Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Great Leighs
For TR19 inspection in Great Leighs, one call is all it takes: survey, fixed quote, work and sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
Why act early in Great Leighs
Don’t wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. An inspection now gives a site in Great Leighs a current picture. If the system at a site near Great Leighs fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Great Leighs
- Photo reports with every job
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
How we handle TR19 inspection in Great Leighs
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Great Leighs and the rest of Essex. If you’re dealing with parts of the system left out of past cleans and confirming a clean reached the whole system, we can put it right, from access surveys, deposit thickness tests and pre-clean surveys onwards.
Work in a small place like Great Leighs starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Great Leighs (CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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How the visit works
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your pictures. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. The timing of a visit to Great Leighs is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- The findings go into a report with readings, photos and a recommended next clean.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Send a few details and photos, and we typically reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Great Leighs: your questions answered
Will you come out to Great Leighs?
Yes, Great Leighs is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Great Leighs?
Great Leighs is in the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
How do you protect the area?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where necessary. Then you get a fixed quote.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
TR19 inspection in Great Leighs: the local picture
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs and bars registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Great Leighs. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. It’s Chelmsford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Great Leighs. 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. The fire and rescue service for Great Leighs is 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.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Great Leighs Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St John the Evangelist, or anywhere in Great Leighs, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Great Leighs is about 4 miles south-west of Braintree, in Essex. Great Leighs gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Great Leighs is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for commercial clients. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 6 miles away.
All of CM3 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Aragon Road, Fortune Close and Audley Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Great Leighs include Gubbion's Green (1 mile east), Young's End (1 mile north-east), Fuller Street (1 mile south-east), Row Green (2 miles north-east) and Fairstead (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (6 miles south), Braintree (4 miles north-east), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Billericay (14 miles south), Witham (6 miles east) and Wickford (15 miles south).
What’s near Great Leighs
In Great Leighs, that means kitchens and buildings near The Castle pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Cressing station, about 3.4 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include William Julien Courtauld Hospital (3.6 miles north-east). The countryside around Great Leighs includes Sandylay and Moat Woods.
Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so access is planned in advance.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Great Leighs
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
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.
How we price TR19 inspection
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The number of sites or systems
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The size of the system
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Design faults in the extract system
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
When to call us in Great Leighs
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; William Julien Courtauld Hospital is the nearest hospital to Great Leighs, about 3.6 miles north-east.
What your quote should include
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report