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TR19 inspections in Alvescot
TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification for commercial sites in Alvescot and across Oxfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
How we handle TR19 inspection in Alvescot
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. Common call-outs are for missing TR19 certificates or history and extracts that have never been grease tested, across wet film thickness tests, deposit thickness tests and post-clean checks.
Somewhere as small as Alvescot, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Alvescot (OX18)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, and readings show whether that’s enough.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays to avoid disruption.
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the TR19 inspection, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. The timing of a visit to Alvescot is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- You get a report with readings, photos and recommendations.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- File every inspection report with your certificates
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, with readings, photos and any areas not accessible.
Keep filters clean and in place. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Common questions in Alvescot
Can you get to a site in Alvescot?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Alvescot included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Alvescot?
That is West Oxfordshire council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Alvescot. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
How much does TR19 inspection cost in Alvescot?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. For a quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No, TR19® isn’t legislation. The Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires the responsible person to manage fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
How far ahead should we book?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Alvescot
Look up Alvescot on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Alvescot. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Alvescot. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. In Alvescot, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Peter or elsewhere in Alvescot, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Bursars and site managers at schools such as St Peter's Church of England School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Kelmscott Manor, about 3.7 miles south, is one of the historic houses near Alvescot; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Alvescot is about 2 miles south of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. Alvescot 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 pictures. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Alvescot among them. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 16 miles away.
Work in OX18 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Station Road, Pemscott Close and Thorpes Field and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Alvescot: Kencot (1 mile north-west), Shilton (3 miles north) and Bradwell (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles east), Witney (6 miles north-east), Wantage (13 miles south-east), Grove (12 miles south-east), Faringdon (6 miles south) and Kidlington (15 miles north-east).
What’s near Alvescot
Typical jobs here are in premises near Carterton Community College and The Plough pub. A little further out are Bronze Age Bowl Barrow (0.8 miles east) and Swinford Museum (2.1 miles west).
Why deal with it now?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, before the next clean is due. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why us?
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Every job surveyed first
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Photo reports with every job
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- Design faults in the extract system
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Where the site is and how we reach it
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will talk you through it.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- A few general shots of the system
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
What else we do in Alvescot
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.