West Sussex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Dragons Green
TR19 inspection for commercial sites in Dragons Green and across West Sussex. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
What happens if it’s left?
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Dragons Green rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why Dragons Green businesses choose us
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- In business since 2009
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Dragons Green
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. The work covers wet film thickness tests, insurer audits and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and missing TR19 certificates or history.
Work in a small place like Dragons Green starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Dragons Green (RH13)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Dragons Green
Can you come to Dragons Green after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Dragons Green doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Dragons Green?
That’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Can you quote from photos?
Normally, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. If photos aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, pictures, access and a recommended cleaning interval. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, as grease can build up there too.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Never cook with filters missing
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, including readings, pictures and any inaccessible sections.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we will tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Dragons Green
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
How the visit works
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool before we start, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Somewhere as small as Dragons Green, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The times the site is available
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Asking for a quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- A few general shots of the system
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
For TR19 inspection in Dragons Green, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Grease, kitchens and Dragons Green
The Food Standards Agency lists about 3 pubs and bars as registered food businesses across Dragons Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Dragons Green sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. 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. In Dragons Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Horsham council. 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.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Horsham Hospital is the nearest hospital to Dragons Green, about 5.4 miles north-east. Church and community hall kitchens, near The Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Dragons Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Shipley CofE Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Dragons Green is about 5 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. From the centre of Dragons Green to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 16 miles away.
TR19 inspection in RH13 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Dragons Lane and Dragons Green Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Dragons Green: Shipley (1 mile south), Whitehall (1 mile south), Broomer's Corner (2 miles south-west), Dial Post (3 miles south) and West Grinstead (3 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Crawley (11 miles north-east), Horsham (5 miles north-east), Worthing (12 miles south), Haywards Heath (12 miles east), Burgess Hill (11 miles east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Dragons Green
The closest station to Dragons Green is Billingshurst station, about 3.4 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Horsham Hospital (5.4 miles north-east) and Christs Hospital School Museum (3.2 miles north). Open spaces near Dragons Green include Knepp Wildland.
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What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.