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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Epping Upland, Essex
TR19 inspection across Epping Upland and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
What TR19 inspection looks like in Epping Upland
In Epping Upland, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Epping Forest council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. At about 17 miles from central London, Epping Upland sits well inside the area we cover. Evening, overnight and weekend visits are all possible.
Where a hall near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Epping Upland, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like St. Margaret's Hospital about 1.8 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Epping Upland is about 3 miles south of Harlow, in Essex. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Epping Upland and the rest of Essex. Epping Upland is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for TR19 inspection. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 17 miles away.
We cover every part of CM16 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Epping Green (1 mile north-west), Jack's Hatch (1 mile north-west), Broadley Common (2 miles north-west), Staple Tye (2 miles north) and Bumble's Green (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Harlow (3 miles north), Brentwood (11 miles south-east), Loughton (5 miles south), Waltham Abbey (4 miles south-west), Stansted Mountfitchet (13 miles north) and Harold Wood (11 miles south-east).
What’s near Epping Upland
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Thornwood Common Flood Meadow, The Cock and Magpie pub and Epping St Johns Church of England School and the streets around them. The closest station to Epping Upland is Harlow Town station, roughly 4.2 miles north. Nearby you will also find Harlow Mill (5 miles north) and Epping Signalling Museum (2.1 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Gernon Bushes and Cheshunt Lake.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Epping Upland
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. If you are dealing with extracts that have never been grease tested and parts of the system left out of past cleans, we can put it right, from deposit thickness tests, pre-clean surveys and wet film thickness tests onwards.
In a village or hamlet like Epping Upland, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are usually a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We have been trading since 2009, as 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.
- Location
- Epping Upland (CM16)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Places near Epping Upland
What else we do in Epping Upland
Common problems we fix in Epping Upland
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Epping Upland CofE Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether a survey comes first
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Essex. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Epping Upland questions
Can you get to a site in Epping Upland?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Epping Upland?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Epping Upland. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What do the grease readings need to be?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. Our report sets your readings against both.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
We suggest a next test date in every report, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used. The interval should come from a competent person’s risk assessment backed by grease measurement.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No, TR19® isn’t legislation. But the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk under the Fire Safety Order 2005, and grease in the extract is part of that. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
What is grease thickness testing?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). The results are given in microns.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, if we can see what we need. Otherwise, we book a survey at a time that suits the site, then a fixed quote.
Leave it or put it right?
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Left alone, grease keeps building between cleans. In a small place like Epping Upland, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
What you get with us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Trading since 2009
- A written report with photos after every visit
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Flag oily drips near the extract
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so the base is a key test point.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Testing shows if the cleaning interval keeps pace.
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 an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Epping Upland.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
How to prepare
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Clear the space around the work
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.