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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Crawley, Oxfordshire
TR19 inspection for Crawley, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
TR19 inspection in Crawley, done properly
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. We look at the system, take grease readings and photograph what we find, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. If you are dealing with confirming a clean reached the whole system and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can put it right, from deposit thickness tests, access surveys and insurer audits onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Crawley, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Crawley (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
TR19 inspection in Crawley: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 12 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Crawley. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s West Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Crawley. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Crawley. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Crawley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Minster Lovell Hall is about 1.1 miles west), access may need planning.
Crawley is about 1 mile north-west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Crawley to the outskirts, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Crawley is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire we cover for TR19 inspection. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page (12 miles or so).
We work across the OX29 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Local streets include Witney Hill, Farm Lane and Foxburrow Lane, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover Leafield (2 miles north-west), Swinbrook (4 miles west), Ascott d'Oyley (4 miles north-west), Ascott-under-Wychwood (5 miles north-west) and Ascott Earl (5 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Oxford (12 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (13 miles south-east), Carterton (5 miles south-west), Wantage (15 miles south), Grove (14 miles south) and Faringdon (11 miles south).
Around Crawley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wood Green School and The Lamb Inn and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Finstock station, about 3.6 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Cogges Manor Farm Museum (1.9 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Blenheim Farm.
Crawley: your questions answered
Will you come out to Crawley?
Yes, Crawley is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can you come to Crawley after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. Your customers, staff or residents in Crawley needn’t be disturbed. When you ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification and the industry benchmark, not legislation. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
We visit after a clean, take readings at set points and photograph the system. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, by WFTT or DTT. Each reading is recorded in microns.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the filters, the plenum catches plenty of grease. We take readings there and photograph it on every inspection.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Towns and villages near Crawley
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Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Crawley
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The scale of the work
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The times the site is available
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
What we do, step by step
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Visits to a village like Crawley are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
How to prepare
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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What happens if it’s left?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, while there’s still time to put anything right. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A written report with photos after each visit
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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.
When to call us in Crawley
Grease builds up as cooking vapour cools inside the extract. It often collects where nobody can see it: the plenum, bends and horizontal runs.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Hailey Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the price is fixed
- When the next visit should be, and why
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report