Surrey · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Charleshill TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Charleshill on TR19 inspections and grease testing. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures on every job.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
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 to a regular schedule.
TR19 inspection in Charleshill
A fixed schedule doesn’t always match how a kitchen really cooks. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. If you are dealing with systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can put it right, from deposit thickness tests, wet film thickness tests and pre-clean surveys onwards.
Somewhere as small as Charleshill, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Charleshill (GU10)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Charleshill
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. The quote depends on:
- Parking and loading at the site
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The size of the system
What you pay 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 we start, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
How it works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. For a village or hamlet like Charleshill, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- 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.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
Related advice
What we’re called out for in Charleshill
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
School kitchens, at schools like Waverley Abbey CofE Junior School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Before you book anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- When the next visit should be, and why
Common questions in Charleshill
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Charleshill?
In Charleshill, it’s Waverley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you get to a site in Charleshill?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Charleshill is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
How much time does an inspection need?
As a guide, it takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. System size and access decide the rest.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes, of course. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we’ll propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes, for kitchens across the South East and London. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we’ll set the report out to match.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
TR19 inspection in Charleshill: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 8 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Charleshill 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. Charleshill sits within the area of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Charleshill get their food hygiene inspections from Waverley council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in Charleshill, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Milford Hospital about 4.6 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Charleshill is about 3 miles south-east of Farnham, in Surrey. Whatever kind of site you run in Charleshill, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Charleshill is one of 395 places in Surrey where we work for commercial clients. Guildford is in our area too, about 8 miles from Charleshill.
We cover every part of the GU10 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Farnham Road and Whitmead Road and nearby roads. You will find Charleshill on the B3001, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Charleshill include Tilford (1 mile west), Elstead (1 mile south-east), Tilford Common (2 miles south-west), Tilford Reeds (2 miles west) and Rushmoor (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (8 miles north-east), Woking (11 miles north-east), Camberley (10 miles north), Farnham (3 miles north-west), Frimley (8 miles north) and Haslemere (7 miles south).
Landmarks near Charleshill
In Charleshill, that means kitchens and buildings near The Donkey pub and Thundry Meadows and the streets around them. The closest station to Charleshill is Farnham station, roughly 3.2 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Museum of Farnham (3.7 miles north-west) and Milford Hospital (4.6 miles east). The countryside around Charleshill includes Runfold Wood and Upper Lake.
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In healthcare and care settings, kitchens may run from early until late. Testing shows if the cleaning interval keeps pace.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the filters, the plenum catches plenty of grease. Readings and pictures are taken in the plenum as part of every survey.
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What we work on in Charleshill
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
What staff can safely do
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
A few tasks are always specialist work: 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.