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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Crawley, West Sussex
Specialist TR19 inspection for Crawley: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
Managing agents and facilities teams in Crawley
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.
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.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Crawley
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. The work covers post-clean checks, wet film thickness tests and deposit thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and uncertainty over how often to clean.
In a place the size of Crawley, the kitchens with extract systems range from takeaways and restaurants to hotel, school and workplace kitchens. Each cooks for a different number of hours a day, so each needs cleaning at its own interval.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Crawley (RH10, RH11, RH12, RH6)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What TR19 inspection looks like in Crawley
The Food Standards Agency lists about 24 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 9 hotels and guest houses as registered food businesses in and around Crawley, up to about a mile and a half out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Food hygiene inspections in Crawley are the job of Crawley council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. The fire and rescue service for Crawley is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. 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 Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony or elsewhere in Crawley, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you cook for passing trade around Crawley station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Crawley is about 27 miles south of London, in West Sussex. We provide TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Crawley and the rest of West Sussex. Crawley is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for TR19 inspection. Brighton is in our area too, around 19 miles away.
TR19 inspection in RH10, RH11, RH12 and RH6 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Station Road, Queens Square and High Street, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Main roads around Crawley include the A23 and A264, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Southgate (1 mile south-west), Tilgate (1 mile south-east), West Green (1 mile north), Three Bridges (1 mile east) and Langley Green (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Horsham (7 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles south), East Grinstead (8 miles east), Billingshurst (13 miles south-west) and Roffey (5 miles south-west). As one of the bigger places in West Sussex, Crawley has a wide mix of commercial premises, all within our area for TR19 inspection.
Local landmarks in Crawley
In Crawley, that means kitchens and buildings near Tilgate Park, St Wilfrid's Catholic School and St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School. There’s a railway station in Crawley itself: Crawley station. Other landmarks nearby include Crawley Hospital (0.5 miles north-west) and County Mall (within half a mile north-east). Open spaces near Crawley include Tilgate Lake.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Where a site in Crawley has more than one system, we can take them one at a time to keep the rest running.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- The findings go into a report with readings, pictures and a recommended next clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.
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What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Why deal with it now?
Without readings, you’re guessing when to clean. 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. Keeping the paperwork current for a site in Crawley is easier than explaining why it is not.
The cost depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Crawley
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
How the job changes from site to site
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so access is planned in advance.
Horizontal duct runs
Flat duct runs collect grease along their base. Readings are taken along each run through its access panels.
Common problems we fix in Crawley
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. It often collects where nobody can see it: the plenum, bends and horizontal runs.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Crawley is Crawley Hospital, about 0.5 miles north-west.
What your quote should include
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
Questions from Crawley
Who inspects food businesses in Crawley?
That is Crawley council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Crawley. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire service covers Crawley?
That is West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
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.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
Do we have to follow TR19 by 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 TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.