at a school like The Bay Church of England School, fix a failing fan before term starts.
Yaverland is about 4 miles south of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Yaverland gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our area takes in 125 places across the Isle of Wight, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby (10 miles or so).
We cover every part of PO36 for extract fan repair and the streets around it. Whether your site is on Meadow Way, Yaverland Close and Yaverland Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Yarbridge (1 mile north-west), Morton (1 mile north-west), Brading (1 mile north), Sandown (1 mile south-west) and Adgestone (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Newport (8 miles west), Ryde (4 miles north), Cowes (10 miles north-west), Shanklin (3 miles south-west), Ventnor (6 miles south-west) and East Cowes (9 miles north-west). Remote and island sites need a little more planning, so tell us where you are when you ask for a quote for extract fan repair.
What’s near Yaverland
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Caulkheads pub and Sandown Bay Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Yaverland is Brading station, roughly 1 mile north. Well-known places in the area include Sandown Castle (0.7 miles south-west) and Arthur Webster Memorial Hospital for Children (2.8 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Bembridge Down and Brading Marshes RSPB reserve.
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes anything from an hour or two to a full visit, depending on the fault. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Yaverland.
- A visit is booked, in the evening or overnight if that suits.
- We isolate the extract and open the fan housing.
- Bearings, drive, impeller, motor and mounts are inspected.
- You hear whether repair or replacement makes sense, with a fixed quote.
- The fan is repaired or replaced, then checked running.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Clear loose items from the work area
Ask for a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Advice
Do you need extract fan repair in Yaverland?
When filters clog and ducts fill with grease, the fan has to strain. An overworked motor overheats, trips out or eventually burns out.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- An overheating extract motor
- Weak extraction and a smoky kitchen
- A fan rattling in its housing
- A belt-driven fan that squeals
Occasional-use kitchens, such as a hall kitchen near St John the Baptist Church or elsewhere in Yaverland, are where a stiff or seized fan can turn up.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether a survey comes first
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- How VAT is shown on the quote