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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Horsted Keynes, West Sussex
We cover Horsted Keynes for TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
TR19 inspection in Horsted Keynes, done properly
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you have extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, we can help.
For a kitchen in or near Horsted Keynes, 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- Horsted Keynes (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Horsted Keynes
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Horsted Keynes?
Horsted Keynes is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who inspects food businesses in Horsted Keynes?
That is Mid Sussex council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Horsted Keynes. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
The Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) and Deposit Thickness Test (DTT) measure how thick the grease is at a given point. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
Why survey before a clean?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. We can work from pictures and details, or visit, as suits the job.
How often should grease be tested?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. The interval should come from a competent person’s risk assessment backed by grease measurement.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so the site does not lose a service.
What the work involves, part by part
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so the base is a key test point.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Horsted Keynes
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The times the site is available
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before work begins.
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What TR19 inspection looks like in Horsted Keynes
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service covers Horsted Keynes. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. We cover Horsted Keynes, about 32 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Giles CofE Primary School or anywhere near Horsted Keynes, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Princess Royal Hospital about 4.1 miles south-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Horsted Keynes is about 4 miles north-east of Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Horsted Keynes and the rest of West Sussex. 371 places in West Sussex are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Brighton, roughly 15 miles from Horsted Keynes.
We work across RH17 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Whether your site is on Station Road, Rixons Orchard and Leighton Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Close by, we work in Danehill (1 mile east), Birchgrove (2 miles north-east), Highbrook (2 miles north-west), Chelwood Common (2 miles east) and Furner's Green (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (9 miles north-west), Horsham (13 miles west), Haywards Heath (4 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (7 miles south-west), East Grinstead (6 miles north) and Broadfield (9 miles north-west).
Near you in Horsted Keynes
Around Horsted Keynes, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Green Man pub, among other places. Horsted Keynes’s nearest station is Haywards Heath station, roughly 4 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Waterbury Castle (within half a mile north-west) and Princess Royal Hospital (4.1 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.
When something else is needed
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so here are the limits:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Horsted Keynes.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
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Aftercare tips
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Book the next test on the date in the report
After the inspection, we send a report showing each reading, its location and photos. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections can’t be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Horsted Keynes?
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. 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.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Giles' Church or elsewhere in Horsted Keynes, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Comparing quotes
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Proof of insurance
For landlords and multi-site operators
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.