Windsor and Maidenhead · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Bray Wick
One call covers TR19 inspection in Bray Wick: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
TR19 inspection in Bray Wick
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. The work covers insurer audits, access surveys and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and surveys needed before quoting a full clean.
Work in a small place like Bray Wick 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 paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Bray Wick (SL6)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
TR19 inspection in Bray Wick: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 14 pubs and bars and about 8 hotels and B&Bs within about 1.5 miles of central Bray Wick. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Bray Wick. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Bray Wick, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Windsor and Maidenhead council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Michael's Church or anywhere around Bray Wick, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like St Mark's Hospital, about 2.3 miles north-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Bray Wick is about 2 miles south-east of Maidenhead, in Windsor and Maidenhead. We provide TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Bray Wick and the rest of Windsor and Maidenhead. Across Windsor and Maidenhead, we cover 57 places, and Bray Wick is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Reading page, about 12 miles away.
Every address in SL6 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. You will find streets such as Windsor Road, Holyport Road and Upper Bray Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Main roads around Bray Wick include the M4, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Boyn Hill (1 mile north-west), Cox Green (1 mile west), Maidenhead (2 miles north-west), Furze Platt (3 miles north-west) and Woolley Green (3 miles west). Further out, we also cover Windsor (4 miles south-east), North Ascot (6 miles south), Cookham (4 miles north), Dedworth (3 miles south-east), Broomhall (8 miles south-east) and South Ascot (7 miles south).
Local landmarks in Bray Wick
Around Bray Wick, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Desborough College, The Belgian Arms and Braywick Park. Bray Wick’s nearest station is Maidenhead station, about 1.4 miles north-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include St Mark's Hospital (2.3 miles north-west) and Windsor Castle (4.7 miles east). Open spaces near Bray Wick include Taplow Lake and Weycock Hill.
Common problems we fix in Bray Wick
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Measuring it is the first step to keeping it under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Bray Wick (Dorney Court is about 1.8 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What insurance they carry
Questions from Bray Wick
Can a school canteen extract in Bray Wick be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. The FSA’s register shows about 13 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Bray Wick. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll fit the work in.
Which environmental health team covers Bray Wick?
The local authority for Bray Wick is Windsor and Maidenhead council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What does TR19 mean?
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.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and that is how we prefer to work. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Which accreditations do you hold?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Can you quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
It takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. We fit it around when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Regular testing shows whether the cleaning interval keeps up.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
Places near Bray Wick
Other services in Bray Wick
Leave it or put it right?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, while there’s still time to put anything right. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
Putting the work off seldom saves money. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are not sure what’s needed, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Bray Wick
- Photo reports with every job
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
The process
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, which takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Bray Wick run smoothly.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Never cook with filters missing
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Bray Wick
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.