West Berkshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Burghclere Common
TR19 inspection for Burghclere Common, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
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’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. The timing of a visit to Burghclere Common is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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How we handle TR19 inspection in Burghclere Common
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: 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. If you have extracts that have never been grease tested and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can help, from wet film thickness tests, pre-clean surveys and access surveys onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Burghclere Common (RG20)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Nearby places to Burghclere Common
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Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
When cooking hours or the menu change, check the interval still fits. A quick grease test answers the question.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Heavy use under BESA guidance, 12 to 16 hours a day, means a clean at least every 3 months, and readings show whether that’s enough.
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.
Why act early in Burghclere Common
If a kitchen in Burghclere Common has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
What you get with us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Burghclere Common
The Food Standards Agency lists about 4 pubs and bars as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Burghclere Common. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Food hygiene inspections in Burghclere Common are the job of Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Burghclere Common is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as West Berkshire Community Hospital (about 3.6 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Highclere Castle, about 2.7 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses near Burghclere Common; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of the Ascension or anywhere around Burghclere Common, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Burghclere Common is about 3 miles south of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Burghclere Common, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. 155 places in West Berkshire are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Reading, about 16 miles away.
All of RG20 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. If your site is just outside Burghclere Common, we cover Earlstone Common (1 mile south), Newtown Common (1 mile north), Burghclere (1 mile south), Wash Water (1 mile west) and Sandleford (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Newbury (3 miles north), Thatcham (4 miles north-east), Burghfield Common (12 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles north), Hungerford (9 miles north-west) and Spencers Wood (15 miles east).
Near you in Burghclere Common
Typical jobs here are in premises near Horris Hill School, Sandleford Priory and Burghclere Primary School. The closest station to Burghclere Common is Newbury station, about 2.7 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.6 miles north) and Old Chapel Textile Centre (2.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Audrey's Meadow and Beacon Hill.
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Burghclere Common
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, 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.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Burghclere Common: your questions answered
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Burghclere Common out of term?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around Burghclere Common, the Food Standards Agency lists about 4 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we will book the visit for when the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after Burghclere Common?
It’s Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Burghclere Common. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
Testing takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Sites with several canopies take longer, and you can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line to book it in.
What is TR19?
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 it takes a risk-based approach.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. TR19® is a specification, not a statute. Without TR19 records, an insurance claim can be reduced or refused, so following it is the sensible course.