London and the South East

TR19 Inspection in West Sussex

From the largest town to the smallest village in West Sussex, we can help with TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes up front, and a 24/7 emergency line.

TR19 Inspection across West Sussex

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Towns we cover in West Sussex

TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Choose your town from the list to see local details, and call or email us for a quick quote.

Largest places

TR19 inspection in West Sussex: how it works

Taking on a kitchen in West Sussex with no cleaning records? Start with an inspection. You get readings, photos and a clear view of what’s needed, before any cleaning is booked. The work covers insurer audits, wet film thickness tests and deposit thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are missing TR19 certificates or history and uncertainty over how often to clean.

Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows.

Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
We open the access points used on the clean.
We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
We photograph each area to record how it was left.
The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.

How we quote

You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll explain what it covers.

Why choose Duct Doctor

Trading since 2009
We are fully insured
A fixed price before any work starts
We diagnose before we treat

Get a fixed quote

Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.

What’s near Crawley

Typical jobs here are in premises near Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, St Wilfrid's Catholic School and Tilgate Park and the streets around them. Also close by are The George Hotel (less than half a mile north), Three Bridges Junior School (within half a mile south-east) and St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (less than half a mile south-east). There’s a railway station in Crawley itself: Crawley station. A little further out are Crawley Hospital (0.5 miles north-west) and County Mall (less than half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Tilgate Lake.

Where we work in West Sussex

Our TR19 inspection work across West Sussex takes in places such as Crawley, Horsham and Worthing and the villages in between. Every place on our West Sussex list (371 in all) is covered, and kitchens are cleaned around their opening hours, overnight and at weekends included.

We work across London and the South East, and West Sussex is part of that area. Each job starts with a survey and a fixed quote. Near the coast in West Sussex, salt and damp speed up corrosion in fans, ducts and dampers, which is worth knowing when systems are inspected.

Crawley: If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony or elsewhere in Crawley, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Crawley Hospital (about 0.5 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.

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.

Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.

Why deal with it now?

Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker.

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Part by part

Vertical risers

Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so the base is a key test point.

Restaurants, pubs and hotels

A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.

When something else is needed

We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:

Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person

Aftercare tips

After the visit, a few habits help the work last:

Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
Diary the next grease test and clean
File every inspection report with your certificates
Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does

Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.

Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.

Questions from West Sussex

Can you price the work without visiting?

Yes, where the photos show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.

How much notice should we give?

The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We usually quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.

Do you look at the system first?

Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.

Is TR19 a legal requirement?

No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.

Is West Sussex in your area?

Yes. We cover West Sussex, within our South East and London area. To book, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.

Can the work be done while we’re closed?

Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so you do not have to close during trading.

Do you have a 24/7 line?

Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.