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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Hatherden, Hampshire
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Hatherden, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
About our TR19 inspection in Hatherden
Taking on a kitchen in Hatherden with no cleaning records? Start with an inspection. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, before any cleaning is booked. If you are dealing with heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and sections of duct that can’t be reached, we can put it right, from pre-clean surveys, access surveys and insurer audits onwards.
In a small place like Hatherden, 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.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Hatherden (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Hatherden
Without readings, you are guessing when to clean. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning under TR19® Grease, and you can only act on that if you’ve measured it. It’s simpler to plan the work at Hatherden now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Why book with us
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
Towns and villages near Hatherden
Other services in Hatherden
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
TR19 inspection in Hatherden: the local picture
It’s Test Valley council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Hatherden. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Hatherden is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Andover War Memorial Hospital about 2.6 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Where a hall near Christchurch, or anywhere in Hatherden, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Hatherden is about 3 miles north of Andover, in Hampshire. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Hatherden and the rest of Hampshire. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Southampton, about 24 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: SP11. Whether your site is on Hatherden Lane, The Close and Hatchet Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Hatherden, we cover Clanville (1 mile west), Foxcotte (2 miles south), Tangley (2 miles north-west), Penton Mewsey (2 miles south-west) and Charlton (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Andover (3 miles south), Hyde (15 miles south-east), Tidworth (7 miles west), Weeke (15 miles south-east), Ludgershall (5 miles west) and Whitchurch (8 miles east).
Around Hatherden
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Hare & Hounds pub and Harrow Way Community School, among other places. The closest station to Hatherden is Andover station, roughly 2.9 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.6 miles south) and Andover Museum (3.2 miles south-east). Not far away are Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. In a small place like Hatherden, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
For TR19 inspection in Hatherden, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
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Do you need TR19 inspection in Hatherden?
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Hatherden Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
Questions from Hatherden
Do you work in villages like Hatherden?
Yes, Hatherden is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can you come to Hatherden after we close?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Hatherden does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No, not in itself. The Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires the responsible person to manage fire risk, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you will get one fixed quote.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. We can work from photos and details, or visit, whichever suits the system.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used and we will propose a schedule with a fixed quote.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. They’re included in the readings and photos.
Vertical risers
In buildings with several floors, the riser may pass through other tenants’ space, so access is planned in advance.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Flag oily drips near the extract
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.