Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Buckskin
Our technicians work in Buckskin on TR19 inspection. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
FAQs for Buckskin
Can you work in Buckskin outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Buckskin does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Buckskin?
Fire safety enforcement in Buckskin is handled by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, pictures, access and a recommended cleaning interval. You can pass it straight to your insurer or broker.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
We measure the grease at set points with a WFTT or DTT test, and set against the TR19® Grease figures.
What should I send you?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification and the industry benchmark, not legislation. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which requires the responsible person to reduce fire risk, and TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.
About our TR19 inspection in Buckskin
A fixed schedule does not always match how a kitchen really cooks. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. The work covers pre-clean surveys, post-clean checks and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and kitchens whose menu or hours have changed.
In a smaller place like Buckskin, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Buckskin (RG22, RG23)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in Buckskin a current picture. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Buckskin at a time that suits you.
The cost depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
What happens on the day
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Buckskin when you book.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- You get a report with readings, photos and recommendations.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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What a clean will not put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Design faults in the extract system
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading isn’t affected.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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 will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keeping the system healthy
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so grease isn’t left building in hidden parts.
Nearby places to Buckskin
Other services in Buckskin
TR19 inspection around Buckskin
The Food Standards Agency lists about 10 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses across Buckskin and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Buckskin, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Buckskin is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Chiltern Primary School or anywhere near Buckskin, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Thomas A Becket or anywhere around Buckskin, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Historic houses near Buckskin, such as The Vyne about 3.8 miles north-east, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Buckskin is about 1 mile west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Buckskin or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, and Buckskin is one of them. You can also see our page for Reading, about 15 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: RG22 and RG23. We cover sites on Warham Road, Church Lane and Wayside Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Buckskin include Worting (1 mile north-west), Winklebury (1 mile north-east), South Ham (1 mile east), Kempshott (1 mile south) and Brighton Hill (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Fleet (13 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (14 miles north-east), Tadley (7 miles north), Bordon (15 miles south-east) and Hook (8 miles east).
Around Buckskin
Typical jobs here are in premises near The White Hart Inn, Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School and Coppice Spring School and the streets around them. Buckskin’s nearest station is Basingstoke station, about 2 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Park Prewett Hospital (1.6 miles north) and The Malls (2 miles east). Not far away are Farleigh Hill and Daneshill Park Woods.