Greater London · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Canary Wharf TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for Canary Wharf, with a survey first and a report with pictures at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
Leave it or put it right?
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Left alone, grease keeps building between cleans. In Canary Wharf, as across London, ductwork often passes through shared risers and other people’s space.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
About our TR19 inspection in Canary Wharf
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. We look at the system, take grease readings and photograph what we find, so the clean can be planned properly. If you are dealing with kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can help, from post-clean checks, access surveys and deposit thickness tests onwards.
Kitchens in Canary Wharf, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Canary Wharf (E14, SE16, E22)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
TR19 inspection around Canary Wharf
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 46 pubs, bars and clubs and about 12 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses in Canary Wharf and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Canary Wharf is covered by London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. London jobs usually start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Peter's Church, or anywhere in Canary Wharf, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. A kitchen near Canary Wharf station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Canary Wharf is about 2 miles north-west of Greenwich, in Greater London. Anywhere in E14, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Canary Wharf is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for commercial clients.
TR19 inspection in E14, SE16 and E22 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Castor Lane, Cassilis Road and Dockyard Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Canary Wharf include the A1261, which makes travel easy for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in London Docklands (1 mile east), Poplar (1 mile north-east), Heron Quays (1 mile south-west), Coldharbour (1 mile east) and Blackwall (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover London (3 miles west), City of Westminster (6 miles west), Marylebone (6 miles west), Kensington (8 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles west) and Shoreditch (3 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Canary Wharf
In Canary Wharf, that means kitchens and buildings near Tower Hamlets College, Sir John McDougall Gardens and The Ledger Building pub. Canary Wharf has its own railway station: Canary Wharf station. Well-known places in the area include The Pumphouse Educational Museum (0.8 miles west) and Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (1.4 miles south-west). Not far away are St. James's Park Lake and Tower Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. A name and number for whoever controls access to the building in Canary Wharf saves time on the night.
- 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.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
How to get 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 pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so it can be fixed before the clean.
Canopy and plenum
We look over the canopy, inside and out, and note where grease has gathered.
Places near Canary Wharf
What else we do in Canary Wharf
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Common questions in Canary Wharf
Can a school canteen extract in Canary Wharf be done out of term time?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. With about 56 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Canary Wharf, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we will fit the work in.
Do you work overnight in Canary Wharf?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Canary Wharf needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, and the quote follows that.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
Verification means repeat readings and pictures once the clean is done. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
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 insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. 500 microns or more at any point calls for immediate spot cleaning.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Canary Wharf
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
A hospital like Poplar Hospital, about 0.7 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach