Lewisham · SE26 · Extractor fan cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Sydenham fitters · Fixed written pricesExtractor fan cleaning in Sydenham SE26, Lewisham, from £45. A long high street on the hill where the Crystal Palace once stood nearby, which is why our SE26 quotes account for steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Sydenham, extractor fan cleaning here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 64% of Sydenham's 9,790 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE26 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
We measure the pull before we start so the improvement is a fact, not a feeling.
Step 2
Mesh and baffle filters into the heated tank; charcoal cartridges checked for age.
Step 3
Degreased by hand, the impeller cleaned blade by blade because that is where the noise comes from.
Step 4
The accessible run is cleared and the damper checked for the flap that has been stuck shut for years.
Step 5
Rebuilt, retested and photographed, with a note if we found anything a landlord should know about.
Why choose us
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Sydenham, often with surface conduit — measured on the walk in from Sydenham (Overground) rather than assumed from a map in SE26, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE26, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the reality on the streets around Sydenham Wells Park.
Domestic work runs under £5m public liability; commercial canopies are cleaned to the TR19 grease standard with a certificate your insurer will accept.
One technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen. Steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets.
Next-day availability across London, with commercial work scheduled overnight or on closing days. Sydenham (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE26 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooker hood and grease filters | £45 | 45 min | Mesh and baffle filters degreased in the tank, canopy stripped by hand — the fastest fire-risk reduction in a kitchen. |
| Integrated or telescopic hood | £65 | 1–1.5 hrs | The unit has to be unclipped from the cabinetry before the housing behind it can be reached. |
| Island or chimney extractor | £85 | 1.5 hrs | Worked at height from a platform with the hob protected underneath, and the chimney section removed to reach the motor. |
| Bathroom or utility inline fan | £40 | 30–45 min | Grille, impeller and the first run of duct cleared of the lint that causes condensation complaints in London flats. |
| Commercial kitchen canopy (per metre) | £90 | 2 hrs+ | Cleaned to TR19 grease standard with before-and-after photographs for your insurer and EHO file. |
Cooker hood and grease filters
£45 · 45 min
Mesh and baffle filters degreased in the tank, canopy stripped by hand — the fastest fire-risk reduction in a kitchen.
Integrated or telescopic hood
£65 · 1–1.5 hrs
The unit has to be unclipped from the cabinetry before the housing behind it can be reached.
Island or chimney extractor
£85 · 1.5 hrs
Worked at height from a platform with the hob protected underneath, and the chimney section removed to reach the motor.
Bathroom or utility inline fan
£40 · 30–45 min
Grille, impeller and the first run of duct cleared of the lint that causes condensation complaints in London flats.
Commercial kitchen canopy (per metre)
£90 · 2 hrs+
Cleaned to TR19 grease standard with before-and-after photographs for your insurer and EHO file.
Prices include VAT with a £65 minimum charge per visit; bathroom fans are usually booked alongside another appliance to sit above it. Commercial canopy work is quoted plus VAT and includes a certificate of clean.
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Coverage
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Working in Sydenham
Walk Sydenham from Sydenham Wells Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 64% of the 9,790 households in SE26 live in flats, 36% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 45% in Sydenham, so alongside the 22% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Sydenham, often with surface conduit — measured on the walk in from Sydenham (Overground) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Sydenham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE26, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the reality on the streets around Sydenham Wells Park.
Two streets can behave very differently in Sydenham: a long high street on the hill where the Crystal Palace once stood nearby. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Sydenham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets. Sydenham (Overground) is the nearest station, and one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Sydenham and what they live in decides how extractor fan cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Lower Sydenham and Sydenham Wells and Upper Sydenham neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
23,435
Residents
Lower Sydenham and Sydenham Wells and Upper Sydenham neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,790
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.3%
Privately rented
21.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Lower Sydenham, Sydenham Wells, Upper Sydenham (E02000680, E02000685, E02000687) — the published geography that covers Sydenham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE26 district: 51.4277, -0.0546 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Cooker hood and grease filters starts at £45 in Sydenham in this 64% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Access sets the price. A pull-out hood at head height is quick; an island canopy over a hob island needs a platform and two people in Sydenham, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
Most SE26 kitchens near Sydenham Wells Park need it every three to six months if the hob is used daily on this side of Lewisham, with 22% of SE26 homes being privately rented. A grease-loaded filter is the fastest fire-risk reduction we do in this 64% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Sydenham (Overground), and it is a 45-minute job from £45.
Yes — inline bathroom and utility fans are cleared of lint and grille dust from £40 on this side of Lewisham — and 36% of Sydenham homes being houses, with 33% social-rented stock nearby, which is the usual fix for the condensation complaints common in 64% of Sydenham's flats.
In Sydenham, yes, worked from a platform with the hob protected below on this side of Lewisham. It is the job London Borough of Lewisham landlords ask for most before a new tenancy, alongside the oven and hob clean in this 64% flats neighbourhood, with Lewisham parking rules in play. Ask for it in writing before the SE26 visit and it is on the job sheet.
Next-day availability across London, with commercial work scheduled overnight or on closing days in this 64% flats neighbourhood. Sydenham sits close to Sydenham (Overground), with Sydenham Wells Park a few streets away, so we can usually add a SE26 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on this side of Lewisham.
Steep hills, high-street loading windows and narrow side streets in Sydenham. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards for Sydenham (SE26) addresses — and 22% of SE26 homes being privately rented, with 33% social-rented stock nearby.
Domestic work runs under £5m public liability; commercial canopies are cleaned to the TR19 grease standard with a certificate your insurer will accept on this side of Lewisham, with 9,790 households on this patch. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across SE26, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Sydenham SE26 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
