Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Gilston
TR19 inspection across Gilston and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Gilston
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. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you are on. If you’re dealing with heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, we can put it right, from post-clean checks, access surveys and wet film thickness tests onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Gilston (CM20)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Gilston run smoothly.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
Advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What we’re called out for in Gilston
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
For schools such as St Alban's Catholic Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
After the inspection, we send a report showing each reading, its location and photos. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. A quick grease test answers the question.
Nearby places to Gilston
What else we do in Gilston
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Testing shows whether the interval suits.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Kitchens that cook for long hours build up grease faster. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Kitchen extracts in Gilston
Food Standards Agency records list about 73 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 27 sandwich bars and takeaways across Gilston and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Food hygiene inspections in Gilston are the job of Harlow council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Gilston sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Princess Alexandra Hospital is the nearest hospital to Gilston, about 1.4 miles south-west. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Parish Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Gilston, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Gilston is about 2 miles north-west of Harlow, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Gilston, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading is not interrupted. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, and Gilston is one of them. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 17 miles from Gilston.
Our technicians cover all of the CM20 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Pye Corner and Eastwick Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Gilston include Eastwick (1 mile south-west), Little Parndon (1 mile south-west), Great Parndon (2 miles south), Staple Tye (3 miles south) and Roydon (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Brentwood (14 miles south-east), Loughton (10 miles south), Waltham Abbey (8 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (13 miles north-east), Epping (6 miles south) and Stansted Mountfitchet (9 miles north-east).
Near you in Gilston
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Plume Of Feathers pub, Burnt Mill Academy and Harlow Marsh and the streets around them. The closest station to Gilston is Harlow Town station, about 0.6 miles south. Nearby you will also find Mark Hall Cycle Museum (1.3 miles south-east) and Harlow Mill (1.2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Hunsdon Mead.
Common questions in Gilston
Can you get to a site in Gilston?
Yes. Gilston 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.
Can you come to Gilston after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Gilston needn’t be disturbed. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it, and the quote is based on that.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, for our cleans and other firms’ alike.
How far ahead should we book?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes normally come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
Why survey before a clean?
The survey covers the whole system, grease readings and access to each section. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
When it’s something else
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys