Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Hill Green, Essex
TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Hill Green. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
How we handle TR19 inspection in Hill Green
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. Access is checked along the full length, and grease readings are taken at set points. Typical jobs include systems that need surveying before cleaning and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, across access surveys, wet film thickness tests and pre-clean surveys.
Somewhere as small as Hill Green, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Hill Green (CB11)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
TR19 inspection in Hill Green: the local picture
Look up Hill Green on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Hill Green, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Kitchens in Hill Green get their food hygiene inspections from Uttlesford council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Hill Green sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hospital like Saffron Walden Community Hospital, about 5.5 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary and St Clement or elsewhere in Hill Green, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Hill Green is about 5 miles south-west of Saffron Walden, in Essex. Whatever kind of site you run in Hill Green, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Hill Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex we cover for commercial clients. We also work in Chelmsford, around 22 miles away.
TR19 inspection in CB11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Clatterbury Lane and Eldridge Close, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Hill Green, we cover Wicken Bonhunt (1 mile east), Clavering (1 mile south-west), Arkesden (1 mile north), Starling's Green (2 miles south-west) and Berden (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Harlow (14 miles south), Saffron Walden (5 miles north-east), Great Dunmow (11 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (5 miles south), Newhall (14 miles south) and Elsenham (5 miles south-east).
Near you in Hill Green
In Hill Green, that means kitchens and buildings near The Cricketers pub. Hill Green’s nearest station is Newport (Essex) station, roughly 2.6 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find Brent Pelham (3.6 miles west) and Saffron Walden Community Hospital (5.5 miles north-east). Open spaces near Hill Green include Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.
What happens if it’s left?
Sites in Hill Green that have never measured grease cannot tell whether their cleaning interval suits the kitchen. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Hill Green is calmer for everyone.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Photo reports with every job
- Trading since 2009
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Hill Green
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.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Hill Green questions
Can you work in Hill Green outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Hill Green keeps running as normal. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which fire service covers Hill Green?
It’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Hill Green. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
Grease thickness testing measures the layer of grease on the duct surfaces, by WFTT or DTT. Each reading is recorded in microns.
What accreditations do you have?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
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Looking after it afterwards
Here’s the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Never cook with filters missing
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
What affects the quote in Hill Green
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- How big the system is
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
Asking for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
The process
The first job on site is protection: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system, and we clear up before we go. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Hill Green, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- 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
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
What we are called out for in Hill Green
Grease is fuel. Flames from the range can be pulled into the canopy and travel through the ducts to other parts of the building. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
The symptoms we are asked about most are:
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Hill Green (Audley End House is about 4.2 miles north-east), fitting access panels needs care.
What your quote should include
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether VAT is included
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded