West Berkshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Cold Ash
TR19 inspection for Cold Ash, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Why it’s worth doing now in Cold Ash
Skipping grease testing leaves the cleaning interval to guesswork. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning under TR19® Grease, and you can only act on that if you’ve measured it. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Cold Ash
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Every visit written up, with pictures
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Cold Ash
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you are dealing with missing access panels found on survey and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records, we can put it right, from pre-clean surveys, deposit thickness tests and post-clean checks onwards.
Somewhere as small as Cold Ash, 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, whatever the size of the place.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Cold Ash (RG18)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
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, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Cold Ash and across West Berkshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Questions from Cold Ash
Can a school canteen extract in Cold Ash be done out of term time?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Around Cold Ash, the Food Standards Agency lists about 5 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the dates the site is empty.
Which fire authority looks after Cold Ash?
That is Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What about areas you can’t get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
When should we have our next grease test?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used. The interval should come from a competent person’s risk assessment backed by grease measurement.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What we do, step by step
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Cold Ash, let us know and we will plan around it.
- 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.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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TR19 inspection in Cold Ash: the local picture
Look up Cold Ash on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 takeaways in and around Cold Ash, up to about a mile and a half out. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Cold Ash is covered by 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. It’s West Berkshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Cold Ash. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Shaw House, about 2.4 miles west, is one of the historic houses near Cold Ash; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St. Mark's Church, or anywhere in Cold Ash, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Cold Ash is about 2 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Cold Ash, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. We cover 155 places across West Berkshire, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Reading, about 13 miles away.
Here we cover the RG18 postcode area for TR19 inspection. You will find streets such as Harewood Drive, Johnson's Lane and Walters Close, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Cold Ash: Ashmore Green (1 mile south-west), Stone Copse (1 mile west), Longlane (2 miles north-west), Thatcham (2 miles south) and Wellhouse (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Newbury (3 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (9 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west), Spencers Wood (13 miles east) and Calcot (9 miles east).
Near you in Cold Ash
In Cold Ash, that means kitchens and buildings near Kennet School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Thatcham station, about 2.3 miles south-east of the centre. A little further out are West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.8 miles south-west) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (3 miles south-west). Open spaces near Cold Ash include Nature Discovery Centre.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Cold Ash
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
A hospital like West Berkshire Community Hospital, about 1.8 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- What paperwork you get at the end
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
The canopy itself is checked inside and out, with readings where grease collects.
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.