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TR19 Inspection in Earley
Looking for TR19 inspection in Earley? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
TR19 inspection around Earley
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 72 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 43 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Earley. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. In Earley, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Wokingham council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Earley falls to Royal Berkshire 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Trinity Church, or anywhere in Earley, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Earley is Royal Berkshire Hospital, about 1.7 miles north-west. Commuter trade near Earley station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Earley is about 2 miles south-east of Reading, in Wokingham. For TR19 inspection in and around Earley, please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Earley. 35 places in Wokingham are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: RG6, RG2 and RG1. That includes premises on Elm Road, Elm Lane and Mays Lane and the roads around them. With the A327 and A3290 close by, Earley is easy for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Lower Earley (1 mile south-east), Whitley (1 mile west), Newtown (2 miles north-west), Whitley Wood (2 miles south-west) and Shinfield (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Wokingham (4 miles south-east), Crowthorne (7 miles south-east), Woosehill (4 miles south-east), Emmbrook (3 miles east), Twyford (4 miles north-east) and Charvil (4 miles north-east). As one of the bigger places in Wokingham, Earley has commercial sites of every size, and we cover all of them for TR19 inspection.
Around Earley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Maiden Erlegh Local Nature Reserve, Leighton Park School and The Three Tuns pub. Other local landmarks include University of Reading library (0.7 miles north-west) and Maiden Erlegh School (0.5 miles north-east). Earley’s nearest station is Earley station, about 0.9 miles north-east. A little further out are Royal Berkshire Hospital (1.7 miles north-west) and Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (1.7 miles north-west). Not far away are South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Earley
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 access surveys, deposit thickness tests and post-clean checks, and the jobs we see most are heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and checking the result of a recent clean.
Kitchens in towns like Earley are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct cannot be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
We have been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Earley (RG6, RG2, RG1)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
If a kitchen in Earley has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. An inspector or insurer will want to see recent records, so it makes sense to have them ready.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Why book with us
- Trading since 2009
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Read our cost guide and our accreditations.
What happens on the day
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Let us know how to reach the roof or plant area at your site in Earley, and where the van can go.
- 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.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Getting a quote
For TR19 inspection in Earley, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send photos or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
Access to risers is often limited. We record what can and can’t be reached.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Heavy use under BESA guidance, 12 to 16 hours a day, means a clean at least every 3 months, and readings show whether that’s enough.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition we find in the survey
- How many systems or sites are involved
- How easy every part is to reach
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Earley
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Earley out of term?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 20 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Earley. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we’ll fit the work in.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Earley?
That’s Wokingham council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Earley. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
How much time does an inspection need?
It takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. The visit is timed so cooking is not disrupted.
How much notice do you need?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. For a quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes, anywhere in the area we cover. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we’ll set the report out to match.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Keep the route to access panels clear
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and photos of each point. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
What a clean won’t put right
TR19 inspection cannot fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It won’t put right:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Earley
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits