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TR19 inspections in Bellingham
Looking for TR19 inspection in Bellingham? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Readings show if the interval is right.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so we check there.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Bellingham
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the clean can be planned properly. If you have an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and uncertainty over how often to clean, we can help, from deposit thickness tests, wet film thickness tests and post-clean checks onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Bellingham 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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Bellingham (SE6, SE26, SE23)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Bellingham
Can school kitchens in Bellingham be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 37 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Bellingham. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Can you work in Bellingham outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Bellingham does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
How long does grease testing take?
Testing takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Large or multiple systems take longer, and you can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form to book it in.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No, TR19® is not legislation. But the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk under the Fire Safety Order 2005, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurance policies also require TR19 adherence.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. 500 microns or more at any point calls for immediate spot cleaning.
When to call us in Bellingham
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It is not legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
If you cook for passing trade around Bellingham station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Questions to ask before you book
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Bellingham kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 231 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 135 takeaways and sandwich shops in Bellingham and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Bellingham is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Bellingham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Lewisham council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Dunstan, or anywhere in Bellingham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as University Hospital Lewisham (about 1.6 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Bellingham is about 2 miles north of Beckenham, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Bellingham or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and Bellingham is one of them. There’s also a page for London, roughly 6 miles from Bellingham.
Our technicians cover all of SE6, SE26 and SE23 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Oslac Road, Orford Road and Aitken Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Bellingham sits on or near the A2218, which makes travel easy for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Bellingham, we cover Southend (1 mile north), Bell Green (1 mile west), Catford (1 mile north-east), Perry Vale (1 mile west) and Sydenham (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (6 miles north-west), City of Westminster (8 miles north-west), Marylebone (8 miles north-west), Kensington (9 miles north-west), St Pancras (8 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (7 miles north).
What’s near Bellingham
Around Bellingham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Sedgehill School, Forster Memorial Park and Allenby Tutorial Trust and the streets around them. Bellingham has its own railway station: Bellingham station. Nearby you will also find Prefab Museum (1 mile east) and University Hospital Lewisham (1.6 miles north). The countryside around Bellingham includes Downham Woodland Walk and Knight's Hill.
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Why act early in Bellingham
Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. In Bellingham, as across London, ductwork often passes through shared risers and other people’s space.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Photo reports with every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
- We diagnose before we treat
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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, next to our reports.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. We fit London jobs around the building rather than the other way round, so a visit in Bellingham is typically out of hours.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- The findings go into a report with readings, pictures and a recommended next clean.
Before we arrive
- Clear the space around the work
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
When something else is needed
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work can’t put right:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Design faults in the extract system
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
Between visits
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Never cook with filters missing
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.