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TR19 Inspection in Daws Heath
For TR19 inspections and grease testing in Daws Heath, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. Fully insured, with CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
TR19 inspection in Daws Heath, done properly
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. Access is checked along the full length, and grease readings are taken at set points. If you have systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning, we can help.
In a village or hamlet like Daws Heath, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are typically a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, 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.
- Where
- Daws Heath (SS7)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How we price TR19 inspection
You’ll get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- The scale of the work
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- What state the system is in
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
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 drop us a line, and we will talk you through it.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Daws Heath
Is Daws Heath within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Daws Heath is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Daws Heath?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Daws Heath. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
After a clean, we take new readings and pictures to show how the system was left. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. We fix the price before work begins.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Evenings, nights and weekends are normal working hours for us, so the site does not lose a service.
Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Book the next test on the date in the report
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Daws Heath
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.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Checking the result of a recent clean
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Michael's and All Angels or elsewhere in Daws Heath, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether they recommend a next date
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether VAT is included
What TR19 inspection looks like in Daws Heath
At about 3 miles from the coast, Daws Heath is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Look up Daws Heath on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 67 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 35 sandwich bars and takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Daws Heath. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Daws Heath. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Deanes School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Daws Heath is Chartwell Private Hospital, about 1.7 miles south-east.
Daws Heath is about 1 mile east of Thundersley, in Essex. Whether your site is in the middle of Daws Heath or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 13 miles away.
We cover every part of SS7 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. That includes premises on Western Road, Wyburn Road and Marlin Close and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Daws Heath, we cover Hadleigh (1 mile south), Rayleigh (2 miles north), Leigh-on-Sea (2 miles south-east), Eastwood (2 miles east) and Stroud Green (3 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (13 miles north-west), Basildon (7 miles west), Brentwood (14 miles west), Maldon (11 miles north), Canvey Island (3 miles south) and Billericay (9 miles north-west).
What’s near Daws Heath
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Hadleigh Farm and Westwood Academy. The closest station to Daws Heath is Rayleigh station, roughly 1.6 miles north of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Bay Museum (3.9 miles south) and Chartwell Private Hospital (1.7 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Pound Wood.
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
When something else is needed
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we work on in Daws Heath
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
Towns and villages near Daws Heath
What else we do in Daws Heath
How the visit works
We are used to working while the site is closed. 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. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Daws Heath, let us know and we will plan around it.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen is not busy.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- You get a report with readings, photos and recommendations.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.