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TR19 inspections in Ardleigh Green
For TR19 inspection in Ardleigh Green, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Ardleigh Green
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. The work covers access surveys, deposit thickness tests and wet film thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Ardleigh Green, that normally means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Ardleigh Green (RM2, RM11, RM3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
In buildings with several floors, the riser may pass through other tenants’ space, so access is planned in advance.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Inspections are planned around mealtimes and holidays to avoid disruption.
Common problems we fix in Ardleigh Green
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Commuter trade near Gidea Park station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Comparing quotes
- Whether a survey comes first
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
Grease, kitchens and Ardleigh Green
Food Standards Agency records include about 20 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within about 1.5 miles of central Ardleigh Green. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. In London, kitchens are normally cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier. Environmental health officers from Havering council inspect food businesses in Ardleigh Green. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Ardleigh Green is Harold Wood Hospital, about 0.8 miles north-east. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ardleigh Green Junior School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Ardleigh Green is about 2 miles east of Romford, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Ardleigh Green, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Ardleigh Green is one of them. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 15 miles away.
TR19 inspection in RM2, RM11 and RM3 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Ewan Road, Helen Road and Haynes Road and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Gallows Corner (1 mile north), Emerson Park (1 mile south-east), Harold Wood (1 mile north-east), Heath Park (1 mile south-west) and Gidea Park (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (15 miles south-west), St Pancras (15 miles west), Shoreditch (13 miles west), Walthamstow (10 miles west), Hoxton (13 miles west) and Whitechapel (13 miles west).
Landmarks near Ardleigh Green
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Ship Public House, The Royal Liberty School and Haynes Park and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Gidea Park station, roughly 0.5 miles west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia (2.1 miles south-east) and Harold Wood Hospital (0.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Hornchurch Cutting.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
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Ardleigh Green questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Ardleigh Green in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 24 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Ardleigh Green. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after Ardleigh Green?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Ardleigh Green. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
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
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Design faults in the extract system
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Never cook with filters missing
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in Ardleigh Green.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Getting ready for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.