Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Bocking Churchstreet TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection across Bocking Churchstreet and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bocking Churchstreet
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
TR19 inspection in Bocking Churchstreet, done properly
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: heavy use (12 to 16 hours a day) every 3 months, moderate use (6 to 12 hours) every 6 months and light use (2 to 6 hours) every 12 months. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. The work covers deposit thickness tests, access surveys and post-clean checks, and the jobs we see most are systems that need surveying before cleaning and uncertainty over how often to clean.
In a smaller place like Bocking Churchstreet, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Bocking Churchstreet (CM7)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Bocking Churchstreet when you book.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Clear loose items from the work area
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so we check there.
Why it’s worth doing now in Bocking Churchstreet
If there’s a fire or a claim, your insurer may ask for TR19 records. Without them, a claim can be reduced or refused. Getting an inspection done now starts that paper trail. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Bocking Churchstreet at a time that suits you.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
What you get with us
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- We diagnose before we treat
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Nearby places to Bocking Churchstreet
Other services in Bocking Churchstreet
Keeping the system healthy
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Keep filters clean and in place. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Bocking Churchstreet
Can you work in Bocking Churchstreet outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Bocking Churchstreet does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you cover smaller places like Bocking Churchstreet?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Bocking Churchstreet included. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
A post-clean check records grease readings and pictures after the work, for our cleans and other firms’ alike.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
Grease thickness testing measures the layer of grease on the duct surfaces, by WFTT or DTT. The results are given in microns.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Design faults in the extract system
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Grease, kitchens and Bocking Churchstreet
Look up Bocking Churchstreet on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 40 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 25 takeaways in Bocking Churchstreet and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. In Bocking Churchstreet, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Braintree council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Bocking Churchstreet is covered by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Bocking Churchstreet, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Bocking Church Street Primary School or anywhere near Bocking Churchstreet, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Braintree Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Bocking Churchstreet, about 1.4 miles south.
Bocking Churchstreet is about 1 mile north of Braintree, in Essex. For TR19 inspection in and around Bocking Churchstreet, please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Bocking Churchstreet. Bocking Churchstreet is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for TR19 inspection. We also work in Chelmsford, around 12 miles away.
Work in CM7 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Church Lane, Pelham Road and Oakley Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in High Garrett (1 mile north-east), Beazley End (2 miles north), Church End (3 miles north-west), Gosfield (3 miles north-east) and Shalford (3 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (15 miles east), Chelmsford (12 miles south), Maldon (13 miles south-east), Witham (8 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (15 miles north-west) and Camulodunum (14 miles east).
What’s near Bocking Churchstreet
Around Bocking Churchstreet, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Retreat pub, Edith Borthwick School and Bocking Blackwater. The closest station to Bocking Churchstreet is Braintree station, roughly 1.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (0.9 miles south) and Braintree Community Hospital (1.4 miles south). Not far away are Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.