Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Great Canney TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Great Canney on TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
What we are called out for in Great Canney
When a site in Great Canney changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
Clients normally contact us when they notice something like this:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Parish Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Great Canney, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What paperwork you get at the end
About our TR19 inspection in Great Canney
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you’re on. The work covers access surveys, pre-clean surveys and wet film thickness tests, and people most often call us about kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and insurers asking for TR19 evidence.
Somewhere as small as Great Canney, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Great Canney (CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
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 it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Pictures of the system and its access let us plan the work in Great Canney 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.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Related advice
FAQs for Great Canney
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Great Canney?
Food hygiene inspections in Great Canney are carried out by Maldon council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Great Canney?
Great Canney is in the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What does TR19 mean?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark.
How long does grease testing take?
Expect it to take around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. The visit is timed so cooking is not disrupted.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and inspection, and an audit report gives you that, with recommendations where something needs doing.
Why survey before a clean?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and photos. We can work from photos and details, or visit, whichever suits the system.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Multi-site and managed buildings
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Also near Great Canney
Also in Great Canney
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Inspections are planned around mealtimes and holidays to avoid disruption.
Kitchen extracts in Great Canney
Look up Great Canney on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Great Canney 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. Great Canney sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Food hygiene inspections in Great Canney are the job of Maldon council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cold Norton Primary School or anywhere near Great Canney, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Great Canney is about 4 miles south of Maldon, in Essex. If you need TR19 inspection in Great Canney, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us. We work across South East England and London, Great Canney included. Great Canney is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for TR19 inspection. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (9 miles or so).
Every address in CM3 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We also cover the places around Great Canney: Farther Howegreen (1 mile north-east), Cold Norton (1 mile east), Stow Maries (1 mile south), Howegreen (1 mile north) and Purleigh (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (9 miles north-west), Basildon (11 miles south-west), Braintree (15 miles north), Brentwood (15 miles west), Maldon (4 miles north) and Canvey Island (11 miles south).
Around Great Canney
In Great Canney, that means kitchens and buildings near William de Ferrers School and The Prince Of Wales Public House, among other places. For rail, the closest station is North Fambridge station, about 2 miles south-east of the centre. Green spaces nearby include Stow Maries Halt.
What happens if it’s left?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, while there’s still time to put anything right. It’s simpler to plan the work at Great Canney now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Great Canney
- A written report with photos after every visit
- In business since 2009
- We diagnose before we treat
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Never cook with filters missing
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- File every inspection report with your certificates
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 you can produce them quickly.