Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Broad Street Green TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for commercial sites in Broad Street Green and across Essex. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
TR19 inspection in Broad Street Green, 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 wet film thickness tests, pre-clean surveys and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about sections of duct that can’t be reached and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings.
Work in a small place like Broad Street Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Broad Street Green (CM9)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Broad Street Green
Which council inspects kitchens in Broad Street Green?
Kitchens in Broad Street Green are inspected by Maldon council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is TR19 inspection any different in a coastal place like Broad Street Green?
It can. Salt air reaches Broad Street Green, which is within about 3 miles of the coast, and it speeds up rust. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we typically come back within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
When should we have our next grease test?
We suggest a next test date in every report, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Broad Street Green?
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Heybridge Primary School or anywhere near Broad Street Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Questions to ask before booking
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the price is fixed
TR19 inspection around Broad Street Green
The coast is only about 3 miles from Broad Street Green. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Food Standards Agency records list about 14 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 11 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Broad Street Green. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. In Broad Street Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Maldon 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 Church of St Peter or anywhere around Broad Street Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Broad Street Green is about 2 miles north of Maldon, in Essex. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Broad Street Green and the rest of Essex. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Broad Street Green is one of them. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 9 miles from Broad Street Green.
All of CM9 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Heybridge (1 mile south), Great Totham (1 mile north), Langford (1 mile west), Wickham Bishops (2 miles north-west) and Beacon Hill (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Colchester (13 miles north-east), Chelmsford (9 miles west), Braintree (10 miles north-west), Billericay (15 miles south-west), Rayleigh (12 miles south) and Witham (4 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Broad Street Green
In Broad Street Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Plume Library and Plume School. The closest station to Broad Street Green is Witham station, about 4.2 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Maldon & District Agricultural & Domestic Museum (2.8 miles east). The countryside around Broad Street Green includes Chigborough Lakes.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
Places near Broad Street Green
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Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, well away from where anyone looks.
What affects the quote in Broad Street Green
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How many systems or sites are involved
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- The condition we find in the survey
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
If you need TR19 inspection in Broad Street Green, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote typically follows within one working day.
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Broad Street Green, let us know and we will plan around it.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Managing agents and facilities teams in Broad Street Green
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.