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TR19 inspections in Canning Town
TR19 inspection across Canning Town and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
Managing agents and facilities teams in Canning Town
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
TR19 inspection in Canning Town
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the clean can be planned properly. If you have parts of the system left out of past cleans and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean, we can help.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. In Canning Town, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Canning Town (E16, E13, E6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so panels can be added.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so trading isn’t affected.
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What else we do in Canning Town
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
When to call us in Canning Town
Looking at a canopy tells you little about what’s in the duct. Clean filters can hide a heavy layer behind them, which is why readings matter.
What we are most often called out for:
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Rosetta Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the price is fixed
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
The process
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in Canning Town.
- 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.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
TR19 inspection around Canning Town
Look up Canning Town on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 188 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 129 sandwich bars and takeaways across Canning Town and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. In London, kitchens are usually cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier. Environmental health officers from Newham council inspect food businesses in Canning Town. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
For kitchens close to Custom House station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital is the nearest hospital to Canning Town, about 0.5 miles east.
Canning Town is about 5 miles east of London, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in Canning Town, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, large and small.
Our technicians cover all of E16, E13 and E6 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Ivy Road, Star Lane and Bell Lane and nearby roads. You will find Canning Town on the A1020, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Canning Town: Custom House (1 mile south), Plaistow (1 mile north), Limmo Peninsula (1 mile west), West Silvertown (1 mile south) and Leamouth (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (7 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (6 miles west) and Shoreditch (5 miles west).
Local landmarks in Canning Town
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Royal Docks Academy, Keir Hardie Park and The Royal Docks Community School and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Canning Town itself: Custom House station. Other landmarks nearby include Greenwich Castle (2.8 miles south-west) and West Ham United Football Club Museum (1.4 miles north-east). Open spaces near Canning Town include Gilbert's Pit and Hollow Pond.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Canning Town
Can you come to Canning Town after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Canning Town out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 45 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Canning Town. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Do you cover Canning Town?
Yes. We cover Canning Town and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
How much notice do you need?
Book as early as you can for planned work, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
How do you protect the area?
We cover floors and nearby surfaces with sheeting before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. Our report sets your readings against both.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No, not in itself. The Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires the responsible person to manage fire risk, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.