Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Canvey Island TR19 inspection
We cover Canvey Island for TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
About our TR19 inspection in Canvey Island
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. If you’re dealing with kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and confirming a clean reached the whole system, we can put it right, from wet film thickness tests, deposit thickness tests and insurer audits onwards.
In a town like Canvey Island, most of the kitchen extracts we’re asked about belong to restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease, and each is cleaned to the same TR19® standard.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, 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
- Canvey Island (SS8)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
TR19 inspection in Canvey Island: the local picture
At about 1 mile from the coast, Canvey Island is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 12 pubs and bars in Canvey Island and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Canvey Island is covered by Essex County 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.
A hospital like Chartwell Private Hospital, about 2.9 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Josephs Catholic Primary School or anywhere near Canvey Island, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Canvey Island is about 6 miles south-east of Basildon, in Essex. For TR19 inspection in and around Canvey Island, please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Canvey Island. 644 places in Essex are on our list, large and small. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 15 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: SS8. You will find streets such as Brooklands Square, High Street and Station Road, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Canvey Island sits on or near the A130 and B1014, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Canvey Island, we cover South Benfleet (3 miles north), Thundersley (3 miles north), Tarpots (3 miles north-west), Coryton (3 miles west) and Bowers Gifford (4 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (15 miles north), Basildon (6 miles north-west), Brentwood (14 miles north-west), Maldon (15 miles north), Billericay (10 miles north-west) and Rayleigh (5 miles north). As one of the bigger places in Essex, Canvey Island has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for TR19 inspection.
Landmarks near Canvey Island
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Furtherwick Park School, Canvey Lake and The Monico pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Benfleet station, roughly 1.8 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Bay Museum (0.7 miles south) and Hadleigh Castle (1.9 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s West Canvey Marshes RSPB reserve.
Canvey Island questions
Which environmental health team covers Canvey Island?
In Canvey Island, it’s Castle Point council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can the work in Canvey Island be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The site is handed back ready to open. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Can you quote from pictures?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and if it’s an emergency, call us any time.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. Readings are taken at set points through the system.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We record them on the report, with photos where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, for example new access panels.
Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so access is planned in advance.
Extract fan and discharge
A greasy fan works harder and wears faster. Readings show if it needs attention before the next clean.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t 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. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
What affects the quote in Canvey Island
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
What to send for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
What we’re called out for in Canvey Island
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that cannot be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
Clients usually contact us after spotting one of these:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Nicholas or elsewhere in Canvey Island, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Comparing quotes
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What records you will receive afterwards
Nearby places to Canvey Island
Other services in Canvey Island
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Send us pictures of the system and we can plan most of a visit in Canvey Island before we arrive.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
If you need TR19 inspection in Canvey Island, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.