West Sussex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Brook Street, West Sussex
We cover Brook Street for TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
TR19 inspection in Brook Street
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. The work covers post-clean checks, insurer audits and deposit thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and sections of duct that can’t be reached.
Work in a small place like Brook Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Brook Street (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Brook Street
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs and bars registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Brook Street. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s Mid Sussex council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Brook Street. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Brook Street. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Historic houses near Brook Street, such as Ockenden Manor about 1.3 miles south, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St Francis Hospital about 3.1 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Brook Street is about 3 miles north-west of Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. Brook Street gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, large and small. We also work in Brighton, about 13 miles from Brook Street.
Every address in RH17 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Brook Street: Whitemans Green (1 mile south), Cuckfield (1 mile south), Slough Green (1 mile west), Staplefield (2 miles north-west) and Balcombe (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Crawley (6 miles north), Horsham (8 miles west), Haywards Heath (3 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (5 miles south), East Grinstead (9 miles north-east) and Shoreham-by-Sea (14 miles south-west).
Near you in Brook Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Warden Park School and Warden Park School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Haywards Heath station, roughly 2 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Cuckfield Museum (1.2 miles south) and Waterbury Castle (4.6 miles east). Open spaces near Brook Street include Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.
Leave it or put it right?
If a kitchen in Brook Street has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. A fault that closes a site in a village like Brook Street affects everyone who depends on it.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
Why Brook Street businesses choose us
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- Trading since 2009
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations and certificates.
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so grease isn’t left building in hidden parts.
Brook Street questions
Can you come to Brook Street after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. It means the site in Brook Street keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who inspects food businesses in Brook Street?
That’s Mid Sussex council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Brook Street. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Brook Street
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Also near Brook Street
Also in Brook Street
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, well away from where anyone looks.
Extract fan and discharge
A greasy fan works harder and wears faster. The inspection shows whether it needs cleaning now.
What happens on the day
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. From there, it takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a small place like Brook Street, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
How to prepare
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
Advice
How we price TR19 inspection
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- What state the system is in
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.