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Arborfield TR19 inspection
Need TR19 inspection in Arborfield? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
TR19 inspection in Arborfield
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. Typical jobs include heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and confirming a clean reached the whole system, on deposit thickness tests, wet film thickness tests and post-clean checks.
For a kitchen in or near Arborfield, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Arborfield (RG2)
- Region
- Reading
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- File every inspection report with your certificates
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
Honest limits
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what TR19 inspection will not do:
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Arborfield can be planned properly.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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What affects the quote in Arborfield
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays so meals aren’t affected.
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so the base is a key test point.
Arborfield kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 15 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 3 takeaways in Arborfield and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Kitchens in Arborfield get their food hygiene inspections from Wokingham council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Arborfield falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Arborfield, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Wokingham Hospital (about 3 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Coombes Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Arborfield is about 3 miles west of Wokingham, in Reading. Whether your site is in the middle of Arborfield or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Arborfield is one of 34 towns, villages and districts in Reading where we work for TR19 inspection.
We cover every part of the RG2 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Local streets include Church Lane, Walden Avenue and Cartershill Lane, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Arborfield, we cover Shinfield (2 miles west), Lower Earley (2 miles north), Ryeish Green (2 miles west), Earley (2 miles north) and Whitley Wood (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Caversham (6 miles north-west), Norcot (6 miles north-west), West Reading (5 miles north-west), Tilehurst Within (6 miles north-west), Caversham Heights (6 miles north-west) and Horncastle (6 miles north-west).
What’s near Arborfield
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Swan Inn, Bohunt School Wokingham and Pearman's Copse. Arborfield’s nearest station is Winnersh station, roughly 2.5 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Wokingham Hospital (3 miles east) and Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry (1.8 miles north-east). Not far away are South Lake and Sonning Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Arborfield: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Arborfield?
Food hygiene inspections in Arborfield are carried out by Wokingham council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you come to Arborfield after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Arborfield needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and photos. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.