Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Galleywood TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for Galleywood, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
FAQs for Galleywood
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Galleywood out of term?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 12 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Galleywood. Just call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
Can you get to a site in Galleywood?
Yes, Galleywood is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
Readings are taken using the Wet Film Thickness Test or the Deposit Thickness Test, and set against the TR19® Grease figures.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Often enough to know the mean stays under 200 microns between cleans. If readings rise, the interval should shorten.
How long does grease testing take?
Typically, the inspection takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. System size and access decide the rest.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
TR19 inspection in Galleywood, done properly
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. Our TR19 audits give sites in Galleywood and across Essex a clear record of the system’s condition. The work covers deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and access surveys, and people most often call us about ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits and checking the result of a recent clean.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Galleywood gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. We plan the visit around your hours, with the journey sorted in advance.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Galleywood (CM2)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. In a place like Galleywood, we fit the visit around your hours.
- 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.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
For a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by 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 usually come back within one working day.
Related advice
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, out of sight of the kitchen.
Nearby places to Galleywood
What else we do in Galleywood
What affects the quote in Galleywood
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Any permits to work or inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The scale of the work
- Parking and loading at the site
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
What we need to know
We can often survey from photos. Try to include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Any previous report or certificate
For TR19 inspection in Galleywood, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
TR19 inspection around Galleywood
Food Standards Agency records include about 8 pubs, bars and clubs across Galleywood and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Galleywood are the job of Chelmsford council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Galleywood 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.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Galleywood is Baddow Hospital, about 1.3 miles east. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Michael and All Angels or elsewhere in Galleywood, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Galleywood is about 3 miles south of Chelmsford, in Essex. From the centre of Galleywood to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, Galleywood among them.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: CM2. We cover sites on The Street, Attwoods Close and Markland Close and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Margaretting Tye (2 miles south-west), Margaretting (3 miles west), Stock (3 miles south-west), Ramsden Heath (4 miles south) and Downham (4 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (3 miles north), Basildon (9 miles south), Braintree (13 miles north), Brentwood (9 miles south-west), Maldon (9 miles east) and Canvey Island (13 miles south).
Near you in Galleywood
Around Galleywood, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Great Baddow High School, Galleywood Common and The Eagle Public House. For rail, the closest station is Chelmsford station, roughly 2.6 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Peter Edwards Museum And Library (2.3 miles north) and Baddow Hospital (1.3 miles east). For a walk, there’s Hanningfield Reservoir.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
What we’re called out for in Galleywood
Grease is fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
What we are most often called out for:
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School or anywhere near Galleywood, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Before booking anyone
- What insurance they carry
- Whether a survey comes first
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they recommend a next date
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what TR19 inspection will not do:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
What your team can do, and what needs us
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.