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TR19 inspections in Ellen's Green
One call covers TR19 inspections and grease testing in Ellen's Green, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Ellen's Green: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Ellen's Green?
The local authority for Ellen's Green is Horsham council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Ellen's Green?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Ellen's Green. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
When should we have our next grease test?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is 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.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we will plan the visit around them.
TR19 inspection in Ellen's Green
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you are on. The work covers insurer audits, post-clean checks and deposit thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen and extracts that have never been grease tested.
For a kitchen in or near Ellen's Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Ellen's Green (RH12)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Ellen's Green run smoothly.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.
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What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Flat duct runs collect grease along their base. Readings are taken along each run through its access panels.
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so we check there.
TR19 inspection around Ellen's Green
It’s Horsham council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Ellen's Green. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Ellen's Green, about 30 miles from central London, is within our usual area. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
A TR19® clean in Ellen's Green doesn’t stop at the filters: the plenum, ductwork, fan and discharge are cleaned too.
Ellen's Green is about 5 miles north-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Every kind of commercial site in Ellen's Green, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Our area takes in 371 places across West Sussex, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby, about 12 miles away.
TR19 inspection in RH12 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Close by, we work in Walliswood (2 miles north-east), Mayes Green (2 miles north), Ewhurst Green (3 miles north), Ewhurst (3 miles north) and Cranleigh (4 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (10 miles east), Horsham (5 miles south-east), Broadfield (9 miles east), Storrington (13 miles south), Billingshurst (6 miles south) and Bewbush (9 miles east).
Around Ellen's Green
Ellen's Green’s nearest station is Warnham station, roughly 4 miles east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Horsham Hospital (4.8 miles south-east). Not far away are Warnham LNR and Vann Lake.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
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.
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What else we do in Ellen's Green
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Ellen's Green
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. It is not legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
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 Ellen's Green, about 4.8 miles south-east.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Managing agents and facilities teams in Ellen's Green
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections cannot be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.