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Belbins TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection across Belbins and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Missing access panels found on survey
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- How big the system is
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- What state the system is in
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The site address and the type of premises
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Belbins
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Belbins and the rest of Hampshire. The work covers access surveys, pre-clean surveys and post-clean checks, and the jobs we see most are sections of duct that can’t be reached and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen.
Work in a small place like Belbins starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Belbins (SO51)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Belbins questions
Can you come to Belbins after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Which fire service covers Belbins?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What is post-clean verification?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and pictures. It works whoever carried out the clean.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
Testing takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Large or multiple systems take longer, and you can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos to book it in.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. For a quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before we start, and waste is contained as we go. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you cover Belbins?
Yes. Belbins is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
What we’re called out for in Belbins
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
Historic houses near Belbins, such as Mottisfont Abbey about 2.7 miles north-west, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the price is fixed
TR19 inspection in Belbins: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 5 takeaways and sandwich shops in Belbins 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. Fire safety in Belbins falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Belbins, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Where a hall near Church of St Andrew, or anywhere in Belbins, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Cupernham Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Belbins is about 1 mile north of Romsey, in Hampshire. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Belbins and the rest of Hampshire. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Belbins is one of them. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (8 miles or so).
We cover every part of the SO51 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Belbins and Yokesford Hill or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Abbotswood (1 mile south-east), Braishfield (1 mile north-east), Crampmoor (2 miles south-east), Lower Slackstead (2 miles east) and Gosport (3 miles east). Further out, we also cover Winchester (8 miles north-east), Eastleigh (7 miles south-east), Andover (14 miles north), Totton (7 miles south), Chandler's Ford (5 miles south-east) and Hedge End (11 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Belbins
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Stanbridge Earls School, The Romsey School and The Dog & Crook pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Romsey station, about 1.4 miles south of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include King Johns House (1.6 miles south) and Romsey Community Hospital (1.5 miles south). Not far away are Emer Bog and Baddesley Common.
How it works
Each visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Belbins run smoothly.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
How to prepare
- Clear the space around the work
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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Why act early in Belbins
Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. Somewhere as small as Belbins, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Why us?
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- We are fully insured
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
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What else we do in Belbins
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
The canopy itself is checked inside and out, with readings where grease collects.
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so it can be fixed before the clean.