Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Colden Common, Hampshire
We cover Colden Common for TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
TR19 inspection in Colden Common, done properly
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Colden Common and the rest of Hampshire. If you have insurers asking for TR19 evidence and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean, we can help.
Around a smaller place like Colden Common, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Colden Common (SO21, SO50)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in Colden Common
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Colden Common (South Stoneham House is about 4.8 miles south-west), fitting access panels needs care.
Questions to ask before booking
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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. That is our job.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.
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When it’s something else
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If you are not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Colden Common
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
Managing agents and facilities teams in Colden Common
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 each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
How we price TR19 inspection
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How big the system is
- What state the system is in
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Kitchen extracts in Colden Common
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 5 pubs, bars and clubs across Colden Common and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in Colden Common get their food hygiene inspections from Winchester City council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Colden Common. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
A hospital like St John's Rooms And Chapel, about 4.6 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Colden Common Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Colden Common is about 2 miles north-east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. From the centre of Colden Common to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, Colden Common among them. For sites nearby, see our Southampton page (6 miles or so).
All of SO21 and SO50 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include St Vigor Way, Ash Close and Birch Close, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in Brambridge (1 mile south-west), Nob's Crook (1 mile south-east), Lord's Wood (1 mile south-west), Highbridge (1 mile south-west) and Fisher's Pond (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (4 miles north), Gosport (15 miles south-east), Fareham (11 miles south-east), Horndean (15 miles south-east), Totton (10 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (3 miles west).
What’s near Colden Common
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Thornden School. The closest station to Colden Common is Shawford station, about 1.9 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Wolvesey Castle (4.4 miles north) and Eastleigh Museum (2.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Shawford Down and Twyford Down.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like Colden Common, so let us know how to reach it.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
Common questions in Colden Common
Can the work in Colden Common be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Colden Common?
Colden Common is in the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Why survey before a clean?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so grease is not left building in hidden parts.