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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Holloway, Greater London
TR19 inspections and grease testing for Holloway, with a survey first and a report with photos at the end. Call for a fixed quote.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Checking the result of a recent clean
What a clean won’t put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Holloway
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Holloway and the rest of Greater London. Typical jobs include sites with gaps in their extract records and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, on post-clean checks, deposit thickness tests and access surveys.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so extract cleaning in Holloway is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Where
- Holloway (N7, N19, N4)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Never cook with filters missing
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
What we do, step by step
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Expect the work in Holloway to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen is not busy.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- The findings go into a report with readings, pictures and a recommended next clean.
How to prepare
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Holloway: your questions answered
Which fire service covers Holloway?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Holloway. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Who inspects food businesses in Holloway?
The local authority for Holloway is Islington council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is Holloway in your area?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Holloway included.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. Our report sets your readings against both.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
TR19 inspection in Holloway: the local picture
The FSA’s data shows about 133 pubs, bars and clubs and about 19 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered in and around Holloway, up to about a mile and a half out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Holloway falls to London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. In Holloway, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Islington council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Grafton Primary School or anywhere near Holloway, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Northern Hospital is the nearest hospital to Holloway, about under half a mile north-west. If you cook for passing trade around Drayton Park station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Holloway is about 2 miles north-west of Hoxton, in Greater London. Holloway gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots.
We work across N7, N19 and N4 for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. We cover sites on Penn Road, Lough Road and Tabley Road and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Nag's Head (1 mile north), Lower Holloway (1 mile south), Tufnell Park (1 mile west), Upper Holloway (1 mile north-west) and Barnsbury (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles south), City of Westminster (3 miles south-west), Marylebone (3 miles south-west), Kensington (5 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east) and Walthamstow (5 miles north-east).
Around Holloway
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Whittington Park and Beacon High, among other places. Nearby too are Musical Theatre Academy (0.8 miles south-east) and The Coronet pub (within half a mile south-east). The nearest railway station is Drayton Park station, about 0.6 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Brunswick Centre (2.3 miles south) and Montfichet's Tower (3.1 miles south). For a walk, there’s St. James's Park Lake and Dartmouth Park Hill.
What affects the quote in Holloway
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- What state the system is in
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The size of the system
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll talk you through it.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- A few general shots of the system
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
If you need TR19 inspection in Holloway, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
Why it’s worth doing now in Holloway
If a kitchen in Holloway has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations.
Different parts, different methods
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
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Readings show if the interval is right.