TR19 inspections and grease testing in Down Street, East Sussex

What TR19 inspection looks like in Down Street

Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Down Street. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Down Street is covered by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Down Street, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Wealden council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.

Where a hall near The Parish Church of St Andrew and St Mary, or anywhere in Down Street, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. School kitchens, at schools like Fletching Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Down Street is Uckfield Community Hospital, about 3 miles south-east.

Down Street is about 3 miles north-west of Uckfield, in East Sussex. We carry out TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Down Street and the rest of East Sussex. Across East Sussex, we cover 289 places, Down Street among them. Brighton is in our area too, around 14 miles away.

We cover every part of TN22 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Maresfield (1 mile east), Budlett's Common (2 miles east), Newick (3 miles south-west), Founthill (3 miles south-west) and Ridgewood (3 miles south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Seaford (15 miles south), Lewes (9 miles south), Hailsham (13 miles south-east), Crowborough (6 miles north-east), Uckfield (3 miles south-east) and Newhaven (14 miles south).

Near you in Down Street

Around Down Street, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near West Park, among other places. The nearest railway station is Uckfield station, roughly 2.6 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Uckfield Community Hospital (3 miles south-east) and Heaven Farm Museum (2.8 miles north-west). Open spaces near Down Street include Brickfield Meadow.

Staff cleaning versus specialist work

For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.

Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.