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TR19 inspections in Great Burgh
TR19 inspection for Great Burgh, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
TR19 inspection in Great Burgh, done properly
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. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. Common call-outs are for missing access panels found on survey and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, across wet film thickness tests, post-clean checks and insurer audits.
Around a smaller place like Great Burgh, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Great Burgh (KT18, KT17, KT20)
- Region
- Surrey
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Great Burgh
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Great Burgh?
That’s Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Will you come out to Great Burgh?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before work begins.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
What information do you need?
Only a few details: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. After that, simply call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, depending on what the system needs.
Nearby places to Great Burgh
Also in Great Burgh
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Common problems we fix in Great Burgh
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. It often collects where nobody can see it: the plenum, bends and horizontal runs.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Missing access panels found on survey
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Mark or elsewhere in Great Burgh, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Grease, kitchens and Great Burgh
Food Standards Agency records list about 32 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 sandwich bars and takeaways across Great Burgh and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Fire safety in Great Burgh falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Great Burgh, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Reigate and Banstead council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A kitchen near Tattenham Corner station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Shawley Community Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Great Burgh is about 2 miles south-east of Epsom, in Surrey. From the centre of Great Burgh to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Great Burgh is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover for commercial clients. You can also see our page for London, about 14 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: KT18, KT17 and KT20. Whether your site is on Upland Drive, Upland Way and Downland Way or a nearby road, we can help. You will find Great Burgh on the B290 and B2221, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover the places around Great Burgh: Tattenham Corner (1 mile west), Burgh Heath (1 mile east), Epsom Downs (1 mile north-west), Nork (1 mile north-east) and Langley Vale (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Guildford (15 miles west), Woking (15 miles west), Horley (10 miles south), Redhill (6 miles south-east), Ewell (3 miles north) and Reigate (5 miles south).
What’s near Great Burgh
Typical jobs here are in premises near Merland Rise Recreational Ground, Aberdour School and The Beacon School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Great Burgh itself: Tattenham Corner station. Other landmarks nearby include The Ashley Centre (2.1 miles north-west) and Cockney Museum (3.7 miles north). The countryside around Great Burgh includes Cuddington Meadows and Colley Hill.
Aftercare tips
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Don’t box in or cover duct access panels
- Never cook with filters missing
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. It takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Because the survey comes first, a visit to Great Burgh can typically be finished without a second trip.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- The findings go into a report with readings, pictures and a recommended next clean.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we normally 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
Why act early in Great Burgh
Do not wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. An inspection now gives a site in Great Burgh a current picture. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Great Burgh than wait for a failure.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Great Burgh
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading isn’t affected.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the filters, the plenum catches plenty of grease. Readings and pictures are taken in the plenum as part of every survey.