Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Dedham TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Dedham, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
TR19 inspection in Dedham
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. The work covers pre-clean surveys, post-clean checks and wet film thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We’ve 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
- Dedham (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
How the visit works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Dedham.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Advice
FAQs for Dedham
Can the work in Dedham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Dedham can fit around your hours. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, mention when the site is quiet.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Dedham?
Fire safety enforcement in Dedham is handled by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Where does the waste go?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We do not leave it behind.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
When should we have our next grease test?
We suggest a next test date in every report, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere at 500 microns or more needs spot cleaning straight away.
Why survey before a clean?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, before anyone starts cleaning. Missing access panels are noted so they can be sorted first.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Testing shows if the cleaning interval keeps pace.
Vertical risers
In buildings with several floors, the riser may pass through other tenants’ space, so access is planned in advance.
TR19 inspection around Dedham
There are about 9 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Dedham, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Environmental health officers from Colchester council inspect food businesses in Dedham. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Dedham falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Mary or anywhere around Dedham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School or anywhere near Dedham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Dedham is about 6 miles north-east of Colchester, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Dedham, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. 644 places in Essex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (26 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of the CO7 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. Streets in the area include High Street, School Lane and The Drift, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover Lamb Corner (1 mile south-west), Dedham Heath (1 mile south), Stratford St Mary (1 mile north-west), Ardleigh Heath (2 miles south) and Higham (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Colchester (6 miles south-west), Clacton-on-Sea (13 miles south-east), Harwich (12 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles south-west), Halstead (15 miles west) and Greenstead (5 miles south-west).
What’s near Dedham
In Dedham, that means kitchens and buildings near The Sun Inn and East Bergholt High School. Dedham’s nearest station is Manningtree station, roughly 2.4 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Severalls Hospital (4.9 miles south-west) and Little Wenham Castle (4.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Cattawade Marshes.
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Common problems we fix in Dedham
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. The thickest layers can sit out of sight in the plenum, at bends and along flat runs.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Severalls Hospital about 4.9 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Questions to ask before booking
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Proof of insurance
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Honest limits
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Design faults in the extract system
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.
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. A planned visit to Dedham is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- We’re fully insured
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease