Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Andwell
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Andwell, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
FAQs for Andwell
Can you come to Andwell after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Andwell does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Which environmental health team covers Andwell?
Food hygiene inspections in Andwell are carried out by Basingstoke and Deane council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
We visit after a clean, take readings at set points and photograph the system. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and photos. The survey can be done from photos and details or on site, whichever suits the system.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. We show your readings against those figures.
About our TR19 inspection in Andwell
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: heavy use (12 to 16 hours a day) every 3 months, moderate use (6 to 12 hours) every 6 months and light use (2 to 6 hours) every 12 months. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you have parts of the system left out of past cleans and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings, we can help.
Work in a small place like Andwell starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Andwell (RG25, RG27, RG24)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Places near Andwell
What else we do in Andwell
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
When to call us in Andwell
When a site in Andwell changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records do not always follow. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital about 4.2 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What insurance they carry
How it works
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a small place like Andwell, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Andwell
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Kitchen extracts in Andwell
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Andwell. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Andwell sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council inspect food businesses in Andwell. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Swithun's church or anywhere around Andwell, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (The Vyne is about 4.2 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Andwell is about 3 miles south-west of Hook, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Andwell, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. We also work in Reading, about 13 miles from Andwell.
We work across the RG25, RG27 and RG24 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. That includes premises on Greywell Road and Canal Reach and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Andwell: Mapledurwell (1 mile south), Water End (1 mile north-east), Old Basing (1 mile west), Lychpit (2 miles west) and Wildmoor (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (4 miles west), Farnborough (11 miles east), Fleet (8 miles east), Aldershot (11 miles east), Alton (8 miles south) and Yateley (9 miles north-east).
Around Andwell
The nearest railway station is Hook station, about 2.4 miles east. Well-known places in the area include Festival Place (3.1 miles west) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (4.2 miles west). The countryside around Andwell includes Dogmersfield Lake and The Mill Field.
Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Access to risers is often limited. The survey shows exactly what access there is.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of horizontal ducts as the air cools. We test at points along the run through access panels.
Leave it or put it right?
Surveying first means the clean goes to plan. Access problems are spotted in advance rather than on the night, and the quote reflects the real job. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Andwell is calmer for everyone.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will explain what it covers.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Andwell
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Every job surveyed first
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.