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TR19 Inspection in Headington
TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification for commercial sites in Headington and across Oxfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Oxfordshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Headington
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. If you have kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and parts of the system left out of past cleans, we can help.
Kitchens around a place like Headington are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Headington (OX3)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Headington
Look up Headington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 81 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 18 takeaways and sandwich shops in Headington and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Headington. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Headington get their food hygiene inspections from Oxford City council. 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Holywell Manor is about 1.6 miles west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Andrew's Church or anywhere around Headington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Headington is about 1 mile north-east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Headington or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Headington is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients.
Work in OX3 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Upway Road, Osler Road and Beech Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Northway (1 mile north-west), Headington Quarry (1 mile south-east), Headington Hill (1 mile south-west), New Marston (1 mile west) and Oxford (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Didcot (11 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south-west), Witney (12 miles west), Thame (10 miles east) and Wantage (15 miles south-west).
Around Headington
Around Headington, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near White Hart Inn, Bury Knowle Park and Cheney School and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Headington Rye Oxford (0.7 miles south-west), English Faculty Library (1.6 miles west) and Holy Trinity Church (0.8 miles south-east). Headington’s nearest station is Oxford station, roughly 2.6 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Rumble Museum (0.9 miles south-west) and Churchill Hospital (under half a mile west). Green spaces nearby include CS Lewis Nature Reserve and Headington Hill.
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
When something else is needed
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Parts of the system we cover
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
Also near Headington
What else we do in Headington
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Headington
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. An inspection of a system in Headington shows where access panels are missing, so panels can be fitted.
Look out for any of the following:
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the price is fixed
Common questions in Headington
Do you clean school canteen extracts around Headington out of term?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. With about 23 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Headington, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we’ll fit the work in.
Can you get to a site in Headington?
Yes. Headington is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. Insurers often want evidence the extract is managed to TR19®, and an audit report gives you that, with recommendations where something needs doing.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We record them on the report, with pictures where possible, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
What is grease thickness testing?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
What’s TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What staff can safely do
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Leave it or put it right?
Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Left alone, grease keeps building between cleans. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Headington
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Photo reports with every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
What we do, step by step
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Tell us about any gates, ladders or locked plant areas at your site near Headington when you book.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.