West Berkshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Chilton Foliat TR19 inspection
We cover Chilton Foliat for TR19 inspections and grease testing. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Chilton Foliat questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Chilton Foliat?
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Chilton Foliat. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can the work in Chilton Foliat be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Chilton Foliat doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How much does TR19 inspection cost in Chilton Foliat?
We don’t publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
A survey finds out how the system is laid out, how dirty it is and what can be reached, so the clean goes to plan. Any access problems are flagged so they can be sorted first.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Chilton Foliat
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. The work covers post-clean checks, wet film thickness tests and pre-clean surveys, and common reasons people get in touch are kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings and confirming a clean reached the whole system.
Somewhere as small as Chilton Foliat, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Place
- Chilton Foliat (RG17)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Honest limits
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Common problems we fix in Chilton Foliat
When a site in Chilton Foliat changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records do not always follow. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Where a hall near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Chilton Foliat, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before booking
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
How it works
We’re used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. The visit itself takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Chilton Foliat can be planned properly.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Related advice
Leave it or put it right?
If there’s a fire or a claim, your insurer may ask for TR19 records. Missing records can put a claim at risk. Getting an inspection done now starts that paper trail. Somewhere as small as Chilton Foliat, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Why Chilton Foliat businesses choose us
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Travel, parking and unloading
- How big the system is
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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Grease, kitchens and Chilton Foliat
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Chilton Foliat. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Food hygiene inspections in Chilton Foliat are the job of West Berkshire council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Chilton Foliat 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.
School kitchens, at schools like Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Chilton Foliat (Ramsbury Manor is about 4 miles west), fitting access panels needs care.
Chilton Foliat is about 10 miles west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Across the RG17 area, we can take on TR19 inspection. Our West Berkshire coverage runs to 155 places, Chilton Foliat among them. There’s also a page for Reading, roughly 24 miles from Chilton Foliat.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: RG17. Streets in the area include Popham Close, Stag Hill and Whitelocks Piece, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Leverton (1 mile south-east), Upper Eddington (1 mile south-east), Eddington (2 miles south-east), Hungerford (2 miles south-east) and Woodlands St Mary (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (10 miles east), Thatcham (12 miles east), Speenhamland (9 miles east), Lambourn (5 miles north), Shaw (10 miles east) and Kingsclere (15 miles south-east).
Around Chilton Foliat
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around John O'Gaunt School. Chilton Foliat’s nearest station is Hungerford station, roughly 1.7 miles south-east of the centre. Green spaces nearby include Watts Bank.