TR19 Inspection in Bankside

How the job changes from site to site

Horizontal duct runs

Sections without access are recorded so it can be fixed before the clean.

Vertical risers

In buildings with several floors, the riser may pass through other tenants’ space, so we arrange access ahead of time.

TR19 inspection in Bankside: the local picture

The FSA’s data shows about 512 pubs, bars and clubs and about 129 hotels and guest houses registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Bankside. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected. Environmental health officers from the City of London Corporation inspect food businesses in Bankside. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.

Where a hall near St Mary Mounthaw, or anywhere in Bankside, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. School kitchens, at schools like London Nautical School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.

Bankside is about 1 mile north of London, in Greater London. Sites in Bankside get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Bankside is one of them.

Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: SE1, EC4Y and EC4V. Whether your site is on Bear Lane, Bush Lane and Swan Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. Bankside is on the A201 and A300, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in Blackfriars (1 mile north-west), Temple (1 mile north-west), Temple Bar (1 mile north-west), Waterloo (1 mile south-west) and Smithfield (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (5 miles north-west), Ruislip (14 miles west), Brompton (3 miles west) and Stockwell (3 miles south).

What’s near Bankside

Typical jobs here are in premises near St Mary-at-Hill, Bernie Spain Gardens and St Andrew's and St John's Church of England Primary School, among other places. Other local landmarks include Barts Health Archives (0.6 miles north), The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overy (0.5 miles south-east) and Founders Arms (less than half a mile west). There’s a railway station in Bankside itself: London Blackfriars station. Nearby you’ll also find Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women (0.6 miles west) and Gabriel's Wharf (under half a mile west). For a walk, there’s Ludgate Hill and Barnsbury Wood.

What staff can safely do

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.

A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.

The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.