Isle of Wight · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Cowes
We cover Cowes for TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
How we handle TR19 inspection in Cowes
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. If you are dealing with ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits and systems that need surveying before cleaning, we can help.
For a pub, café or restaurant in a town like Cowes, losing a day’s trade to cleaning is not an option, so the work is done after service, overnight or on a closed day. By the next service, the kitchen is ready to cook in again.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Place
- Cowes (PO31)
- Wider area
- Isle of Wight
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Cowes
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.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Cowes is St Mary's Hospital, about 3.2 miles south.
Before booking anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the figure could change on the day
Towns and villages near Cowes
What else we do in Cowes
Keeping the system healthy
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- File every inspection report with your certificates
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Cowes questions
Can you come to Cowes after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Cowes needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Cowes?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we’ll suggest a schedule and quote for it.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and we’ll quote them together.
How we price TR19 inspection
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- The number of sites or systems
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
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 explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, please include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Cowes kitchens: local notes
Cowes is within about 2 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Cowes on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 49 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 9 takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Cowes. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. The fire and rescue service for Cowes is Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Osborne House is about 1.7 miles east), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St. Faith's Church or elsewhere in Cowes, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Cowes is about 8 miles south-west of Gosport, in the Isle of Wight. Sites in Cowes get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Across the Isle of Wight, we cover 125 places, Cowes among them. Our Portsmouth page covers sites nearby, about 11 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: PO31. Whether your site is on Church Road, Market Hill and High Street or anywhere close by, we can help. Being close to the A3020 and B3320, Cowes is simple for us to get to for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Cowes include Gurnard (1 mile west), Northwood (1 mile south), Rew Street (1 mile south-west), Noke Common (3 miles south) and Parkhurst (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Newport (4 miles south), Ryde (7 miles east), Sandown (10 miles south-east), Shanklin (10 miles south-east), Ventnor (12 miles south) and Oakfield (7 miles east). Being one of the Isle of Wight’s larger places, Cowes has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for TR19 inspection. If your site is somewhere remote, a little more planning is needed, so let us know when you get in touch.
Landmarks near Cowes
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Painters Arms, Isle of Wight Studio School and Cowes Enterprise College, among other places. Well-known places in the area include Isle of Wight Natural History Centre (0.5 miles south-west) and West Cowes Castle (0.7 miles north). For a walk, there’s Briddlesford Nature Reserve and Mill Hill.
Honest limits
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
What happens on the day
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. We arrive in Cowes once you’ve closed and leave the site ready for the morning.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Cowes and across the Isle of Wight. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.