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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Hardwick, Oxfordshire
Specialist TR19 inspection for Hardwick: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
How we handle TR19 inspection in Hardwick
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. Testing is how you know where your system stands. We’re often asked to deal with insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and sections of duct that can’t be reached, across access surveys, deposit thickness tests and insurer audits.
In a small place like Hardwick, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Hardwick (OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Hardwick kitchens: local notes
There are about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens across Hardwick and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. It’s West Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hardwick. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Hardwick. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Historic houses near Hardwick, such as Longworth House about 4.1 miles south, are a reminder that older buildings with event kitchens can have long, awkward duct routes.
Hardwick is about 3 miles south-east of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX29, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Hardwick is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire we cover for TR19 inspection. Our Oxford page covers sites nearby (9 miles or so).
TR19 inspection in OX29 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Being close to the B4449, Hardwick is easy for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Brighthampton (2 miles south), Ducklington (2 miles north-west), Standlake (2 miles south-east), High Cogges (2 miles north) and South Leigh (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Oxford (9 miles east), Didcot (13 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (9 miles south-east), Witney (3 miles north-west), Carterton (6 miles west) and Wantage (11 miles south).
Landmarks near Hardwick
A little further out are Hinton Waldrist Castle (4.2 miles south) and Cogges Manor Farm Museum (2.6 miles north-west).
Questions from Hardwick
Can you get to a site in Hardwick?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can you work in Hardwick outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Hardwick keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you are closed and we’ll book within them.
How much time does an inspection need?
Expect it to take 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.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Which sectors do you work in?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
What is post-clean verification?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and pictures. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Can you quote from photos?
Typically, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- The size of the system
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Site rules, permits and inductions
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Asking for a quote
You do not need the technical terms. Just send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
Looking after it afterwards
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. Our advice:
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Keep filters clean and in place. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Somewhere like Hardwick, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- 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.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
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Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Heavy use under BESA guidance, 12 to 16 hours a day, means a clean at least every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Hardwick?
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Hardwick, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What to look for in a quote
- Proof of insurance
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether they recommend a next date