West Berkshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Great Lea Common
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Great Lea Common, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
When your team notices a problem 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.
TR19 inspection in Great Lea Common
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. The work covers insurer audits, deposit thickness tests and wet film thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit.
For a kitchen in or near Great Lea Common, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Place
- Great Lea Common (RG7)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Great Lea Common
The survey tells us what the work involves. We look at:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- What state the system is in
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Grease, kitchens and Great Lea Common
The Food Standards Agency lists about 5 pubs, bars and clubs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Great Lea Common. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Great Lea Common falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Great Lea Common are the job of Reading 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 photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Royal Berkshire Hospital (about 2.9 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Great Lea Common (Stratfield Saye House is about 4.3 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Paul's Church, or anywhere in Great Lea Common, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Great Lea Common is about 3 miles south of Reading, in West Berkshire. Wherever you are in the RG7 postcode area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. 155 places in West Berkshire are on our list, large and small.
All of RG7 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Great Lea Common: Three Mile Cross (1 mile south-east), Whitley Wood (1 mile north-east), Ryeish Green (1 mile south-east), Green Park (1 mile north-west) and Shinfield (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Newbury (15 miles west), Thatcham (12 miles west), Burghfield Common (4 miles west), Speenhamland (15 miles west), Calcot (4 miles north-west) and Shaw (14 miles west).
What’s near Great Lea Common
Around Great Lea Common, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Geoffrey Field Junior School, Ryeish Green School and Pearman's Copse and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Reading Green Park station, roughly 1.5 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (3 miles north) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (2.9 miles north). The countryside around Great Lea Common includes Fobney Island Wetland Reserve and Longwater.
What happens on the day
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Great Lea Common, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Your questions about TR19 inspection in Great Lea Common
Can school kitchens in Great Lea Common be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 3 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Great Lea Common. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Great Lea Common?
Food hygiene inspections in Great Lea Common are carried out by Reading council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What do you do to protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
It takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. We fit it around when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, set at the interval the system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What information do you need?
Some photos and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. A fixed quote follows.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Never cook with filters missing
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, pictures and any inaccessible sections.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
Why it’s worth doing now in Great Lea Common
If a kitchen in Great Lea Common has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Great Lea Common is calmer for everyone.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
What you get with us
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- We diagnose before we treat
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, well away from where anyone looks.
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so the base is a key test point.