Thurrock · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Fobbing, Thurrock
TR19 inspection across Fobbing and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Fobbing
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, and only measurement shows it. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. The work covers access surveys, pre-clean surveys and post-clean checks, and people most often call us about uncertainty over how often to clean and sections of duct that can’t be reached.
In a small place like Fobbing, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Fobbing (SS17)
- Region
- Thurrock
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
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.
What affects the quote in Fobbing
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your last certificate, test record or report
If you need TR19 inspection in Fobbing, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
FAQs for Fobbing
Can sea air affect TR19 inspection in Fobbing?
It can. Salt air reaches Fobbing, which is within about 3 miles of the coast, and it speeds up rust. Corroded fixings and housings are noted on the report so they can be dealt with.
Will you come out to Fobbing?
Yes. Fobbing is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we will book around them.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. In practice, an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of TR19 cleaning, so it matters in practice.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What happens if it’s left?
Surveying first means the clean goes to plan. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, and the quote reflects the real job. It’s simpler to plan the work at Fobbing now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why us?
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- In business since 2009
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Book the next test on the date in the report
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
Also near Fobbing
What else we do in Fobbing
Grease, kitchens and Fobbing
Sea air reaches Fobbing, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency records include about 5 bars, pubs and nightclubs within about 1.5 miles of central Fobbing. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Fire safety in Fobbing falls to Essex County 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.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Michael or anywhere around Fobbing, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Ortu Corringham Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Basildon University Hospital about 1.5 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Fobbing is about 2 miles north-east of Stanford-le-Hope, in Thurrock. If you need TR19 inspection in Fobbing, please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for a fixed quote. We work across South East England and London, including Fobbing. Our area takes in 26 places across Thurrock, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 14 miles away.
We work across SS17 for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. Whether your site is on High Road, Patricia Drive and Greenacres Mews or anywhere close by, we can help. Other places close to Fobbing include Corringham (1 mile south), Vange (2 miles north-east), Stanford-le-Hope (2 miles south-west), Balstonia (2 miles south-west) and Lee Chapel (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Grays (7 miles south-west), South Ockendon (8 miles west), Chadwell St Mary (6 miles south-west), Aveley (10 miles west), Tilbury (7 miles south-west) and South Stifford (8 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Fobbing
Around Fobbing, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Gable Hall School, Vange Hill and White Lion Public House. Fobbing’s nearest station is Basildon station, roughly 2.1 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Basildon University Hospital (1.5 miles north-west) and Eastgate Shopping Centre (2.2 miles north). The countryside around Fobbing includes Fobbing Marsh.
What happens on the day
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before work begins, and the area around the work is covered and protected. The work itself takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Fobbing before we set off.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.