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Caversham Heights TR19 inspection
We cover Caversham Heights for TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Visits to a place like Caversham Heights are planned ahead, so we arrive with what the survey says the job needs.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
About our TR19 inspection in Caversham Heights
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with fresh grease readings, pictures and a look at the areas that were cleaned. It shows whether the system was left in the condition the paperwork describes. The work covers insurer audits, pre-clean surveys and wet film thickness tests, and people most often call us about kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and systems that need surveying before cleaning.
Around a smaller place like Caversham Heights, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Caversham Heights (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Caversham Heights
When a site in Caversham Heights changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records do not always follow. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Caversham Heights is Battle Hospital, about 1.3 miles south.
Questions to ask before you book
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
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. A recent inspection report means you’re ready when asked. A quieter site near Caversham Heights still needs its system looked after.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
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Your questions about TR19 inspection in Caversham Heights
Can school kitchens in Caversham Heights be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. Food Standards Agency records list about 14 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Caversham Heights. You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with the dates the site is empty.
Will you come out to Caversham Heights?
Yes. Caversham Heights is within the area we cover across London and the South East. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we will plan the visit around them.
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.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. You can pass it straight to your insurer or broker.
What is post-clean verification?
After a clean, we take new readings and photos to show how the system was left. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. 500 microns or more at any point calls for immediate spot cleaning.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go rather than letting it spread.
Part by part
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.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading isn’t affected.
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
When cooking hours or the menu change, check the interval still fits. A quick grease test answers the question.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Caversham Heights
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It’s based on:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition of the system
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
Grease, kitchens and Caversham Heights
There are about 151 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 51 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Caversham Heights, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Caversham Heights sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Caversham Heights, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Reading council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St. Andrew's Church or elsewhere in Caversham Heights, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mapledurham House is about 2.1 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Caversham Heights is about 1 mile west of Caversham, in Reading. Across the RG4 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Our Reading coverage runs to 34 places, Caversham Heights among them.
Here we cover the RG4 postcode area for TR19 inspection. That includes premises on River Road, Chazey Road and Albert Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Caversham (1 mile east), Tokers Green (1 mile north), Emmer Green (1 mile north-east), Lower Caversham (1 mile south-east) and Chalkhouse Green (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Shinfield (5 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (8 miles south-east), Horncastle (3 miles south-west), Whitley Wood (4 miles south), Sonning Common (3 miles north) and Fords Farm (3 miles south-west). Being one of Reading’s larger places, Caversham Heights has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for TR19 inspection.
Landmarks near Caversham Heights
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Hemdean House School, Round Copse and Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Reading station, roughly 1.4 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Battle Hospital (1.3 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (1.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Fobney Island Wetland Reserve and Sonning Hill.