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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Bromley, Greater London
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Bromley, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
TR19 inspection around Bromley
The FSA’s data shows about 35 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 6 hotels and guest houses registered in and around Bromley, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. Kitchens in Bromley get their food hygiene inspections from Bromley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Mark's Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Bromley, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you cook for passing trade around Bromley South station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Bromley is about 8 miles south-east of London, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Bromley or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small. London is in our area too, about 8 miles from Bromley.
Here we cover the BR2, BR1, BR6 and BR5 postcode area for TR19 inspection. TR19 inspection is available to premises on High Street, Church Road and St Paul's Square and the roads around them. You’ll find Bromley on the A222 and A223, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in Sundridge (1 mile north-east), Plaistow (1 mile north), Bickley (1 mile east), Widmore (1 mile east) and Downham (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover London (8 miles north-west), City of Westminster (11 miles north-west), Marylebone (11 miles north-west), Kensington (12 miles north-west), St Pancras (10 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (9 miles north-west).
Near you in Bromley
Around Bromley, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bullers Wood School for Boys, The Richmal Crompton pub and Church House Gardens. Bromley has its own railway station: Bromley South station. Well-known places in the area include The Mall (under half a mile east) and Bromley Hospital (less than half a mile south-east). Green spaces nearby include Downham Woodland Walk and Summer Hill.
About our TR19 inspection in Bromley
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. We use the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT), taking readings at set points. From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. If you have confirming a clean reached the whole system and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records, we can help, from post-clean checks, deposit thickness tests and access surveys onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Bromley 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Bromley (BR2, BR1, BR6, BR5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: 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.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Aftercare tips
So the system stays in good health:
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Book the next test on the date in the report
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
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Common questions in Bromley
How do you handle parking and loading in Bromley?
We plan it in advance, so let us know about loading bays, permits and access rules at the building. Night visits tend to make loading easier on London streets.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Bromley during the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 9 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Bromley, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we will plan around them.
Can you quote from pictures?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
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. We don’t leave it behind.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
What is post-clean verification?
We visit after a clean, take readings at set points and photograph the system. The report flags anything missed.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The plenum behind the filters can carry a lot of grease. We take readings there and photograph it as part of every survey.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, and readings show whether that is enough.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we will tell you before any work starts. It does not solve:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Before any visit in Bromley, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Related advice
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The condition of the system
- Any permits to work or inductions
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before we start.
What we’re called out for in Bromley
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. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Bromley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Proof of insurance
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate