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TR19 inspections in Crossbush
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Crossbush, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
TR19 inspection in Crossbush
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Crossbush and the rest of West Sussex. If you have confirming a clean reached the whole system and parts of the system left out of past cleans, we can put it right, from pre-clean surveys, insurer audits and access surveys onwards.
Somewhere as small as Crossbush, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re 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.
- Place
- Crossbush (BN18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Crossbush
Is TR19 inspection any different in a coastal place like Crossbush?
It can. Salt air reaches Crossbush, which is within about 3 miles of the coast, and it speeds up rust. Outdoor metalwork near the sea is worth inspecting at each visit.
Which council inspects kitchens in Crossbush?
That is Arun council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Crossbush. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few photos, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we’ll ask.
How long does grease testing take?
As a guide, it takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. The size of the system and the access make the difference.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In healthcare and care settings, kitchens may run from early until late. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Crossbush?
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Clients typically contact us when they notice something like this:
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
A kitchen near Arundel station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What to look for in a quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Proof of insurance
- What paperwork you get at the end
How we price TR19 inspection
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
You will not find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The postcode and the type of business
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Nearby places to Crossbush
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Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Book the next test on the date in the report
After the inspection, we send a report showing each reading, its location and pictures. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Crossbush
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
How it works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Somewhere like Crossbush, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
What TR19 inspection looks like in Crossbush
Sea air reaches Crossbush, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Food Standards Agency records include about 13 pubs, bars and clubs and about 9 hotels and B&Bs within about 1.5 miles of central Crossbush. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. It’s Arun council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Crossbush. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as The Littlehampton Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen or elsewhere in Crossbush, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Crossbush is about 2 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. From the centre of Crossbush to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Brighton, roughly 18 miles from Crossbush.
Here we cover the BN18 postcode area for TR19 inspection. We also cover Warningcamp (1 mile north-east), Poling (1 mile south-east), Lyminster (1 mile south-west), Arundel (1 mile north-west) and Toddington (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Worthing (6 miles east), Bognor Regis (8 miles south-west), Chichester (11 miles west), Selsey (13 miles south-west), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles east) and Lancing (9 miles east).
Near you in Crossbush
The nearest railway station is Arundel station, about 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. A little further out are Lyminster Siege Castle (0.5 miles north) and Rustington Museum (2.8 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include WWT Arundel and Highdown Hill.