Greater London · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Elephant and Castle TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Elephant and Castle, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system, and we clear up before we go. Many London buildings have a managing agent, a security desk or a permit-to-work system, so tell us who to contact in Elephant and Castle.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
How we handle TR19 inspection in Elephant and Castle
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Elephant and Castle and the rest of Greater London. If you have confirming a clean reached the whole system and insurers asking for TR19 evidence, we can put it right.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Elephant and Castle is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Elephant and Castle (SE1, SE17, SE11)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Elephant and Castle
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Metropolitan Tabernacle, or anywhere in Elephant and Castle, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
What TR19 inspection looks like in Elephant and Castle
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 288 pubs and bars and about 79 hotels and guest houses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Elephant and Castle. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected. Kitchens in Elephant and Castle get their food hygiene inspections from Southwark council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like The Walworth Clinic about within half a mile south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. A kitchen near Elephant & Castle station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
Elephant and Castle is about 1 mile south-west of London, in Greater London. We provide TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Elephant and Castle and the rest of Greater London. Elephant and Castle is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for commercial clients.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: SE1, SE17 and SE11. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Dante Road, Oakey Lane and Ash Avenue or anywhere close by, we can help. With the A300 and A302 close by, Elephant and Castle is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Newington Butts (1 mile south), St George's Fields (1 mile north-west), Vauxhall (1 mile west), Lambeth (1 mile west) and Kennington (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover City of Westminster (3 miles north-west), Marylebone (3 miles north-west), Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles north) and Hampstead (5 miles north-west).
Around Elephant and Castle
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Rockingham Arms, Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School and St Jude's Church of England Primary School, among other places. Also close by are Newington Gardens (less than half a mile north-east) and Lambeth Palace Library (0.8 miles west). Elephant and Castle has its own railway station: Elephant & Castle station. Well-known places in the area include Newport Street Gallery (0.7 miles west) and Gabriel's Wharf (1 mile north). Open spaces near Elephant and Castle include Bellenden Road Nature Garden and St. James's Park Lake.
Elephant and Castle: your questions answered
Do you work overnight in Elephant and Castle?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire service covers Elephant and Castle?
Fire safety enforcement in Elephant and Castle is handled by London Fire Brigade. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
It takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. We fit it around when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. You can pass it straight to your insurer or broker.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Elephant and Castle
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
Why act early in Elephant and Castle
Do not wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. A recent inspection report means you’re ready when asked. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why Elephant and Castle businesses choose us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
When it’s something else
TR19 inspection can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Design faults in the extract system
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
Grease on the fan adds to wear. Readings show if it needs attention before the next clean.
Canopy and plenum
Clean-looking filters don’t mean a clean plenum. So we measure behind the filters, not just in front.