Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Bicester TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for Bicester and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
TR19 inspection in Bicester
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you are on. If you are dealing with post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean and sections of duct that can’t be reached, we can put it right.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Bicester, losing a day’s trade to cleaning isn’t an option, so cleans are booked after closing, early in the morning or on a quiet day. The kitchen is handed back clean and ready to cook.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.

- Location
- Bicester (OX26, OX27)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Bicester
There are about 70 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 34 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Bicester, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Food hygiene inspections in Bicester are the job of Cherwell council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Bicester is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
For kitchens close to Bicester North station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Brookside Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Bicester is about 11 miles north of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. If you need TR19 inspection in Bicester, please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Bicester. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (11 miles or so).
We work across the OX26 and OX27 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Market Square, Market End Way and London Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Main roads around Bicester include the A4095 and B4100, which makes travel easy for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Bicester, we cover Bure Park (1 mile north), Caversfield (1 mile north), Bucknell (2 miles north-west), Stratton Audley (3 miles north-east) and Stoke Lyne (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (11 miles south), Banbury (14 miles north-west), Thame (13 miles south-east), Kidlington (8 miles south-west), Headington Quarry (10 miles south) and St John Street area (11 miles south-west). Bicester is one of the larger places we cover in Oxfordshire for TR19 inspection.
Landmarks near Bicester
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Bicester Technology Studio and The Plough pub, among other places. There’s a railway station in Bicester itself: Bicester North station. Other landmarks nearby include Bicester Community Hospital (under half a mile south) and Bicester Village (0.7 miles south). Open spaces near Bicester include Graven Hill and Woodsides Meadow.
Questions from Bicester
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Bicester during the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 10 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Bicester. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Bicester?
Bicester is in the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, for our cleans and other firms’ alike.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
Grease thickness testing measures the layer of grease on the duct surfaces, by WFTT or DTT. Each reading is recorded in microns.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
Why it’s worth doing now in Bicester
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in Bicester a current picture. If an inspection, an insurer’s survey or a fire risk assessment is coming up in Bicester, having the work done and recorded first helps.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- We diagnose before we treat
- We’re fully insured
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How easy every part is to reach
- How big the system is
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The site address and the type of premises
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. The visit takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Work in Bicester is typically booked after closing, early in the morning or on a closed day.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Related advice
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It doesn’t solve:
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What the work covers
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
Places near Bicester
What else we do in Bicester
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Inspections are planned around mealtimes and holidays so meals aren’t affected.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading isn’t affected.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bicester
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Bicester?
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, so those sections can be skipped time and again. An inspection of a system in Bicester shows where access panels are missing, so the gaps can be closed.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Bicester Community Hospital about under half a mile south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours