Bracknell Forest · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in College Town, Bracknell Forest
TR19 inspection in College Town from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, well away from where anyone looks.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
About our TR19 inspection in College Town
Grease thickness testing tells you how much grease is sitting in the canopy, ducts and fan. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). The results show whether the system needs cleaning and how soon. If you have extracts that have never been grease tested and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, we can help, from post-clean checks, wet film thickness tests and insurer audits onwards.
Around a smaller place like College Town, 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.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- College Town (GU47, GU17, GU15)
- Region
- Bracknell Forest
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
College Town questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in College Town?
It’s Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers College Town. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who inspects food businesses in College Town?
Kitchens in College Town are inspected by Bracknell Forest council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, whoever did the clean.
How much time does an inspection need?
An inspection takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Sites with several canopies take longer, and you can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line to book it in.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and it’s often the best time. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What is grease thickness testing?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). Each reading is recorded in microns.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
When to call us in College Town
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. Flames from the range can be pulled into the canopy and travel through the ducts to other parts of the building. Measuring it is the first step to keeping it under control.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
If you run a café or takeaway near Blackwater station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
What your quote should include
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- How they set the interval to the next visit
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Diary the next grease test and clean
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, with readings, pictures and any areas not accessible.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
How it works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. A site near College Town normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Getting a quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
College Town kitchens: local notes
Look up College Town on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 93 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 49 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central College Town. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers College Town. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Kitchens in College Town get their food hygiene inspections from Bracknell Forest council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Royal Memorial Chapel or anywhere around College Town, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Term dates shape school work: for a school like College Town Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
College Town is about 1 mile south-east of Sandhurst, in Bracknell Forest. We provide TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in College Town and the rest of Bracknell Forest. Across Bracknell Forest, we cover 41 places, and College Town is one of them. Our Reading page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: GU47, GU17 and GU15. Whether your site is on Moray Avenue, Egerton Road and College Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside College Town, we cover Sandhurst (1 mile north-west), Blackwater (1 mile south-west), York Town (1 mile south-east), Frogmore (1 mile south-west) and Owlsmoor (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Bracknell (5 miles north), Wick Hill (6 miles north), Priestwood (6 miles north), Lawrence Hill (6 miles north), Binfield (6 miles north) and Quelm Park (6 miles north).
What’s near College Town
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Jolly Farmer pub, Royal Military Academy Library and Sandhurst School and the streets around them. The closest station to College Town is Blackwater station, roughly 0.7 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Staff College Museum (1.2 miles east) and Frimley Park Hospital (2.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near College Town include Wildmoor Heath and Ball Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
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. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to College Town at a time that suits you.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in College Town
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The condition of the system
- The times the site is available
- A single visit or a regular plan
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Any previous report or certificate
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.