Fume cupboard testing · servicing · repair · sales
Your lab stays open. Your extraction stays compliant.
We test, service, repair and install fume cupboards for schools, universities, research laboratories, hospitals, forensics units and industry — anywhere in the UK. Independent, engineer-led, and clear about what your extraction actually needs.
Laboratory fume cupboard with the sash raised during a face velocity test
Month test cycle
m/s face velocity
Wide coverage
Maximum months between statutory examinations under COSHH Regulation 9
Core services: testing, servicing, repair and supply — one point of contact
Target response for breakdowns that have closed a working laboratory
Reports issued with pass, fail and remedial actions written in plain English
What we do
Four services that keep laboratory extraction safe and signed off
Most clients start with a fume cupboard test and stay for the servicing. Every visit ends with a written result you can hand to an auditor, an insurer or a head of department.
Testing & examination
Face velocity, containment, airflow smoke visualisation, alarm verification and a full thorough examination report to BS EN 14175 Part 4.
Planned servicing
Scheduled maintenance for fans, filters, sashes, sensors and monitors — booked around term dates, shutdowns and project deadlines.
Repair & upgrade
Failed fans, worn sash mechanisms, cracked liners, dead airflow monitors and inverter faults — repaired, or upgraded where repair is false economy.
Sales & installation
Ducted and ductless fume cupboards, fume hoods and replacement filters — specified for your chemistry, then installed and commissioned.
How it works
From first call to signed report in four clear stages
You always know who is attending, what will be tested, and what happens if something fails. No surprise invoices, no jargon-only paperwork.
Free consultation
Tell us how many fume cupboards you have, where they are and when they were last tested. We confirm scope and cost before anyone travels.
Site survey & schedule
We work around teaching timetables, clinical hours and production runs. Out-of-hours and school-holiday visits are standard, not an extra.
Test, service, correct
Measurements taken, filters and mechanics serviced, minor faults corrected on the day wherever parts allow. Anything unsafe is flagged immediately.
Report & next date
A per-unit report with results, photographs, remedial actions and the date your next 14-month examination falls due.
Secondary school science laboratory with a fume cupboard along the back wall
Who we work with
Labs that cannot afford downtime
A school science block, a hospital pathology lab and a forensics unit have very different chemistry — but the same duty to prove their extraction works. We test them all to the same standard and speak the language of each.
- Education — secondary schools, sixth forms, FE colleges and university departments, tested during holidays and reading weeks.
- Research & biomedical — university research groups, contract labs and biomedical facilities with documented containment requirements.
- Hospitals & pathology — histology, mortuary and dispensary extraction, scheduled around clinical activity.
- Industry & forensics — QC labs, manufacturing, police forensic suites and any UK laboratory with an LEV register to keep current.
Ducted or ductless
Choose the right cupboard before you spend the budget
Filtration is cheaper to install and moves with your lab. Ducted extraction handles a wider chemical range. Here is the honest comparison we give clients on the phone.
Ducted fume cupboards vs ductless fume hoods
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Consideration
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Ducted
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Ductless (filtered)
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Building work required
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Ductwork, roof penetration, external fan
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None — plug in and commission
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Chemical range
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Broadest, including high-volume solvent work
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Defined by carbon or HEPA filter selection
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Typical install time
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Days to weeks, project managed
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Same day in most rooms
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Running cost driver
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Conditioned air extracted to atmosphere
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Filter replacement and saturation monitoring
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Relocatable
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No — fixed to the extract route
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Yes — moves with a refit
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Annual duties
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14-monthly examination, fan and duct service
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14-monthly examination, filter status checks
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Not sure which fits your chemistry? Send us your COSHH assessments and we will tell you plainly — including when the answer is “keep what you have”.
Client feedback
Technicians and estates teams stay with us
Most of our work comes from lab managers who recommend us to the department next door.
Science technician · Secondary school, Merseyside
Estates manager · FE college, North West
Laboratory manager · Research facility, Midlands
Feedback is published by role and sector at our clients’ request; named references are available on enquiry.
Book a free call about your fume cupboards
Tell us how many units you have and when they were last examined. We will tell you what testing costs and when we can attend — usually within two working days.