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TR19 Inspection in Hill Brow
TR19 inspection across Hill Brow and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
Hill Brow: your questions answered
Can you work in Hill Brow outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Hill Brow can fit around your hours. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Hill Brow?
Food hygiene inspections in Hill Brow are carried out by Chichester council. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. It lets us plan the clean and give you a fixed quote.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Can you quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
When should we have our next grease test?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Hill Brow
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. Access is checked along the full length, and record grease readings at set points. The work covers pre-clean surveys, insurer audits and access surveys, and the jobs we see most are extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records.
For a kitchen in or near Hill Brow, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Hill Brow (GU33)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. They’re included in the readings and photos.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Hill Brow.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- 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
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- The scale of the work
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what TR19 inspection won’t do:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Mechanical faults in the extract
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
TR19 inspection around Hill Brow
There are about 4 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Hill Brow, 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. Fire safety in Hill Brow falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Hill Brow get their food hygiene inspections from Chichester council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
School kitchens, at schools like Liss Junior School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Petersfield Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Hill Brow, about 3.5 miles south-west.
Hill Brow is about 3 miles north-east of Petersfield, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Hill Brow, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. We cover 683 places across Hampshire, large and small. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, roughly 18 miles from Hill Brow.
We work across the GU33 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on London Road, Plantation Road and Malvern Road or anywhere close by, we can help. With the B2070 close by, Hill Brow is simple for us to get to for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Hill Brow: Durford Wood (1 mile west), Liss (1 mile north-west), West Liss (1 mile north-west), Rake (1 mile north-east) and The Mint (1 mile north). We also work in nearby towns such as Havant (13 miles south), Horndean (10 miles south-west), Alton (9 miles north-west), Waterlooville (12 miles south-west), Petersfield (3 miles south-west) and Purbrook (13 miles south-west).
Local landmarks in Hill Brow
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Whistle Stop pub. The closest station to Hill Brow is Liss station, roughly 1.1 miles north-west. A little further out are Bear Museum (3.4 miles south-west) and Petersfield Community Hospital (3.5 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Liss Riverside Railway Walk South and Wheatham Hill.
Towns and villages near Hill Brow
What else we do in Hill Brow
For landlords and multi-site operators
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
What we’re called out for in Hill Brow
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, so those sections can be skipped time and again. A survey finds the sections that cannot be reached, so panels can be fitted.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Rake Mission Church or elsewhere in Hill Brow, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
What to look for in a quote
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the price is fixed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
Between visits
Simple habits between visits make a real difference. We recommend:
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.