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TR19 inspections in Avery Hill
We cover Avery Hill for TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Avery Hill
Who is the fire and rescue service for Avery Hill?
Fire safety enforcement in Avery Hill is handled by London Fire Brigade. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Avery Hill?
Food hygiene inspections in Avery Hill are carried out by Greenwich council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What is post-clean verification?
A post-clean check records grease readings and photos after the work, whoever did the clean.
How often should grease be tested?
It depends on how heavily the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimum cleaning intervals are every 3, 6 or 12 months for heavy, moderate and light use, and grease readings help set the real interval.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). The results are given in microns.
About our TR19 inspection in Avery Hill
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. Our TR19 audits give sites in Avery Hill and across Greater London a clear record of the system’s condition. The work covers pre-clean surveys, access surveys and insurer audits, and people most often call us about kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and missing TR19 certificates or history.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Avery Hill is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Avery Hill (SE9, DA15, DA16)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
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 to call us in Avery Hill
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
School kitchens, at schools like Stationers' Crown Woods Academy for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Keep to the recommended interval
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
If you’re not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Also near Avery Hill
Also in Avery Hill
TR19 inspection around Avery Hill
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 39 pubs, bars and clubs across Avery Hill and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Avery Hill falls to London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Greenwich council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Avery Hill. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. 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 Avery Hill is Eltham Community Hospital, about 1 mile west. Commuter trade near Falconwood station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Avery Hill is about 1 mile north-east of Eltham, in Greater London. Sites in Avery Hill get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Avery Hill is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for commercial clients. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 8 miles away.
TR19 inspection in SE9, DA15 and DA16 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Bexley Road, Glenure Road and Perpins Road and the roads around them. With the A210 close by, Avery Hill is simple for us to get to at any hour. Other places close to Avery Hill include Blackfen (1 mile east), Eltham (1 mile south-west), New Eltham (1 mile south), Falconwood (1 mile north-east) and Well Hall (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (11 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-west).
Near you in Avery Hill
Typical jobs here are in premises near Shoulder of Mutton Green and Alderwood Primary School. Avery Hill’s nearest station is Falconwood station, roughly 0.6 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Greenwich Castle (3.8 miles north-west) and Metropolitan Police Museum (1.7 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Summer Hill and The Tarn.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. In a London area like Avery Hill, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- 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.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.